MAVTV 500 2013 Results: Reaction, Leaders and Post Race Analysis

In a race that fans won't soon forget as a thrilling conclusion to IZOD's IndyCar Series, it was Will Power who emerged victorious at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. 

Perhaps more importantly, though, Scott Dixon claimed his third IndyCar title with his fifth place finish, per Trackside Online. 

Power's impressive performance shouldn't be overlooked, though. He had to hold off 2012 MAVTV 500 winner Ed Carpenter to pick up the win and he managed to maintain the lead in 103 laps through the finish in a race that was a classic battle of attrition. 

Full 2013 MAVTV Results (via IndyCar.com)

Pos.	Car #	Driver	Laps	Running / Reason Out
1	12	Will Power	250	Running
2	20	Ed Carpenter	250	Running
3	11	Tony Kanaan	250	Running
4	27	James Hinchcliffe	250	Running
5	9	Scott Dixon	250	Running
6	3	Helio Castroneves	249	Running
7	25	Marco Andretti	248	Running
8	78	Simona De Silvestro	247	Running
9	1	Ryan Hunter-Reay	242	Running
10	83	Charlie Kimball	238	Mechanical
11	98	JR Hildebrand	237	Mechanical
12	7	Sebastien Bourdais	229	Contact
13	77	Simon Pagenaud	217	Mechanical
14	10	Alex Tagliani	209	Contact
15	15	Graham Rahal	200	Mechanical
16	2	AJ Allmendinger	188	Contact
17	14	Takuma Sato	144	Mechanical
18	19	Justin Wilson	110	Contact
19	4	Oriol Servia	110	Contact
20	67	Josef Newgarden	110	Contact
21	55	Tristan Vautier (R)	110	Contact
22	16	James Jakes	110	Contact
23	5	Carlos Munoz (R)	100	Contact
24	6	Sebastian Saavedra	69	Contact
25	18	Pippa Mann	68	Contact

The Auto Club Speedway crowd certainly witnessed a fitting conclusion to the IZOD's IndyCar Series. This race had a little bit of everything as the race was marked by plenty of exciting lead changes, some scary crashes and an exciting finish. 

A late start to the race offered fans a night atmosphere that made the stage all the more grand as all drivers looked to leave everything on the track to finish out the series. 

From the outset Helio Castroneves and Will Power were right in the thick of things. Through 30 laps, Penske racing had the update for the two stars:

The race finished with just nine cars in running condition and that was mostly thanks to a crash that happened on Lap 110. 

 

Overall, it was an eventful race to close out the series because of some great racing that took place at the front of the pack. No race is complete without plenty of lead changes and this race saw plenty of those. 

Time will tell if Power is able to parlay this impressive performance into a run at an IndyCar title of his own next season.