Inside the box score: Race, season statistics
MAY 01, 2012
Numbers to note following the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle, the fourth of 16 events of the 2012 IZOD Indy Car Series season.
2 – Drivers who have finished in the top 10 in each event: Will Power and James Hinchcliffe.
3 – Races in a row won by Power, the longest win streak in Indy car racing since Scott Dixon won three consecutive races in 2007 (Watkins Glen, Nashville, Mid-Ohio). … Consecutive races won by Power in São Paulo.
4 – Different teams represented in the top five of the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle. …Drivers who have completed every lap of every race: Power, Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay.
6 – Different teams represented in the top 10 in the IZOD IndyCar Series standings.
8 -- Career-best finish for Charlie Kimball, who gained four positions in the final eight laps.
12 – Consecutive races led by Will Power dating to 2011.
22 – Positions gained by Takuma Sato en route to his first podium in IZOD IndyCar Series -- most of any of the 26 drivers.
45 – Points separating Power (180) and Helio Castroneves (135) in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship standings.
39 – Positions gained by Oriol Servia in the first four races.
108 – Top-five finishes for Dario Franchitti in his Indy car racing career. Franchitti passed Gordon Johncock for ninth on the all-time list.
111 – Laps led by Will Power this season (32 percent of total).
185 – Consecutive Indy car starts for Tony Kanaan dating to the 2001 CART race in Portland, Ore.
52,000+ – Fans who attended the the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle on race day, according to information released by the event promoter.