Numbers to note following the Firestone 550, the seventh of 16 events of the 2012 IZOD Indy Car Series season:

3 – Drivers to finish every race this season – Ed Carpenter, Dario Franchitti and Simon Pagenaud.

6 – Different teams represented in the top 10 in the IZOD IndyCar Series standings.

12 – Different drivers to finish on the podium in the first seven races of 2012.

14 – Different drivers with at least one top-five finish in 2012.

18 – Positions gained by JR Hildebrand en route to his fifth-place finish at Texas, most of any driver in the field.

36 – Points separating Will Power (256) from Scott Dixon (220) in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship standings.

42 – Starts between wins for Justin Wilson. His last victory was with Dale Coyne Racing at Watkins Glen International in 2009.

188 – Consecutive Indy car starts for Tony Kanaan dating to the 2001 CART race in Portland.

329 – Laps led by Scott Dixon in 2012. Dixon has led six of the seven races in 2012, only failing to lead a lap at Long Beach.

837 – Laps completed by Simon Pagenaud in 2012. Pagenaud has completed all but one lap in 2012, finishing one lap down at Sao Paulo.