Power’s #12 Team Penske-Chevrolet turned 92 laps, the best being the 79th – a 58.295sec effort around the 1.967-mile course in Portland, OR. However, he went off on his 93rd lap, damaging the front of the car, and the damage was such that he couldn’t get back on track.
Nonetheless, his top time left Power around 0.25sec clear of Andretti Autosport-Honda’s fastest representative, Colton Herta, and three tenths clear of his nearest pursuer in the championship, teammate Josef Newgarden. The 2017 and ’19 champion will be taking a six-slot grid penalty at Portland for switching to his fifth engine.
