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IZOD IndyCar Series - Sao Paulo Indy 300 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Sunday, April 29th |
| SITE: Streets of Sao Paulo (2010) -- Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| TRACK: 2.6-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit |
| ANNUAL: 3rd |
| TELEVISION: NBC Sports Network |
| ANNOUNCERS: Bob Jenkins, Jon Beekhuis, Wally Dallenbach |
| RADIO: IMS Radio Network/SIRIUS XM Satellite |
| START TIME: 11 a.m. (ET)/Green Flag: 11:42 p.m. (ET) |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Will Power |
| RUNNER-UP: Graham Rahal |
| POLE WINNER: Will Power (Finished 1st) |
| LAPS: 75 |
| MILES: 195 |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Will Power, 2011 (111.478 m.p.h.) |
| RACE RECORD: Will Power, 2010 (76.733 m.p.h.) |
| 2011 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Will Power | 1 | 6 | Mike Conway | 9 |
| 2 | Graham Rahal | 5 | 7 | Justin Wilson | 8 |
| 3 | Ryan Briscoe | 4 | 8 | Takuma Sato | 10 |
| 4 | Dario Franchitti | 6 | 9 | James Hinchcliffe | 11 |
| 5 | Oriol Servia | 16 | 10 | J.R. Hildebrand | 22 |
| 2011 Sao Paulo Indy 300 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 67.442 m.p.h. |
| TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 4 minutes, 5.2964 seconds |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 4.6723 seconds |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 21 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 2 among 2 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Will Power (111.478 m.p.h.) |
| FASTEST LAP: Simona de Silvestro, 91.458 m.p.h., Lap 36 |
| Past Sao Paulo Indy 300 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2011 -- Will Power (1st) -- Dallara-Honda -- 67.442 m.p.h. |
| 2010 -- Will Power (5th) -- Dallara-Honda -- 76.733 m.p.h. |
| Past Sao Paulo Indy 300 Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2011 -- Will Power -- 1st |
| 2010 -- Dario Franchitti -- 7th |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (April 15th) |
| SITE: Streets of Long Beach -- Long Beach, California |
| MILES: 167.28 |
| LAPS: 85 |
| WINNER: Will Power |
| RUNNER-UP: Simon Pagenaud |
| THIRD: James Hinchcliffe |
| FOURTH: Tony Kanaan |
| FIFTH: J.R. Hildebrand |
| POLE WINNER: Ryan Briscoe (Finished 7th) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 54 minutes, 1.6082 seconds |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.8675 second |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 88.021 m.p.h. |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 3 for 12 laps. |
| LEAD CHANGES: 9 among 7 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: Dario Franchitti 1-4; Justin Wilson 5-19; Takuma Sato 20-27; Ryan |
| Hunter-Reay 28; Ryan Briscoe 29-33; Simon Pagenaud 34-47; Sato |
| 48-55; Hunter-Reay 56-58; Pagenaud 59-70; Will Power 71-85. |
| Sao Paulo Indy 300 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 2 | Ryan Briscoe (Sydney, Australia) | Hitachi/Team Penske |
| 3 | Helio Castroneves (Sao Paulo, Brz) | Auto Club/Team Penske |
| 4 | J.R. Hildebrand (Sausalito, CA) | U.S. National Guard/Panther Racing |
| 5 | E.J. Viso (Caracas, Venezuela) | Citgo/PDVSA/KV Racing Technology |
| 6 | Katherine Legge (Guildford, England) | TrueCar/Lotus-Dragon Racing |
| 7 | Sebastien Bourdais (Le Mans,France) | Lotus-Dragon Racing |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello (Sao Paulo, Brz) | BMC/Embrase/KV Racing Technology |
| 9 | Scott Dixon (Auckland, New Zealand) | Target/Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 10 | Dario Franchitti (Scotland) | Target/Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 11 | Tony Kanaan (Salvador, Brazil) | GEICO/KV Racing Technology |
| 12 * | Will Power (Toowoomba, Australia) | Verizon/Team Penske |
| 14 | Mike Conway (Bromley, England) | ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 15 | Takuma Sato (Tokyo, Japan) | Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing |
| 18 | Justin Wilson (Sheffield, England) | Sonny's Bar B-Q/Dale Coyne Racing |
| 19 | Jamie Jakes (Leeds, England) | Boy Scouts America/Dale Coyne Racing |
| 20 | Ed Carpenter (Indianapolis, IN) | Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 22 | Oriol Servia (Pals, Spain) | Lotus-Dreyer & Reinbold |
| 25 | Ana Beatriz (Sao Paulo, Brazil) | Andretti Autosport/Conquest Racing |
| 26 | Marco Andretti (Nazareth, PA) | RC Cola/Andretti Autosport |
| 27 | James Hinchcliffe (Toronto, Canada) | GoDaddy.com/Andretti Autosport |
| 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay (Boca Raton, FL) | DHL/Sun Drop/Andretti Autosport |
| 38 | Graham Rahal (New Albany, OH) | Service Central/Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 67 | Josef Newgarden (Nashville, TN) | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing |
| 77 | Simon Pagenaud (Poitiers, France) | Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports |
| 78 | Simona de Silvestro (Switzerland) | Entergy/Lotus Cars/Lotus-HVM Racing |
| 83 | Charlie Kimball (Camarillo, CA) | Novo Nordisk/Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Leading Contenders (Finish the last two years) |
| Driver | 2010 | 2011 | | | | | | | |
| Will Power | Won | Won | | | | | | | |
| Graham Rahal | --- | 2nd | | | | | | | |
| Ryan Briscoe | 14th | 3rd | | | | | | | |
| Dario Franchitti | 7th | 4th | | | | | | | |
| Oriol Servia | --- | 5th | | | | | | | |
| Mike Conway | 8th | 6th | | | | | | | |
| Takuma Sato | 22nd | 8th | | | | | | | |
| James Hinchcliffe | --- | 9th | | | | | | | |
| J.R. Hildebrand | --- | 10th | | | | | | | |
| Scott Dixon | 6th | 12th | | | | | | | |
| Marco Andretti | 23rd | 14th | | | | | | | |
| Ryan Hunter-Reay | 2nd | 18th | | | | | | | |
| Helio Castroneves | 9th | 21st | | | | | | | |
| Tony Kanaan | 10th | 22nd | | | | | | | |
| Simon Pagenaud | --- | --- | | | | | | | |
| Rubens Barrichello | --- | --- | | | | | | | |
| Mover of the Week |
| Tony Kanaan - Started in 19th position on the grid and finished 4th |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Will Power |
| Darkhorse - Mike Conway |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Will Power) - Finished 1st |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Marco Andretti) - Finished 25th |
| NOTES: |
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Last year, Will Power made it back-to-back victories in Sao Paulo, as he
raced to victory, defeating Graham Rahal by 4.6723 seconds.
Power, who started on the pole in the rain-delayed race, came into the pits
for a splash of fuel on Lap 36. Takuma Sato, who overtook Power on a Lap 25
restart, gambled on stretching his gas, but the yellow flag he sought didn't
materialize and the No. 5 KV Racing Technology-Lotus car had to pit on Lap 48
with just seven laps remaining. Power inherited the lead en route to his
second of six wins in 2011. Power led for 32 laps, while Sato held the top
spot for 23.
In three starts this year, Power holds down the top spot on the points list,
24 ahead of Helio Castroneves. After placing seventh in week one, Power has
recorded two straight victories, Alabama and Long Beach. His 14 career
victories rank him in a tie for sixth place on the all-time list with Tony
Kanaan, two shy of Dan Wheldon.
For the second consecutive season, this race holds down the fourth spot on the
IndyCar Series schedule. In 16 seasons, the fourth race of the season has been
won by the eventual champion twice. Dan Wheldon won at Motegi in 2005, and Sam
Hornish Jr., won at Indianapolis in 2006.
In 2010, the Sao Paulo Indy 300 kicked off that campaign, in bizarre fashion,
as Power crossed the finish line ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay. Power survived a
spectacular opening-lap crash and then endured heavy rain before making a
winning pass on Hunter-Reay in the closing minutes to win on the streets of
Sao Paulo.
Power and Hunter-Reay battled for the lead before the Aussie took the top
position for good with three-and-a-half minutes remaining. The inaugural race
in Brazil was scheduled for 75 laps, but Indy Racing League officials placed a
two-hour limit on the event due to numerous cautions for accidents and a brief
halt for a thunderstorm that moved over the 2.6-mile, 11-turn street course
just before the halfway point. In all, 61 laps were completed by the top 14
drivers.
The 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season continues with the 96th running of the
Indianapolis 500 on May 27. Dan Wheldon won last year's race at Indianapolis
Motor Speedway.
04/24 13:06:33 ET
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As of April 24, 2012, at 01:06 PM ET
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