Neither winner Will Power nor runner-up Simon Pagenaud felt the lap 53 pass for the win was a risky one, following their late-race battle in the second Detroit race. In fact, Power said he had deliberately taken the less risky route past his teammate, as they dueled for fifth while running behind four cars on brave alternate strategies. The 2014 IndyCar Series champion, who scored his first win for over a year, said: “The crew guys did a great job in the pits to get me out in front of the #28 [Ryan Hunter-Reay’s Andretti Autosport-Honda] and then obviously on the restart I felt we really have to capitalize or we’re not going to win. “It wasn’t a big risk because it was on the...
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