Chevrolet’s IndyCar program manager Rob Buckner says that Will Power’s victory on the IMS road course had helped prove Chevrolet’s progress in improving its fuel mileage. At the start of this season, two Chevy drivers and one Honda driver had told Motorsport.com that one of HPD’s main weapons this season was superior fuel mileage. However, Power’s victory for Team Penske-Chevrolet in last Saturday’s IndyCar Grand Prix – in which he had to hold off the Ganassi-Honda of Scott Dixon, while trying to eke out his remaining fuel over the last 25-lap stint, suggested the Chevy/Ilmor unit was now on par with the Honda. “One of the great things about our trackside group is how they...
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