THE LINE - SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

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Will Power (No. 12 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet) finally won his first Verizon IndyCar Series championship with a ninth-place finish in the MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway Saturday night. Power had been the championship runner-up in 2010, 2011 and 2012. "It's 15 years of hard work. I was crying as I crossed the (finish) line," said Power, who finished 62 points ahead of Castroneves (No. 3 Team Penske AAA Southern California Chevrolet). "It's surreal. It's just a fantastic way to finish the season."

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Team Penske's Tim Cindric and Helio Castroneves talk after the IndyCar finale at Auto Club Speedway. Will Power had entered the 18th race of the season with a 51-point lead over teammate Castroneves (No. 3 Team Penske AAA Southern California Chevrolet), who started from the pole and led 41 laps, but was assessed a drive-through penalty for a pit lane entry violation on Lap 218 that put him a lap down. He finished 14th in the race and second in the championship for the fourth time in his career. "It's another second, but well done to Will," said Castroneves, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner. "It stings a little bit, but it motivates me to come back stronger next year and win a championship." It was the ninth consecutive year that the series champion was determined in the season finale.

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Will Power's championship run provided Roger Penske his 13th Indy car title and the first for Team Penske since 2006 with Sam Hornish Jr. "Tonight showed the strength of our team," Penske said. Penske is the most successful owner in Indy car racing history, with fifteen Indianapolis 500 wins in addition to his series championships.

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Will Power's wife, Liz, nervously paced the pit lane during Saturday night's MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway.

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Tony Kanaan (No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Target Chevrolet) receives congratulations from his team owner, Chip Ganassi, after winning the MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway Saturday night. "It's been a long time coming," said Kanaan, who claimed his first victory since the 2013 Indianapolis 500. "We had a team meeting this afternoon and (team owner) Chip Ganassi said if you win you can brag about it for seven months."

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Scott Dixon (No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Target Chevrolet) finished 3.6750 seconds behind Tony Kanaan in the 250-lap race to make it a 1-2 for team owner Chip Ganassi. Kanaan was the 11th different winner of the season, which tied the Indy car single-season record set in 2000 and matched in 2001. Ed Carpenter (No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka Chevrolet), who won at Auto Club Speedway in 2012 and was runner-up in 2013, finished third.

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Juan Pablo Montoya (No. 2 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet) finished fourth. “Yeah, this year, podium or championship, I never even thought about that.  I figured if I got a podium once or twice this year I would be happy.   We had a pole and won one race. Today, we had a car that was so fast but we had a problem with the weight jacker and we had to add six or seven pounds just to get it to drive decent again.”

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Tim Cindric, Will Power and Roger Penske at the INDYCAR Championship Celebration at Club Nokia at the LA Live entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles Sunday night. Mark Miles, CEO of Hulman & Co., the parent of INDYCAR, presented Power and team owner Roger Penske with a $1 million championship bonus check and replicas of the Astor Challenge Cup, the Verizon IndyCar Series championship trophy. "It's still sinking in really," said Power, a first-time series champion. "When you want something so bad for so long, it's such a relief when you finally get it. It's exactly that - a culmination of 15 years of hard work to get to this point." Power also accepted the Jostens Champions Award, a ring valued at $10,000, and the Sunoco Diamond Performance Award and its $75,000 prize for winning the most races. In addition, Power received the Verizon P1 Award for scoring the most points among pole winners. Matt Jonnson, chief mechanic for Power's No. 12 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet, accepted the Verizon IndyCar Series Chief Mechanic of the Year Award and Jon Bouslog of Team Penske accepted the Team Manager of the Year Award.

 

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Kasey Kahne (No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Farmer's Insurance Chevrolet SS) was victorious in Sunday night's Oral-B USA 500 at at the 1.54-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway. With his win, Kahne won a slot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Matt Kenseth (No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Home Depot Husky Toyota) finished .574 seconds behind in second and also clinched a spot in the Chase on points, leaving only two of sixteen positions in NASCAR's 10-race playoff available in Saturday night's regular-season finale at Richmond International Raceway. It was Kahne's 17th - and arguably the most important - win of his career. Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Sport Clips Toyota Camry) finished third. Watch a NASCAR video of the end of the race here.

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Danica Patrick (No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing GoDaddy Chevrolet SS) had an outstanding run, finishing sixth Sunday night.

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The Goodwood Revival Meeting takes place from September 12-14, and once again there will be plenty of iconic 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s racing machines for all to see on the track. Some of the highlights announced include  60 years of the Jaguar D-type, with one of the largest gatherings of D-types in the world. The Lavant Cup race will feature 23 of them, and there will be a pair of parades with 33 of the famous machines.

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The Goodwood Revival Meeting will also celebrate 60 years of the small-block V8 engine, including running the Shelby Cup for pre-1966 saloons powered by the engine. The race will feature Marussia F1 racer Max Chilton and 20 Ford Mustangs to mark the car’s 50th anniversary.

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The event will also mark 50 years since Sir Jackie Stewart was "discovered" driving at Goodwood, with a parade on each day of 23 of his competition cars, including the Cooper F3 car he first drove at Goodwood in 1964.