Will Power celebrates his victory in Saturday night’s Izod IndyCar Series season finale at Auto Club Speedway. Photo by John Cote
For the eighth consecutive year, the IZOD IndyCar Series champion was determined in the final race — 500 high-speed, high-drama miles played out over 3 hours under the lights at Auto Club Speedway.
Scott Dixon, who entered the 19th race of the season with a 25-point advantage over title rival Helio Castroneves, secured his third series championship in the past decade in his 220th Indy car start. Dixon finished fifth in the MAVTV 500, while Castroneves placed sixth in the high attrition race. The final margin was 27 points.
“It was a crazy day,” said Dixon, who posted his field-high 10th top five of the season. “Just huge credit to Team Target. They played everything straight tonight. We had to work on a bit of strategy, we had to work on the car a lot, and then we had an issue with some overheating problems toward the end.
“I still can’t believe we’ve won the championship. So many people to thank and it’s just unbelievable.”
Scott Dixon and his wife, Emma, on the stage after winning the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series championship. Photo by Chris Jones
It is the 10th Indy car championship for Target Chip Ganassi Racing and the ninth with Honda (Dixon won in ’03 with Toyota).
Will Power, who lost the championship on this racetrack last year, won his third race of the season by 1.4883 seconds over 2012 race winner Ed Carpenter, who earned his first podium finish of the season.
“That is the most satisfying win of my life,” said Power, who had been the series championship runner-up in 2010, 2011 and 2012. “I wanted to do it so badly all year. I knew in the early ovals, I just was kind of conservative because I just wanted to finish every lap. And this time I’m going for it.”
Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan finished third and James Hinchcliffe, who earlier in the day announced his re-signing with Andretti Autosport for 2014, finished fourth.
Chevrolet earned its second consecutive manufacturer title.
Izod IndyCar Series
Auto Club Speedway – Fontana, CA
MAVTV 500 – Oct. 19, 2013
1. (1) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 250, Running
2. (7) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy, 250, Running
3. (9) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, 250, Running
4. (8) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Chevy, 250, Running
5. (17) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
6. (12) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 249, Running
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8. (16) Simona De Silvestro, Dallara-Chevy, 247, Running
9. (11) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevy, 242, Running
10. (4) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 238, Mechanical
11. (15) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Honda, 237, Mechanical
12. (3) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, 229, Contact
13. (13) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 217, Mechanical
14. (21) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 209, Contact
15. (22) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 200, Mechanical
16. (2) AJ Allmendinger, Dallara-Chevy, 188, Contact
17. (25) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 144, Mechanical
18. (18) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 110, Contact
19. (14) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Chevy, 110, Contact
20. (20) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 110, Contact
21. (23) Tristan Vautier, Dallara-Honda, 110, Contact
22. (5) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 110, Contact
23. (10) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Chevy, 100, Contact
24. (24) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, 69, Contact
25. (19) Pippa Mann, Dallara-Honda, 68, Contact
Winners average speed: 154.867
Time of Race: 03:13:42.8699
Margin of victory: 1.4883
Cautions: 7 for 55 laps
Lead changes: 28 among 11 drivers
Lap Leaders: Power 1 – 11, Bourdais 12 – 31, Hunter-Reay 32 – 34, Power 35 – 38, Jakes 39, Hunter-Reay 40 – 81, Castroneves 82, Andretti 83 – 84, Castroneves 85 – 86, Kanaan 87 – 89, Bourdais 90 – 102, Castroneves 103 – 126, Tagliani 127 – 128, Bourdais 129, Tagliani 130 – 131, Andretti 132, Tagliani 133, Power 134 – 160, Kimball 161 – 163, Power 164 – 193, Carpenter 194, Dixon 195 – 198, Power 199 – 215, Kimball 216, Dixon 217, Kimball 218 – 227, Bourdais 228, Kimball 229 – 236, Power 237 – 250.
Point Standings: Dixon 577, Castroneves 550, Pagenaud 508, Power 499, Andretti 484, Wilson 472, Hunter-Reay 469, Hinchcliffe 449, Kimball 427, Dario Franchitti 418.
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