Power admits he asked for team orders in Portland, rival Dixon said that Team Penske swapping McLaughlin and Power around should have been a 'no-brainer' IndyCar
After finishing runner-up in Portland, Power heads to next week’s season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with a 20-point lead over teammate Josef Newgarden and Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda’s Scott Dixon. But after finishing just behind teammate McLaughlin, who led 104 of the 110 laps, and just ahead of Dixon, who climbed from 16He later added: “Yeah, 10, 11 points would be great; I think we’d go in there pretty confident that we could get it done; 20, it's still a big fight.
Although McLaughlin’s win ensures that, while fifth in the points standings, he retains an outside chance of clinching the title, Power said that in Laguna Seca he will likely be asked by the team to help out in the battle against Ganassi. For his part, Dixon was bemused by Penske’s lack of team orders just ahead of him, stating: “I called it with 10 laps to go: ‘I'm surprised they haven't swapped yet.’” And the six-time champion went on to say there would be no question marks in the Ganassi camp, now that his teammate Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson was now 39 points off top spot, and 2021 champ Alex Palou is out of contention.
For his part, McLaughlin – 41 points from the top of the championship – denied it would have been hard to cede the lead to Power, commenting “Everyone knew that I would have been the true winner”. He also said that he is prepared to help either of his teammates at Laguna Seca.
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