IndyCar drivers pick Hunter-Reay as DOY

Ryan Hunter-Reay

Speed.com asked 23 IndyCar drivers who they would pick as 2012 IndyCar driver of the year. 17 Voted for Ryan Hunter-Reay, five for Scott Dixon and one for Simon Pagenaud, making RHR the clear choice among his constituents to receive SPEED.com's 2012 IndyCar Driver of the Year award.

In a similar vote, race fans also voted Hunter-Reay as IndyCar driver of the year in a crash.net poll.

IndyCar 2012 Driver of Year as voted by the fans
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) – rated 8.39
2. Will Power (Team Penske) – rated 8.03
3. Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt-Hamilton Motorsport) – rated 7.69
4. Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) – rated 7.55
5. James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport) – rated 7.25
6. Helio Castroneves (Team Penske) – rated 6.61
7. Sebastien Bourdais (Dragon Racing) – rated 6.48
8. Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) – rated 6.47
9. Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne Racing) – rated 6.46
10. Dario Franchitti (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) – rated 6.45
11. Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology) – rated 6.29
12. Ryan Briscoe (Team Penske) – rated 6.21
13. Rubens Barrichello (KV Racing Technology) – rated 6.20
14. Oriol Servia (Panther DRR) – rated 5.66
15. Simona de Silvestro (Nuclear Clean Air Energy HVM Racing) – rated 5.64
16. Ed Carpenter (Ed Carpenter Racing) – rated 5.53
17. Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing) – rated 5.44
18. Alex Tagliani (Bryan Herta Autosport) – rated 5.37
19. JR Hildebrand (Panther Racing) – rated 5.37
20. Graham Rahal (Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing) – rated 5.27
21. Charlie Kimball (Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing) – rated 5.00
22. Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) – rated 4.59
23. Katherine Legge (Dragon Racing) – rated 4.52
24. Mike Conway (AJ Foyt Enterprises) – rated 4.35
25. EJ Viso (KV Racing Technology) – rated 4.07
26. James Jakes (Dale Coyne Racing) – rated 3.79