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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 15 of 15 in the 2012 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | September 15, 2012 |
| Official name | MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships |
| Location | Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.000 mi / 3.219 km |
| Distance | 250 laps 500.000 mi / 804.672 km |
| Weather | 98 °F (37 °C), fair skies[1] |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) |
| Time | 216.069 mph (347.729 km/h) |
| Podium | |
| First | Ed Carpenter (Ed Carpenter Racing) |
| Second | Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Third | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The 2012 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships[2] was the 15th and final showdown of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. The event took place on September 15, at the 2.000-mile (3.219 km) Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. It was the first IndyCar race at this facility since 2005, the first 500-mile open-wheel race outside Indianapolis since the CART-sanctioned 2002 The 500 at Fontana (the planned 2003 CART race was canceled due to wildfires in the area), and the first 500-mile IndyCar Series race outside Indianapolis.[3]
The race, originally scheduled for 400 miles (200 laps), as was the case for the 2002–05 IndyCar races at Auto Club Speedway, reverted to the classic 500 mile, 250-lap distance used at the Ontario Motor Speedway for major races and both the six CART FedEx Championship Series races (1997–2002) and the first 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup races (1997–2010) held at Auto Club Speedway. Attendance at the event was estimated to be 25,000 to 30,000 people.[4]
- ^ "Hunter-Reay Wins IZOD IndyCar Series Title as Carpenter Wins MAVTV 500". Auto Club Speedway. September 15, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ^ "MAVTV - IZOD IndyCar Series Finale Now: MAVTV 500". August 10, 2012. Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ^ Miller, Robin (1 October 2011). "INDYCAR: 2012 Schedule Revealed". Speed Channel, Inc. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ Peltz, Jim (September 17, 2012). "IndyCar Series finale makes for great show in Fontana". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 17, 2012.