Inside the box score: Long Beach race notables
APR 17, 2012
Numbers to note following the 38th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the third of 16 events of the 2012 IZOD Indy Car Series season.
3 – Drivers who have finished in the top 10 in each of the first three IZOD IndyCar Series events: Will Power, James Hinchcliffe and Simon Pagenaud. … Points separating the top-three drivers in Firestone Indy Lights championship standings.
5 – Different teams represented in the top five in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
7 – Different teams represented in the top 10 in the IZOD IndyCar Series standings.
9 – Lead changes in each of the first three IZOD IndyCar Series races.
11 – Consecutive races led by Will Power dating to 2011.
11.5 – Average starting position for Will Power in his two wins.
15 – Positions gained by Tony Kanaan and JR Hildebrand in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, most of any of the 26 drivers. … Positions gained by Kanaan in IZOD IndyCar Series standings by finishing fourth at Long Beach as he advanced from 26th to 11th.
17 – Consecutive top-five starts in Firestone Indy Lights for Esteban Guerrieri, a series record. Guerrieri has never started outside the top five in his Firestone Indy Lights career.
24 – Points separating Will Power (127) and Helio Castroneves in the IZOD IndyCar Series championship standings.
26 – Laps led by Simon Pagenaud -- nine more laps than he had led in his previous 20 Indy car starts.
184 – Consecutive Indy car starts for Tony Kanaan dating to the 2001 CART race in Portland.
170,000+ – Fans who attended the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach event weekend, according to information released by the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, the event promoter.