Classic Rewind makes its final stop in 2012 to bring you Will Power's win at Long Beach.
The Wayback Machine makes its final stop in 2012 for this week's Classic Rewind and it heads west to California for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Grid penalties were the story of the weekend as all the Chevrolet-powered cars took 10-spot penalties after qualifying for unapproved engine changes.
Will Power, who started on the sixth row, overcame the early deficit by stretching 18.5 gallons of fuel over the last 21 laps on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit, to win all the while being chased down by Simon Pagenaud. It was Team Penske's first Indy car victory at Long Beach since 2001 (Helio Castroneves).
Pagenaud, who pitted the No. 77 Honda-powered car for the final time on Lap 70 of 85, finished 0.8675 of a second back. Over the final three laps, he ran lap times 1.5-2 seconds quicker than Power (1:10.4941 to 1:12.0333 for instance on Lap 84). Pagenaud, who led laps for the first time since 2007 in Belgium, also gave Schmidt Hamilton HP Motorsports its highest finish since Jaques Lazier at Nashville in 2001 (as Sam Schmidt Motorsports).