The 15th annual Lexmark Indy 300 at Surfer's Paradise produced the usual mass of humanity, spectacular flyovers, awesome Aussie eye candy and three day of non-stop racing source: champcarworldseries.com - Robin Miller But it also served as a coming out party for a pair of young men who may be nesting in Champ Car for the foreseeable future. Will Power and Michael McDowell couldn't have picked a much tougher track to make their Champ Car debuts but both handled 750 horsepower and the Concrete Jungle quite nicely. Power, a local kid whose presence helped push the turnout to a record 316,459 for four days was looking at a possible Top 5 finish before being KO'd by his Team Australia mate Alex Tagliani. The 24-year-old native of Toowoomba started 11th and was holding down eighth place on Lap 29 when he got Tagged and forced out. "I braked late so Tag must have braked super late and all I know is that I got hit pretty hard from behind," said Power, who only had one afternoon of testing at Putnam Park in Indiana before jumping into a Champ Car. "I was going to let him go but all of the sudden, bam. "The race was going pretty well and overall I was happy but obviously it didn't end the way I hoped. It's not the sort of thing you want to happen in your first race but that's racing" If anybody understands patience it's Power. A winner in every category he's tried, he thought his career might be over a couple of years ago.
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