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In the garage area the teams are doing their last minute preparations before the 9am Warm-Up. All the service vendors and official duty stations are pretty much empty now as their work is done – Scrutineering, Firestone Tire Bay, and Sunoco gas pumps.
WILL POWER/Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet has the pole position for the race, and the qualifying results indicate the drivers’ finishing order. All that will change Sunday morning, after Warm-up, when the Starting Grid is posted. There are at least three drivers who will take a ten-position penalty on the race grid due to unauthorized engine changes prior to the race. The 2012 IndyCar rules call for five engines for the season. SCOTT DIXON/Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda and TAKUMO SATO/Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Hondawill be starting on their sixth engines for this race; and SIMONA de SILVESTRO/Lotus-HVM Racing Lotus will start with her seventh engine. She is the only car running a Lotus engine.
The half-hour Warm-Up session starts at 9am local time/noon ET.