Will Power hopes to overtake Long Beach again.Byline: Robert Morales, Staff WriterLONG BEACH - Will Power won the Toyota Grand Prix Grand Prix n. pl. Grand Prix Any of several competitive international road races for sports cars of specific engine size over an exacting, usually risky course. of Long Beach last year in the Champ Car “CART” redirects here. For other uses, see CART (disambiguation). Champ Car, an abbreviation of "Championship Car", has been the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. finale as a member of KV Racing. As one of the drivers whose team merged into the Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series following the February 2008 unification, he went on to finish 12th in IRL 1. (jargon, chat) IRL - In real life. Generally synonymous with f2f. 2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. series points. But now that Power is a member of Team Penske - one of the IRL's elite teams - and has a year of IRL under his belt, Power will be under pressure to finish a lot higher than 12th. He knows it, too. "I mean, I would be disappointed to be out of the top six every weekend," said Power, who finished sixth in the April 5 season opener at St. Petersburg, Fla. "With Team Penske, (you're) always running in front on ovals and street courses. "I want to be challenging for the championship throughout the year and have a good shot at winning it." Power can take step one in that direction with a win Sunday. Since he won here last year - albeit in a Champ Car - it would seem his chances are good. When asked what the key to victory is on the streets of Long Beach, Power started to divulge some pertinent information, but then backed off some. "It does have a lot to do with qualifying because it is tough to pass," said Power, of Toowoomba, Queensland Toowoomba (also known as the 'The Garden City') is a city in South East Queensland, Australia. It is located 132 km (82 mi) , Australia. "And from what I've seen, you gotta got·ta Informal Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. have a good strategy. I've raced here two times now and each time it's been about - actually, I don't want to tell people what it's been about - but it's about good strategy. "Obviously, yellows play into it; that always makes things tough. It's just the same old story, a mistake-free race, good stops and you get things to fall your way." CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Will Power won the Champ Car finale last year. Robert Laberge/Getty Images |
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