Simon Pagenaud slayed the opposition at Sonoma Raceway to clinch the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series title with his fifth victory, as Will Power suffered clutch failure and fell out of second place before half-distance. At the start, Will Power beat Team Penske-Chevrolet teammate Montoya into third, as up ahead the championship leader Simon Pagenaud held off Helio Castroneves’ challenge. Behind, Graham Rahal held onto fifth, while Alexander Rossi got past his Andretti Autosport-Honda teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay, as did a fast-starting Josef Newgarden for Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevy. All stayed clean until Turn 7, when Chip Ganassi Racing-Chevy’s Tony Kanaan collided with Schmidt Peterson...
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