500 at Fontana will be the ninth consecutive time that the last race of the year will determine the champion, and for Will Power, he's hoping that the race won't be the fourth time in his career he's failed to win the title after leading late in the season. He enters Saturday night with a 51-point lead over his Penske teammate Helio Castroneves and holds 81 points over third placeman Simon Pagenaud.Such a lead is not insurmountable, though, given that there are 104 points up for grabs in this double points weekend. One hundred of these are for the actual victory, and the rest fall between earning the Verizon P1 Award (one point), leading a lap (one point) and leading the most laps (two...
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