RYAN HUNTER-REAY/Andretti Autosport Chevrolet won the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Championship by finishing fourth in the MAVTV America Real 500 race at Auto Club Speedway. The 250-lap race was full of twists and turns, literally and figuratively. ED CARPENTER/Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Chevrolet won the race.
There was no way the Championship could be determined until the last race lap. The race was RHR’s to lose after Power’s big crash on Lap 56 and Power’s additional 12 laps after repairs; and a four+ minute red flag ten laps from the finish, for a single car crash.
Power finished twenty-fourth, in the pits.
