No. 12 Verizon 5G Dallara/Chevrolet – Will Power
Start: 2nd
Finish: 14th
Status: Running
Laps Completed: 212/212
Laps Led: 0
Points Position: 3rd (-37 pts)
In Saturday night’s first race of this weekend’s Texas Motor Speedway doubleheader, an untimely caution flag put Will Power and the No. 12 Verizon 5G Chevrolet behind early on and the team was never able to return to the front of the field before coming home with a 14th-place finish.
Power started the race in the second position when qualifying for the event was rained out and the field set by points. Power dropped back to third early on, but held serve in that position until coming in for his first stop on lap 55. Unfortunately for Power and the Verizon 5G team, the caution flag flew shortly after the No. 12 crew completed its stop, which resulted in the Australian racer falling a lap down.
For the remainder of the race, Power continued to try and keep himself on the lead lap while also trying to earn back his track position by beating his competitors to pit lane during scheduled stops. When that strategy didn’t work, the Verizon 5G Chevy team tried to run long on the final stop hoping to catch a caution flag. Unfortunately for the team, the caution period never came and Power crossed the finish line in 14th place.
Saturday’s finish marked Power’s first result outside of the top 10 this season. Power dropped to third place in the INDYCAR SERIES point standings with the result.
Quote: “We just caught a bad break tonight with that caution coming out when it did. (Scott) Dixon got away from us on the start but I felt like we settled in a bit and had a decent Verizon Chevy. Once we lost that track position it was a struggle to make that back up. Tried some strategy that didn’t work out the way we wanted. We have another shot at it tomorrow and a good starting position, so hopefully a little luck falls our way.”
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
