Agreed on both points.

Between the tires and the dirty air, all a person really had to do was hold off a car for a few laps. By then the tires advantage was gone. That's what Power did well the entire race, even when it looked like others had a tire advantage. That last charge by Montoya might have had a chance if traffic didn't play out the way it did, but even if he did catch up the only hope was really to run Power low on fuel (doubtful) and make a move.

Overall a fairly clean race for almost everyone. Shame Hunter-Reay got crappy stops, he was really moving through the field well. Same for Kanaan, with his stop not that bad at the end but JPM got a blazing quick stop in.