Inside the race box score: MAVTV 500 stats, factoids
SEP 17, 2012
Numbers to note following the MAVTV 500 INDYCAR World Championships at Auto Club Speedway -- the championship-deciding race of the IZOD Indy Car Series season.
1 – Win by Ed Carpenter with Ed Carpenter Racing. The last owner-driver to win an IZOD IndyCar Series race was Adrian Fernandez, who also won at Auto Club Speedway in October 2004.
7 – Different teams represented in the top 10 positions at Auto Club Speedway.
9 – Finishing position of Katherine Legge, her best Indy car finish since she finished sixth at Las Vegas in 2007.
12 – Different leaders in the 250-lap race.
18 – Positions gained by Ryan Hunter-Reay en route to his championship-cliching fourth-place finish, most of any driver in the field.
29 – Lead changes. The most at Auto Club Speedway since 2002, when there were 39 lead changes.
56 – Laps led by JR Hildebrand, most of his Indy car career. James Jakes (10 laps) and Josef Newgarden (1) also set career highs for most laps led.
62 – Laps led by Carpenter, who entered the race having led 63 laps in his Indy car career.