2012 Firestone 550K - Qualifying Results
Track Texas Motor Speedway
City Fort Worth, Texas
Type Oval
Length 1.491 mi
Trackrecord 0:22.5420
Laps 228
| P | Driver | Nat | AVG | Time | GP | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA |  | 215.691 | 0:48.569 | 0 | |
| 2 | Dario Franchitti Ganassi Racing |  | 215.646 | 0:48.577 +0.007 | +0.007 | 0 |
| 3 | Graham Rahal Ganassi Racing |  | 215.554 | 0:48.600 +0.031 | +0.024 | 0 |
| 4 | Scott Dixon Ganassi Racing |  | 215.331 | 0:48.651 +0.081 | +0.050 | 0 |
| 5 | Will Power Penske |  | 215.116 | 0:48.699 +0.130 | +0.048 | 0 |
| 6 | James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport | | 214.920 | 0:48.744 +0.174 | +0.045 | 0 |
| 7 | Tony Kanaan KV Racing |  | 214.701 | 0:48.793 +0.224 | +0.050 | 0 |
| 8 | Mike Conway A.J. Foyt Enterprises |  | 214.458 | 0:48.849 +0.279 | +0.055 | 0 |
| 9 | Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport | | 214.424 | 0:48.856 +0.287 | +0.008 | 0 |
| 10 | Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman |  | 214.196 | 0:48.908 +0.339 | +0.052 | 0 |
| 11 | Simon Pagenaud Sam Schmidt |  | 214.082 | 0:48.934 +0.365 | +0.026 | 0 |
| 12 | Ryan Briscoe Penske | | 214.060 | 0:48.940 +0.370 | +0.005 | 0 |
| 13 | Oriol Servià Panther/DRR |  | 213.957 | 0:48.963 +0.394 | +0.024 | 0 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello KV Racing | | 213.949 | 0:48.965 +0.396 | +0.002 | 0 |
| 15 | Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport | | 213.927 | 0:48.970 +0.400 | +0.005 | 0 |
| 16 | E.J. Viso KV Racing |  | 213.444 | 0:49.081 +0.511 | +0.111 | 0 |
| 17 | Hélio Castroneves Penske | | 213.402 | 0:49.090 +0.521 | +0.010 | 0 |
| 18 | Charlie Kimball Ganassi Racing | | 212.833 | 0:49.222 +0.652 | +0.131 | 0 |
| 19 | Justin Wilson Dale Coyne | | 212.136 | 0:49.383 +0.814 | +0.162 | 0 |
| 20 | Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing | | 211.643 | 0:49.498 +0.929 | +0.115 | 0 |
| 21 | James Jakes Dale Coyne | | 211.245 | 0:49.592 +1.022 | +0.093 | 0 |
| 22 | Katherine Legge Dragon Racing | | 210.543 | 0:49.757 +1.188 | +0.165 | 0 |
| 23 | Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing |  | 204.066 | 0:51.336 +2.767 | +1.579 | 0 |
| 24 | J.R. Hildebrand Panther/DRR | | 202.596 | 0:51.709 +3.139 | +0.373 | 0 |
| 25 | Josef Newgarden SFHR | | 0.000 | 0:00.000 +-48.569 | +-51.709 | 0 |