LONG BEACH - Australia’s Will Power, driving the Team Penske #12 Verizon car, used a two-step strategy to perfection to take an exciting win over Frenchman Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports) and Canadian James Hinchcliffe (Team Andretti) in Sunday’s 38th Annual Grand Prix of Long Beach for the IZOD Indy Car Series.It was a career best finish for both Pagenaud and Hinchcliffe.Power, who started the race from the 12th position, inherited the lead on lap 70 when Pagenuad made his third and final stop of the 85-lap race. “This is really sweet. I didn’t think it was possible to win here from the 12th place,” explained Power, who sat on the pole in the previous three races at Long Beach only to fall short of winning in the race. “ It came down to a good call to pit early and then saving enough fuel to go to the end.
Will Power rolls to Long Beach IndyCar win