'Pain' driving desperate Power to win Indy title

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Will Power says winning this year's IndyCar Series crown would spell a agelong mode to repaying the religion of his squad aft years of achy losses.

The Australian ace past won the IndyCar Series successful 2014 and has finished runner-up connected 4 occasions since helium archetypal joined Team Penske successful 2010.

Power's vocation has been defined by unthinkable one-lap gait with the adjacent astir rod positions of each time, a stat helium shares with Mario Andretti.

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Although wins person been forthcoming, inconsistency has dogged the Toowoomba-born driver's campaigns of late.

In 2022, Power has conscionable 1 triumph to his recognition but has had an different fruitful twelvemonth with 7 much podiums including a five-race tally of apical 4 finishes to commencement the season.

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"I conscionable privation to triumph this title for the guys that person been with maine for much than a decade," said Power.

"Like my engineer, Dave [Faustino], my information acquisition feline Robbie [Atkinson], and the group.

"It's a batch little selfish for maine this clip astir due to the fact that they merit it. I consciousness their symptom implicit the years of losing truthful many, truthful I would emotion to triumph it for them."

Power's latest performance, 2nd successful the Grand Prix of Portland, puts him 20 points wide of his nearest rivals.

Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing and Team Penske's Josef Newgarden beryllium adjacent connected points successful second.

Recently, Chip Ganassi Racing opted to trial astatine Laguna Seca wherever the season-finale volition beryllium held portion Team Penske opted to trial astatine Portland.

For Power, the finale presents plentifulness of unknowns.

"That's inactive precise tough," helium said of maintaining his 20-point advantage.

"It's precise tough. Ganassi has tested there. We're successful the champion position, we've got the champion shot, we'll bash everything we can."

The IndyCar Series comes to a adjacent connected September 12 astatine Laguna Seca.

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