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Road America IndyCar: Will Power holds off charging Tony Kanaan

Will Power held off a last-gasp surge by Tony Kanaan on IndyCar's return to Road America to secure his second win of the season

The duel between the pair was set up by the race's only caution period when Conor Daly speared off the road at Turn 1 and into the barriers on lap 40 of 50, with a suspected rear brake failure.

That set up a five-lap dash to the chequered flag by the time the caution had been lifted, which Power led from the green flag.

Kanaan was third on the restart behind Power's Penske team-mate Simon Pagenaud, but used a push to pass and the advantage of the grippier red tyres to clear Pagenaud for second, before Graham Rahal followed suit.

Kanaan brought down a 1.5-second lead to just 0.3s with two laps remaining, but Power fended off the Brazilian to deny Kanaan a first IndyCar win since Fontana in 2014.

Despite Pagenaud threatening to make a late-race charge for the lead with an impressive turn of pace before the final stops, he couldn't make it last.

The Frenchman suffered further on the restart when he was passed by five cars in a handful of turns as an electrical problem sapped him of engine power, eventually finishing 13th.

Ryan Hunter-Reay made the most of a few brave moves in the final two laps to outbrake Charlie Kimball and Helio Castroneves to finish fourth behind highest Honda-powered finisher Rahal, who was a clear third.

Scott Dixon started the race from second, but an engine issue five laps in caused him to retire.

RESULT - 50 LAPS:

Pos Driver Team Car Gap
1 Will Power Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 1h39m10.3044s
2 Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 0.7429s
3 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Dallara/Honda 5.9608s
4 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 9.3597s
5 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 10.5340s
6 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 10.9966s
7 Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 12.6191s
8 Josef Newgarden Ed Carpenter Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 13.8835s
9 Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 15.7290s
10 Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 17.1132s
11 Jack Hawksworth AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda 18.7152s
12 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 19.9030s
13 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 21.1530s
14 James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 22.1333s
15 Alexander Rossi Andretti Herta Dallara/Honda 22.5908s
16 Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 23.5531s
17 Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda 35.3665s
18 Sebastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1 Lap
19 Gabby Chaves Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda 1 Lap
20 Max Chilton Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 2 Laps
21 Conor Daly Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda Contact
22 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet Mechanical

LEADING CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Pos Driver Points
1 Simon Pagenaud 375
2 Helio Castroneves 301
3 Will Power 294
4 Scott Dixon 285
5 Josef Newgarden 283
6 Tony Kanaan 280
7 Carlos Munoz 262
8 Graham Rahal 261
9 Juan Pablo Montoya 259
10 Alexander Rossi 257
11 Ryan Hunter-Reay 256
12 Charlie Kimball 255
13 James Hinchcliffe 242
14 Sebastien Bourdais 222
15 Conor Daly 186
16 Takuma Sato 186
17 Marco Andretti 184
18 Mikhail Aleshin 169
19 Max Chilton 149
20 Jack Hawksworth 129


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