No. 12 Verizon 5G Dallara/Chevrolet – Will Power
Start: 3rd
Finish: 13th
Status: Running
Laps Completed: 248/248
Laps Led: 1
Points Position: 9th (-54 pts)
Will Power started third and ran in the top five for much of Sunday’s INDYCAR SERIES race at Texas Motor Speedway. After he got shuffled out of the racing groove in a three-side battle late in the race, Power had to settle for a 13th-place finish in the No. 12 Verizon 5G Chevrolet.
After Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session was canceled due to rain, Sunday’s starting lineup for was set by points, with Power and the Verizon Chevy taking the green flag in third place. Following a big accident involving six cars on the opening lap, Power settled into third for the first stint of the race.
Running on a single groove for most of the race on the 1.5-mile oval, it was difficult for Power or any of the competitors to make up ground on the track. Thanks to great pit work by the No. 12 Verizon crew, however, Power emerged from pit lane in second place just past the halfway mark.
As Power was running in fourth place and saving fuel for the end of the race, a caution flag on lap 190 once again brought the field back together. On the ensuing restart, Power was on the outside of a three-wide situation heading into turn three and he got out of the groove and lightly brushed the wall. Thankfully, the Verizon Chevrolet sustained little damage and Power was able to continue on, but he lost a lot of track position in the process. Power crossed the finish line in 13th place and with the result, he fell to ninth in the INDYCAR SERIES point standings.
Quote: “It was a tough couple of days at Texas. I got caught out by the yellow there. We had a pretty good shot at a top-five, but unfortunately, I got put three-wide and put into the marbles. This is a one-groove track and it was over after that. I should have went to the inside and not the outside. We are still in the game – not as big of a points deficit as we’ve had before. The Verizon 5G Chevy will motor on to Indy.”
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