--- title: "Will Power’s Losing Streak Is Over" description: "Penske's fourth driver has some luck." date: "2016-06-05" modified: "2016-06-05" authors: - name: "Steve Cole Smith" job_title: "Weekend Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/steve-cole-smith" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/3830/will-powers-losing-streak-is-over" categories: - "News" tags: - "indycar" --- # Will Power’s Losing Streak Is Over ![]() *\www.thedrive.com* Remember how this morning we wrote about how Will Power’s year-long winless streak may be causing some friction in the Team Penske camp? Between Power and Juan Pablo Montoya, in particular? And how if Power could win a race probably everything would be, as we say in Tennessee, copacetic? Well, that’s just what happened this afternoon, as Power made a gutsy but clean move around teammate Simon Pagenaud to take the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit IndyCar race at Belle Isle. Pageneaud was second, Ryan Hunter-Reay was third, Josef Newgarden was fifth, Alexander Rossi was 12th. Fellow Penske driver Helio Castroneves might have won had he not been caught by an inopportune caution flag; he was 14th. And as for Montoya, who finished third yesterday, and said that Power was getting desperate, and consequently reckless, out of frustration: He finished 20 of the 22 cars, after hitting the wall on cold tires all by himself. Which is where Power finished yesterday after a wheel nut came loose. Along with his first-car-out performance at the Indianapolis 500, this is the second time in three races Montoya has let a dumb mistake end his day. For the IndyCar series, it’s off to Texas Motor Speedway next weekend. ## Author The Drive's resident Florida Man, Steve is a veteran motorsports and automotive journalist who's had staff roles and bylines at numerous publications including Autoweek, Automobile, Road & Track, Car and Driver and more. A native of Memphis, he now lives in the Sunshine State with his wife and multiple cats. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [Twitter]()