FORT WORTH, TX : Will Power wins after IndyCar crash on Saturday, June 10, 2017
Will Power won a wild IndyCar race under caution at the repaved and reconfigured Texas track with only eight of the 22-car field actually crossing the finish line Saturday night.
Power finished ahead of Tony Kanaan, whom other drivers and at least one owner blamed for a crash earlier that led to a nearly 31-minute red flag.
“He wasn’t driving smart or respectfully,” driver James Hinchcliffe said.
The final caution came when Takuma Sato, driving the same car in which he won the Indianapolis 500 two weeks ago, got his left side slightly into the grass on the front stretch with five laps to go. That sent him spinning, and took out Scott Dixon.
It was the 31st career victory for Power and his second this season.
Simon Pagenaud was third, ahead of defending race champion Graham Rahal. Gabby Chaves finished fifth, and Marco Andretti in sixth was the only other driver to finish all 248 laps at the 1½-mile track.
The red flag came out after a crash involving nine cars that was blamed on Kanaan. Hinchcliffe got loose on lap 154 after making contact with Kanaan and hit Schmidt Peterson Motorsports teammate Mikhail Aleshin.
All drivers involved in the crash were evaluated and released from the infield care center.
NASCAR Xfinity Series: Cup regular Brad Keselowski held off the field of mostly developmental drivers to win at Pocono in Long Pond, Pa. Fox used current Cup drivers to cover the race, believed to be the first time an entire broadcast team was composed only of active athletes in their respective sport.
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Will Power wins after IndyCar crash