Power goes from 12th to victory
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 13 years, 1 month AGO
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Will Power has kept Penske Racing perfect this season by picking his way through the field to win at Long Beach.
Power won for the second consecutive IndyCar race even though a penalty levied against Chevrolet forced him to start 12th in the field. Chevy's decision to change the engine for all 11 of its teams drew penalties of 10 starting spots for each driver.
So Power had to weave his way through traffic all day, then hold off Simon Pagenaud to preserve the win.
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Sunday
At Long Beach Street Circuit
Long Beach, Calif.
Lap length: 1.968 miles
(Starting position in parentheses)
1. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevrolet, 85, Running.
2. (4) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 85, Running.
3. (16) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Chevrolet, 85, Running.
4. (19) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevrolet, 85, Running.
5. (20) J.R. Hildebrand, Dallara-Chevrolet, 85, Running.
6. (13) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevrolet, 85, Running.
7. (11) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevrolet, 85, Running.
8. (6) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 84, Running.
9. (22) Rubens Barrichello, Dallara-Chevrolet, 84, Running.
10. (3) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 84, Running.
11. (14) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 84, Running.
12. (15) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Chevrolet, 84, Running.
13. (18) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevrolet, 84, Running.
14. (24) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevrolet, 83, Running.
15. (1) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 82, Running.
16. (23) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Lotus, 82, Running.
17. (25) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Lotus, 82, Running.
18. (9) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running.
19. (26) Katherine Legge, Dallara-Lotus, 80, Running.
20. (17) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Lotus, 74, Mechanical.
21. (10) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Lotus, 46, Mechanical.
22. (7) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 41, Mechanical.
23. (5) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 27, Mechanical.
24. (8) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 23, Contact.
25. (21) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Chevrolet, 22, Contact.
26. (2) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 0, Contact.
Points: Power 127, Castroneves 103, Pagenaud 100, Dixon 96, Hinchcliffe 95, Hunter-Reay 81, Briscoe 73, Rahal 62, Barrichello 59, Hildebrand 57.
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