More engine change penalties for IndyCar teams at Fontana

INDYCAR provided an update today regarding the status of fresh engines remaining for each team for the MAVTV 500, the final event of the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season.

Officials also announced 10 grid spot penalties for the following cars for this weekend's event at Auto Club Speedway: #3 Castroneves (Fitting sixth engine), #12 Power (Fitting sixth engine), #28 Hunter-Reay (Fitting sixth engine), #9 Dixon (Unapproved engine change), #14 Cunningham (Unapproved engine change), #15 Sato (Unapproved engine change), #18 Wilson (Unapproved engine change), #38 Rahal (Unapproved engine change), #67 Newgarden (Unapproved engine change), #78 De Silvestro (Unapproved engine change), #83 Kimball (Unapproved engine change), #77 Pagenaud (Unapproved engine change/Fitting sixth engine), #98 Tagliani (Unapproved engine change/Fitting sixth engine), #27 Hinchcliffe (Unapproved engine change/Fitting sixth engine).

CAR	ENTRANT	DRIVER	FRESH ENGINE STATUS
No. 2	Team Penske	Ryan Briscoe	On Engine 5
No. 3	Team Penske	Helio Castroneves	Will fit Engine 6 at ACS
No. 4	Panther Racing	JR Hildebrand	On Engine 5
No. 5	KV Racing Technology	E.J. Viso	On Engine 5
No. 6	Dragon Racing	Katherine Legge	On Engine 5
No. 8	KV Racing Technology	Rubens Barrichello	On Engine 5
No. 9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Scott Dixon	Will fit Engine 7 at ACS
No. 10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dario Franchitti	On Engine 5
No. 11	KV Racing Technology w/SH	Tony Kanaan	On Engine 5
No. 12	Team Penske	Will Power	Will Fit Engine 6 at ACS
No. 14	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Wade Cunningham	Will fit Engine 7 at ACS
No. 15	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Takuma Sato	Will fit Engine 9 at ACS
No. 18	Dale Coyne Racing	Justin Wilson	Will fit Engine 6 at ACS
No. 19	Dale Coyne Racing	James Jakes	On Engine 5
No. 20	Ed Carpenter Racing	Ed Carpenter	On Engine 5
No. 22	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Oriol Servia	On Engine 5
No. 26	Andretti Autosport	Marco Andretti	On Engine 5
No. 27	Andretti Autosport	James Hinchcliffe	Will fit Engine 6 at ACS
No. 28	Andretti Autosport	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Will fit Engine 6 at ACS
No. 38	Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing	Graham Rahal	Will fit Engine 6 at ACS
No. 67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Josef Newgarden	Will fit Engine 7 at ACS
No. 77	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Simon Pagenaud	Will fit Engine 6 at ACS
No. 78	Lotus-HVM Racing	Simona de Silvestro	Will fit Engine 9 at ACS
No. 83	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	Charlie Kimball	Will fit Engine 8 at ACS
No. 98	Barracuda Racing	Alex Tagliani	Will fit Engine 6 at ACS

Pursuant to Rule 15.1.4, Each Full-Season Entrant will be provided with no more than five fresh built Engines throughout each year covered by an engine service agreement. Using more than five fresh Engines in a season will result in a penalty. Engines beyond the fifth fresh Engine may be fresh or part-used.

Pursuant to Rule 15.6.2, Using more than five fresh Engines in a season will be considered Unapproved Engine Change-Outs.