Perfect Power wins second IndyCar crown

Australia's ain Will Power is simply a two-time IndyCar Series champion.

The erstwhile fiery Team Penske aviator was cool, calm and collected connected his mode to 3rd successful the season-finale astatine Laguna Seca to unafraid the crown.

Stablemate Josef Newgarden enactment successful a valiant effort to snatch the rubric triumph away, but could lone muster 2nd down Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou.

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"Oh man, that sounds surreal, honestly, it sounds surreal," Power said implicit his vigor arsenic helium took the chequered flag.

"I cannot convey you guys enough. It was perfectly a squad effort this year. You guys were flawless each year.

"I beryllium it to you. I've driven my bosom retired today. Thank you and congratulations, guys."

Power ended the twelvemonth with 1 contention triumph and a phenomenal 9 podium finishes successful a twelvemonth wherever helium lone finished extracurricular the apical 10 connected lone 4 occasions from 17 races.

"Let maine archer ya, successful the off-season my woman said to maine 'I judge you're going to bushed Mario's grounds and you're going to triumph the championship'," said Power.

"She said that to maine and it really gave maine assurance that I could bash it.. The information that she said that, that's however overmuch assurance I person successful present gut feel. She said those words. I conscionable couldn't judge that it's travel true.

"From the beginning, it was conscionable playing the agelong game. I said it to Tim Cindric, I said, 'man, I'm conscionable playing the agelong game, not needfully going for the large wins this year'."

It wasn't each creaseless sailing for the 41-year-old, who mislaid the pb to Palou aboriginal successful the contention and looked to conflict with tyre deterioration portion Newgarden surged by.

In the end, 3rd was capable to unafraid the rubric implicit Newgarden, who needed to triumph and person Power decorativeness extracurricular the apical five.

"I conscionable knew I conscionable had to perfectly get the astir retired of those stints and not suffer immoderate much positions," Power explained.

"Man, I had to thrust the happening today. It was connected the edge. Very loose. Man, what a alleviation huh?"

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