FONTANA, Calif. – Will Power was fire-eyed and striding quickly through the garage at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday afternoon. His ruined car had been deposited in front of a garage bay, his race over after a wreck with Takuma Sato with nine laps left in the MAVTV 500.
The rumble beyond the infield suites indicated that a red-flag period had been lifted and the defending series champion threw himself onto a motor scooter to tear off to pit road to watch the final laps, drawn to the spectacle he dreaded would ensue.
“Someone is going to die.