Power prevails at Pocono

LONG POND, Pa. — Will Power masterfully protected the inside line and blocked Josef Newgarden from ever making the decisive pass over the final 10 laps Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Power pumped his fist and celebrated another win that moved him up the IndyCar record book.

Power thrust himself into the IndyCar championship picture and stuck his aim on the series points leader. “I’m going for it,” Power said. Power and Newgarden gave Penske Racing a 1-2 podium finish at Pocono. It could serve as a preview for the final standings.

Power’s third win of the season — and second at Pocono in two years — inched him within 42 points of Newgarden for the lead with three races left.

Power won the 2014 championship and wasted his bid at a second title last year with disastrous finishes in the final two races.

Newgarden has been positioned as IndyCar’s next big thing and had won two straight races, at Toronto and Mid-Ohio, to stake his claim as a legitimate contender.

Kyle Busch completes Bristol sweep with 20th win at track

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Erik Jones really needed to win, and Kyle Busch would have loved to celebrate the first Cup win for the kid he discovered.

But this is Bristol Motor Speedway, and Busch owns the place.

Busch swept the weekend for the second time in his career by winning the Monster Energy Cup Series race Saturday night. He also won in the Truck Series on Wednesday night and the Xfintiy Series on Friday night. He’s the only driver to pull off the sweep, and he also did it in 2010.

Jones settled for second, one spot short of his first career victory.