The 2012 schedule for the IZOD IndyCar Series has just been released. Here’s a listing of next year’s scheduled events:

March 25, 2012: Honda Grand Prix Of St. Petersburg on the Streets of St. Petersburg
April 1, 2012: Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park
April 15, 2012: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the Streets of Long Beach
April 29, 2012: Sao Paulo Indy 300 on the Streets of Sao Paulo
May 27, 2012: Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
June 3, 2012: Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix on the Streets of Belle Isle
June 9, 2012: Firestone 550 at Texas Motor Speedway
June 15, 2012: Milwaukee IndyFest
June 23, 2012: Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway
July 8, 2012: Honda Indy Toronto on the Streets of Toronto
July 22, 2012: Edmonton Indy on the Streets of Edmonton
August 5, 2012: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
August 18, 2012: Streets of Qingdao
August 26, 2012: Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway
September 2, 2012: Baltimore Grand Prix on the Streets of Baltimore
September 15, 2012: Auto Club Speedway

For a more detailed view of this schedule, feel free to visit our 2012 Schedule of the IZOD IndyCar Series page.

Team Penske driver Will Power came out victorious in today’s Sao Paulo Indy 300 in Brazil. He beat out Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay by less than two seconds for top honors. Vitor Meira, Raphael Matos, and Dan Wheldon rounded out the top five.

The major leaders for the IZOD IndyCar race were Dario Franchitti, who led 29 laps and finished in 7th, and Ryan Hunter-Reay, who led 20 laps, and finished second. The leader, Will Power, led for only 4 laps, as did Ryan Briscoe, who finished 14th and Simona De Silvestro, who finished the race in 16th.

Results of the 2010 Sao Paulo Indy 300 in Brazil:

Pos Driver                Car No.  Status

 1  Will Power                 12  Running
    Team Penske    

 2  Ryan Hunter-Reay           37  Running
    Andretti Autosport    

 3  Vitor Meira                14  Running
    A.J. Foyt Enterprises    

 4  Raphael Matos               2  Running
    Luczo Dragon Racing
    de Ferran Motorsports    

 5  Dan Wheldon                 4  Running
    Panther Racing    

 6  Scott Dixon                 9  Running
    Target Chip Ganassi Racing    

 7  Dario Franchitti           10  Running
    Target Chip Ganassi Racing    

 8  Mike Conway                24  Running
    Dreyer & Reinbold Racing    

 9  Helio Castroneves           3  Running
    Team Penske    

10  Tony Kanaan                11  Running
    Andretti Autosport    

11  Justin Wilson              22  Running
    Dreyer & Reinbold Racing    

12  E.J. Viso                   8  Running
    KV Racing Technology    

14  Ryan Briscoe                6  Running
    Team Penske    

15  Danica Patrick              7  Running
    Andretti Autosport    

16  Simona De Silvestro        78  Running
    Team Stargate Worlds/HVM    

17  Mario Romancini            34  Contact
    Conquest Racing    

18  Alex Lloyd                 19  Contact
    Dale Coyne Racing    

19  Alex Tagliani              77  Contact
    FAZZT Race Team    

20  Hideki Mutoh               06  Contact
    Newman/Haas Racing    

21  Milka Duno                 18  Contact
    Dale Coyne Racing    

22  Takuma Sato                 5  Contact
    KV Racing Technology    

23  Marco Andretti             26  Contact
    Andretti Autosport    

24  Mario Moraes               32  Contact
    KV Racing Technology

The next race for the IZOD IndyCar Series will be the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 29, 2010.

Related Links:
IZOD IndyCar Series: Schedule, Videos

Scott Dixon saw his fifth victory of the season today following the Rexall Edmonton Indy in Alberta, Canada. This victory extended his championship lead to 65 points over second place driver, Helio Castroneves. Castroneves on the other hand, managed to come home with yet another second place finish. That marks his sixth runner-up finish this year alone.

Edmonton also marked the return of open-wheel veteran Paul Tracy. Following the end of the former Champ Car World Series, the driver has faced troubles in securing himself a ride. Though today’s race was only his second IndyCar Series start, he has in fact amassed the most wins of any active driver in open-wheel racing today, with 31 race wins.

Perhaps his fourth place finish will help secure him a seat for future races.

The Top-5 finishers of the Rexall Edmonton Indy were as follows:

1. Scott Dixon
2. Helio Castroneves
3. Justin Wilson
4. Paul Tracy
5. Oriol Servia

The Rexall Edmonton Indy is currently its second scheduled day of events in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Yesterday’s action saw mostly practices for the various series’ in attendance, along with the qualifying sessions for the GT Invitational and the first Atlantic Championship race. James Hinchcliffe grabbed the pole for the Atlantic race.

Expected to qualify later today are the Atlantic Championship for their second race, the NASCAR: Canadian Tire Series (formerly CASCAR), and IndyCar. The GT Invitational and Atlantic Championship are also scheduled to race before the day wraps up.

The IndyCar qualifying is planned to run from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. today and the actual IndyCar race is scheduled to run for two hours starting at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow on Saturday, July 26.