Will Power leads wire-to-wire at Portland to remain in IndyCar championship fight
Will Power remained in the IndyCar championship hunt with a wire-to-wire victory Sunday at Portland International Raceway
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Will Power remained in the IndyCar championship hunt with a dominating victory Sunday at Portland International Raceway.
Power started second alongside polesitter Santino Ferrucci — the first A.J. Foyt Racing driver to lead the field to green in a decade — but an alliance between Team Penske and the Foyt organization allowed Power and Ferrucci to make a plan for the start.
Sixty-six points behind championship leader Alex Palou at the start of the race, Power vowed to be aggressive at the start and drive like three-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen. The 43-year-old Australian was serious about it, too, as he slid ahead of Ferrucci entering the first turn.
“Santino and I talked about the start, he was a very good teammate,” Power said.
