{"id":47301,"date":"2024-07-14T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T22:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=47301"},"modified":"2024-07-14T17:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T22:52:16","slug":"power-climbs-through-field-finally-wins-at-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/14\/power-climbs-through-field-finally-wins-at-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"Power climbs through field, finally wins at Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Will  Power – (Photo by Joe Skibinski | IMS Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Courtesy of the NTT IndyCar Series<\/em><\/p>\n

NEWTON, Iowa \u2013 Add Iowa Speedway to the list of tracks where Will Power has won an NTT INDYCAR SERIES race.<\/p>\n

Power put that one on his impressive list with a victory in Sunday\u2019s Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade. In doing so, Team Penske\u2019s two-time series champion pushed his career race win total to 43, giving him sole possession of fourth place in the sport\u2019s history. Power tied Michael Andretti\u2019s career total last month with a victory at Road America.<\/p>\n

Race Results<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s race was Power\u2019s 19th attempt at the short oval east of Des Moines, Iowa. He had won an event-leading seven poles, but finishing second on four occasions, including last year, had been his best race result. His last oval-track victory was nearly five years ago at Pocono Raceway. He now has 10 career oval wins.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been trying to win this race for years (and) years,\u201d said Power, who started deep in the 27-car field due to brushing the wall in Saturday\u2019s qualifying session. \u201cSo, I\u2019m over the moon (happy).\u201d<\/p>\n

Power, 43, drove from the 22nd starting position and then received quick service from his No. 12 Verizon Business Team Penske Chevrolet crew to beat series leader Alex Palou during the final exchange of pit stops under green conditions. Power\u2019s time advantage over Palou in that sequence was about nine-tenths of a second, according to information collected by NTT DATA.<\/p>\n

The separation between Power and Palou at the finish line was .3915 of a second.<\/p>\n

Team Penske\u2019s Scott McLaughlin, the winner of Saturday night\u2019s Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart, finished third. He led the race\u2019s first 94 laps to push his two-night consecutive laps led total to 259,<\/p>\n

McLaughlin lost Sunday\u2019s lead when a caution came out on Lap 101 for Agustin Canapino\u2019s stalled car in Turn 2. As Palou was on pit road at the time and Power hadn\u2019t yet made his scheduled stop, those two drivers cycled to the front, pushing McLaughlin back to third.<\/p>\n

Power rode behind Palou for 104 of the next 114 laps before overtaking him on the second pit stop. That was the difference in the race\u2019s outcome on a sunny and hot Midwestern afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cMassive fuel (saving),\u201d Power said of how he moved up through the field. \u201cHonestly, (I was) just sitting in the pack. I had a really good car \u2013 a really fast car \u2013 so I sat back and used that pace to save fuel and get a massive (fuel) number.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew once all those (frontrunners) pulled in (for pit service) I could go hard, and then we caught a yellow. That was sort of the thing we were hoping for, to get one of those yellows to put us to the front. Then we were able to get better fuel mileage behind Palou and go a lap longer than him and then jump in (to the pits).\u201d<\/p>\n

Said McLaughlin: \u201cWe probably caught the caution at the wrong time, (but) first and third (in the two races), I\u2019ll take that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dixon finished fourth in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing while Colton Herta fifth in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda of Andretti Global w\/Curb-Agajanian.<\/p>\n

With the victory, Power cut Palou\u2019s lead in the standings to 35 points with six races remaining.<\/p>\n

As Power and Palou were crossing the finish line, a multicar crash coming off Turn 2 occurred. Sting Ray Robb ran over the back of Alexander Rossi\u2019s car, vaulting Robb\u2019s car high in the air vertically. Behind them, Ed Carpenter and Kyle Kirkwood spun and with Rossi, they ended up against the inside retaining wall with Carpenter\u2019s car on top of Kirkwood\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Rossi, Kirkwood and Carpenter safely climbed from their damaged cars. Robb gave two thumbs up before being transported to a local hospital as a precaution for further evaluation.<\/p>\n

Practice for the 12th race of the season, the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, begins Friday at 3 p.m. ET at Exhibition Place in Toronto. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing\u2019s Christian Lundgaard earned his first series race victory last year on the temporary street circuit.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s 85-lap race will air live on Peacock and the INDYCAR Radio Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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