Will Power Takes Infineon Win, Extends Indy Lead

Another road course circuit in IndyCar, another win for Team Penske's Will Power. However, this last one has been quite an emotional victory for the Australian driver, as it happened in the same place he suffered a back injury last year. Power won the race at Sears Point this weekend and further strengthened his lead in the overall classification, where he now holds a 59-point advantage over Ganassi's Dario Franchitti.

After clinching a season-record 8th pole position on Saturday, Power managed to fend off Ganassi's Scott Dixon in the dying laps of the race, therefore bagging his 5th success of the year.

Power controlled the action on Sunday from the get-go, but was forced to sweat for victory in the final part of the race. Benefitting from a softer set of tires in the last stint of the race, Dixon managed to overtake his teammate Dario Franchetti for 2nd place, before a late caution got him right behind Power for the last few laps.

After the restart, Dixon tried endlessly to pass his Team Penske rival, but the Australian kept his cool at all times. After a couple of intense laps, Power finally managed to put some distance between him and Dixon – a few cars lengths – until crossing the finish line some 0.7 seconds ahead of the New Zealander. The podium was completed by Franchitti, whose last set of hard tires prevented him from keeping the pace with the front-runners.

Despite benefiting from some great pit work early in the race, Ryan Briscoe had to settle for 4th overall in the end, being overtaken by both Ganassi drivers after the second pit stop. However, he was still able to top his teammate Helio Castroneves, who resisted some late pressure from Dreyer & Reinbold's Justin Wilson and Andretti Autosport's Tony Kanaan to finish 5th overall.

Andretti's Ryan Hunter-Reay, Newman/Haas Racing's Graham Rahal and Dale Coyne's Alex Lloyd completed the Top 10.

Race incidents included Simona de Silvestro's slight collisions with Raphael Matos and Ernesto Viso, Marco Andretti's making contact with JR Hildebrand and Takuma Sato's collision with Danica Patrick (which ended her hopes of finishing inside the Top 10).

Arguably the most notable incident occurred before the start of the race, during the formation lap, when the wheels of Dan Wheldon's car became interlocked and forced the British driver into a roll. Fortunately, the Panther Racing driver left the scene unhurt, after the stewards had managed to flip his car back the right way.