Power sure oval win will come

After his Toronto victory, Power is 42 points clear of Dario Franchitti at the head of the standings. He has finished in the top four at every road/street event, winning four of them, but his best result on an oval is fifth at Iowa.

The series is now into a string of road races, with Edmonton, Lexington and Sears Point following before the championship concludes with the Chicagoland, Kentucky, Motegi and Homestead ovals.

When asked if he was keen to build a points cushion before the oval run-in, Power admitted the speedway races were not his strong point - but is confident he is now quick enough to win one.

"If I could win every road course race going into that, it would be great..." he joked.

"I know it's going to be a tough championship to win. I was aware coming into the season that I had lack of experience on mile-and-a-half ovals.

"I think the only place it really showed was Kansas, where I was very cautious and just finished the race. Everywhere else, I felt like I could have challenged for the win.

"So I want to win an oval race before the year's out. I've been knocking on the door. So I think that may come."

Power is in his first full campaign with Penske this season, and insisted there was nothing special about his results - even though none of his rivals have won more than one race so far.

"I believe if you're put in that position, you should be winning," he said. "I think it's when you have bad results, it's not good enough.

"You're given the equipment to win. I've been given a full-time ride in one of the best teams in the series. To repay them back, you've got to win.

"I look at some of the races where we missed out where I feel we were strong enough. We could have won more, and so could other people. But we'll always be challenging for wins every weekend and we should be. It's as simple as that."