Inside the box score: Iowa race by the numbers
JUN 26, 2012
Numbers to note following the Iowa Corn Indy 250, the ninth of 15 events of the 2012 IZOD Indy Car Series season.
1 - Lap led by James Jakes. It was the first time he led a lap in his IZOD IndyCar Series career. … Driver to win the IZOD IndyCar Series title and at Iowa Speedway in the same season (Dario Franchitti, who did it in 2007 and 2009).
2 - Drivers to win back-to-back races in 2012 - Ryan Hunter-Reay and Will Power.
3 - Points separating Will Power (286) from Ryan Hunter-Reay in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship standings.
4 - Podium finishes for Marco Andretti at Iowa, including his season-best second-place finish this year.
6 - Different teams represented in the top 10 in the IZOD IndyCar Series standings.
7 - Wins for Ryan Hunter-Reay in Indy car competition.
10 - Lead changes among eight drivers at Iowa. It was the most this season outside of the Indianapolis 500's record 34 lead changes.
13 - Different drivers to finish on the podium in the first nine races.
16 - Different drivers with at least one top-five finish in 2012.
20 - Positions gained by Simon Pagenaud en route to his fifth-place finish at Iowa, most of any driver in the field.
28 - Poles for Dario Franchitti, passing Al Unser for eighth on the all-time list.
136 - Points scored on ovals by Hunter-Reay and Tony Kanaan, who are tied for the lead in the A.J. Foyt Trophy standings.
190 - Consecutive Indy car starts for Tony Kanaan dating to the 2001 CART race in Portland.
903 - Laps completed on ovals by Graham Rahal -- the only driver to run every lap.