IndyCar News: Power wins race, Palou locks up 4th IndyCar title
Driving for his contract renewal, Will Power held off Christian Lundgaard to win the BITNILE.COM NTT IndyCar race. Alex Palou settled for third place and locked up his 4th title in five years at Portland Raceway.
Power led 78 of 110 laps and dominated in driving to convince Roger Penske to not drop him after this year.
Palou was battling for the lead with the front two but decided not to do anything stupid, and settled for third in his #10 DHL Honda and took the 2025 IndyCar title.
Pato O’Ward, Palou’s closetest challenger, made it easy for Palou when he lost 9 laps with an engine electrical issue.
Graham Rahal had his best finish in a while, coming home 4th in his #15 RLL Honda, 10.6s behind Power
Alexander Rossi rounded out the top-5, 16-seconds behind Power
More to follow….
Race Results
| POS | START | NO. | NAME | BEHIND | GAP | MFR | LAPS |
| 1 | 3 | 12 | W. Power | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | Chevy | 110 |
| 2 | 7 | 7 | C. Lundgaard | 1.5388 | 1.5388 | Chevy | 110 |
| 3 | 5 | 10 | A. Palou | 2.4485 | 0.9097 | Honda | 110 |
| 4 | 22 | 15 | G. Rahal | 10.5791 | 8.1306 | Honda | 110 |
| 5 | 6 | 20 | A. Rossi | 16.1754 | 5.5963 | Chevy | 110 |
| 6 | 24 | 90 | C. Ilott | 17.7497 | 1.5743 | Chevy | 110 |
| 7 | 11 | 3 | S. Mclaughlin | 26.9355 | 9.1858 | Chevy | 110 |
| 8 | 8 | 66 | M. Armstrong | 28.1733 | 1.2378 | Honda | 110 |
| 9 | 2 | 60 | F. Rosenqvist | 30.1013 | 1.9280 | Honda | 110 |
| 10 | 13 | 26 | C. Herta | 37.6096 | 7.5083 | Honda | 110 |
| 11 | 9 | 9 | S. Dixon | 38.4024 | 0.7928 | Honda | 110 |
| 12 | 16 | 21 | C. Rasmussen | 39.5430 | 1.1406 | Chevy | 110 |
| 13 | 14 | 45 | L. Foster | 52.0779 | 12.5349 | Honda | 110 |
| 14 | 20 | 77 | S. Robb | 53.0369 | 0.9590 | Chevy | 110 |
| 15 | 25 | 83 | R. Shwartzman | 54.5093 | 1.4724 | Chevy | 110 |
| 16 | 17 | 6 | N. Siegel | 57.1126 | 2.6033 | Chevy | 110 |
| 17 | 23 | 18 | R. Veekay | 58.3276 | 1.2150 | Honda | 110 |
| 18 | 12 | 30 | D. Defrancesco | 1:00.1623 | 1.8347 | Honda | 110 |
| 19 | 4 | 4 | D. Malukas | 1 LAP | 1 LAP | Chevy | 109 |
| 20 | 19 | 27 | K. Kirkwood | 1.2057 | 1.2057 | Honda | 109 |
| 21 | 18 | 8 | K. Simpson | 1.7451 | 0.5394 | Honda | 109 |
| 22 | 10 | 28 | M. Ericsson | 2.2735 | 0.5284 | Honda | 109 |
| 23 | 27 | 51 | J. Abel | 14.3576 | 12.0841 | Honda | 109 |
| 24 | 15 | 2 | J. Newgarden | 34.9343 | 20.5767 | Chevy | 109 |
| 25 | 1 | 5 | P. O’ward | 9 LAPS | 9 LAPS | Chevy | 100 |
| 26 | 26 | 76 | C. Daly | 96 LAPS | 87 LAPS | Chevy | 13 |
| 27 | 21 | 14 | S. Ferrucci | 108 LAPS | 12 LAPS | Chevy | 1 |