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===Opening Day — Saturday, May 12===
*'''Weather''': {{convert|74|°F|0}}, partly cloudy
*'''Practice summary''': Rookie Josef Newgarden led the way, while J. R. Hildebrand led the tow chart.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=curtcavin|author=Curt Cavin|number=201709635047141376|date=13 May 2012|title=Here's what you need to know about Saturday's #indy500 action: Tow report showed day's fastest: @JRHildebrand at 218.6.}}</ref> Townsend Bell was not at the track, as he was competing in an American Le Mans race at Laguna Seca. Among the other drivers not making laps were Katherine Legge and [[Sébastien Bourdais]], who were currently without an engine deal. The first cars on the track were the three Penske Racing cars, who completed a parade lap with all three cars alongside. Marco Andretti did not spend any time in his own car, but shook down the 17 and 25 cars for a couple laps.
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At the half distance point the leaderboard was
Dixon, Franchitti, Hunter-Reay, [[Graham Rahal|Rahal]], [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Wilson]], Sato, [[Charlie Kimball|Kimball]], [[
On lap 110 Briscoe had a gearbox issue and ran more slowly for a lap and put the car into an emergency gearbox setting whilst running seventeenth.<ref name="Indy500 Website" />
Hunter-Reay stopped for fuel and tires on lap 113. This left all of the top six runners being Honda powered, in contrast to pre-race predictions on relative engine performance and economy.
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