Four Score and Seven Years Ago

I got thinking about what Indycar was like in 2005 compared to 2012, and here are some results I found. I listed the info, but the judgments and opinions shall be made by you the viewers. Let me know what you are thinking! Here they are, the left side is 2005 and the right side is 2012, and anything in yellow shows up in both categories:

Schedules
Homestead	St. Pete
Phoenix	Barber
St. Pete	Long Beach
Motegi	Sao Paulo
Indianapolis	Indianapolis
Texas	Belle Isle
Richmond	Texas
Kansas	Milwaukee
Nashville	Iowa
Milwaukee	Toronto
Michigan	Edmonton
Kentucky	Mid Ohio
Pikes Peak	Sonoma
Sonoma	Baltimore
Chicagoland	Fontana
Watkins Glen
Fontana
Drivers
Adrian Fernandez	Alex Tagliani
AJ Foyt IV	Ana Beatriz
Akex Barron	Bryan Clauson
Bruno Junqiera	Charlie Kimball
Bryan Herta	Dario Franchitti
Buddy Lazier	Ed Carpenter
Buddy Rice	EJ Viso Giorgio Pantano
Dan Wheldon	Graham Rahal
Danica Patrick	Helio Castroneves
Dario Franchitti	James Hinchcliffe
Darren Manning	James Jakes
Ed Carpenter	Jean Alesi
Felipe Giaffone	Josef Newgarden
Giorgio Pantano	JR Hildebrand
Helio Castroneves	Justin Wilson
Jacques Lazier	Katherine Legge
Jeff Bucknum	Marco Andretti
Jeff Ward	Michel Jourdain Jr
Jimmy Kite	Mike Conway
Kenny Brack	Oriol Servia
Kosuke Matsuura	Rubens Barrichello
Larry Foyt	Ryan Briscoe
Marty Roth	Ryan Hunter-Reay
Patrick Carpentier	Scott Dixon
Richie Hearn	Sebastian Saavedra
Roger Yasukawa	Sebastien Bourdais
Ryan Briscoe	Simon Pagenaud
Sam Hornish Jr	Simona de Silvestro
Scott Dixon	Takuma Sato
Scott Sharp	Tony Kanaan
Sebastien Bourdais	Townsend Bell
Tomas Enge	Will Power
Tomas Scheckter
Tony Kanaan
Townsend Bell
Vitor Meira
Race Winners
Bryan Herta	Dario Franchitti Ed Carpenter
Dan Wheldon	Helio Castroneves
Dario Franchitti	Justin Wilson
Helio Castroneves	Ryan Hunter-Reay Ryan Briscoe
Sam Hornish Jr.	Scott Dixon
Scott Dixon	Will Power
Scott Sharp
Tomas Scheckter
Tony Kanaan
Teams
Aguri-Fernandez Racing	AJ Foyt Enterprises
AJ Foyt Enterprises	Andretti Autosport
Andretti Green Racing	Bryan Herta Autosport
Cheever Racing	Chip Ganassi Racing
CURB Motorsports	Dale Coyne Racing
Dreyer and Reinbold Racing	Dragon Racing
Hemelgarn Racing	Dreyer and Reinbold Racing
Marlbaro Team Penske	Ed Carpenter Racing
Newman Haas Racing	Fan Force United
Panther Racing	HVM Racing
Playa del Racing	KV Racing Technology
Rahal Letterman Racing	Panther Racing
Roth Racing	Rahal Letterman Racing
Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Schmidt Hamilton Racing
Vision Racing	Team Penske
Engine Suppliers + Points
Chevrolet 96	Chevrolet 123
Honda 153	Honda 102
Toyota 125	Lotus 60
Champion
Dan Wheldon avg: 37	Ryan Hunter-Reay avg: 31.2
Avg Start of Winners
5.6	6.8
Rookie of the Year
Danica Patrick avg: 19.1	Simon Pagenaud avg: 25.8
Pole Sitters
Bryan Herta	Alex Tagliani
Danica Patrick	Dario Franchitti
Dario Franchitti	Helio Castroneves
Helio Castroneves	Marco Andretti
Ryan Briscoe	Ryan Briscoe
Sam Hornish Jr	Scott Dixon
Tomas Scheckter	Will Power
Tony Kanaan
Most Laps Led
Dan Wheldon - 752	Scott Dixon - 456
Most Laps Run
Dan Wheldon - 3007	Helio Castroneves - 1965
Highest Earning Driver
Dan Wheldon - $2,721,005	Dario Franchitti - $1,272,280
Most Times Running at Finish
Patrick Carpentier - 16	Helio Castroneves - 15
Best Avg Start
Sam Hornish Jr - 5.5	Dario Franchitti - 5.8
Best Avg Finish
Dan Wheldon - 5	Helio Castroneves - 7.7

So, what do you think?! Let me know on Twitter!

Thanks for reading.

-Matthew Hickey