The Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT was an open-wheel IndyCar motor race and held as the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, September 2, 2012. The race was contested over 75 laps at the temporary street circuit at

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and was co-located with the Baltimore Sports Car Challenge motor race. The race was won by American racer

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racing for

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. Hunter-Reay finished 1.4 seconds ahead of Australian driver

Ryan Briscoe Ryan Briscoe (born 24 September 1981) is an Australian-American professional racing driver from Sydney who has predominantly raced open-wheel and sports cars in Europe and America. In IndyCar he collected 8 wins and 28 podiums, finishing third ...

driving for

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with Frenchman

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finishing third for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. It was Hunter-Reay's fourth win for the year. With just one race left in the season, Hunter-Reay's victory, coupled with

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finishing in sixth position closed the gap between the two championship rivals to just 17 points.

Classification

Race results

;Notes: Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship ;Manufacturers' Championship *Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings.

References

External links

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Grand Prix of Baltimore The Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT was an IndyCar Series and American Le Mans Series race for 3 years held on a street circuit in Baltimore, Maryland. The inaugural race was held September 4, 2011. ESPN said it was the best inaugural ...

, Year_of_race = 2012 , Previous_race_in_season = 2012 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma , Next_race_in_season =

2012 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships The 2012 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships was the 15th and final race of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. The event took place on September 15, at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. It was the first IndyCar race at this facilit ...

, Previous_year's_race = 2011 Baltimore Grand Prix , Next_year's_race = 2013 Grand Prix of Baltimore Baltimore Grand Prix

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