Will Power purged old demons with a dominating run to the chequered flag at Auto Club Speedway, with the season finale and title decider turning into a gruelling war of attrition.
Ed Carpenter won the race as Ryan Hunter-Reay survived a thrilling end to the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season to take the championship by a narrow margin over Will Power.
Dallara has been making a change to the new DW12 IndyCar chassis, after crashes during practice and qualifying suggested the car could be tending to get airborne.
During the course of the 2004 IRL IndyCar Series Championship, Red Bull Cheever Racing has published a series of diary excerpts from various members of their organisation from the drivers to the owner himself.
Ed Carpenter had some harsh words for his fellow IRL IndyCar Series rookie Mark Taylor after the two crashed out of Sunday's Indianapolis 500, saying that the British Panther Racing/Team Menard driver should have given him more room.