Inside the Box Score - Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

Inside the Box Score – Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio: Numbers to note following the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio the 12^thof 15 events of the 2012 IZOD Indy Car Series season.

0 – Laps run under caution in the last two IZOD IndyCar Series events. The first time there have been back-to-back caution-free races since 1987 at Laguna Seca and Miami Tamiami Park

6 – Consecutive front row starts for Dario Franchitti.

8 – Different teams represented in the top 10 positions at Mid-Ohio.

12 – Positions gained by Tony Kanaan en route to his sixth-place finish at Mid-Ohio, most of any driver in the field.

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

20 – Different drivers with at least one top-five finish in 2012 after Sebastien Bourdais scored his first top-five finish of 2012.

27 – Poles for Will Power in Indy car competition, tying Al Unser for ninth on the all-time wins list.

28 – Points separating Will Power (379) from fourth-place Scott Dixon (351) in the IZOD IndyCar Series point standings. Power leads Ryan Hunter-Reay by five points.

29 – Wins for Scott Dixon in Indy car competition, tying Rick Mears for 10^th on the all-time wins list.

193 – Consecutive Indy car starts for Tony Kanaan dating to the 2001 CART race in Portland. Kanaan is second to Jimmy Vasser’s 211 straight starts.

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The 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series race continues with the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma on Aug. 26 at the raceway in Sonoma.

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