LONG BEACH, Calif. — Will Power kept Penske Racing perfect this season by picking his way through the field Sunday at Long Beach to win his second consecutive IndyCar Series race.

Power was one of the 11 Chevrolet drivers penalized for changing the engines as a precautionary measure when teams reported to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The punishment was 10 spots on the starting grid, so Power, who qualified second, rolled off in 12th at the start Sunday.

One race after driving from ninth to first to win at Barber, the Australian did it again.

“After last week, you can never say never, but I thought it would be very tough to win the race,” Power said. “We worked hard, we got a penalty and we overcame it. I’ve been trying to win here for four years.”

Penske won the season-opening race with Helio Castroneves, and Power has won the last two to make the team a perfect 3-0 on the season. The victory also gave Power the points lead.

In the end, despite the penalties, Chevrolet drivers claimed eight of the top-10 finishing spots.

After picking his way through traffic, Power still had to hold off hard-charging Simon Pagenuad to preserve the win — Penske’s first at Long Beach since 2001.

Pagenaud made it close, but traffic hurt his chances, and the rookie settled for a career-best finish of second for Honda.

Takuma Sato seemed headed to a third-place finish, but was spun on the last lap by Ryan Hunter-Reay. IndyCar assessed a 30-second penalty on Hunter-Reay, so third place went to James Hinchcliffe in his first career podium.

It was a messy race from the start as rookie Josef Newgarden’s aggressive move on leader Dario Franchitti backfired.

Newgarden was moved to the front row after the Chevrolet’s were penalized, and the 21-year-old joked after Saturday’s qualifying that he might try to pass Franchitti immediately because the four-time champion wouldn’t be expecting such a bold move. Newgarden backed up his words, and tried to get past Franchitti on the outside as they headed into the first turn.

There seemed to be some contact between the two, and Newgarden’s car sailed into the tire barrier, ending his race without a single completed lap.

“I just got touched on the exit, went right to the wall. Maybe it wasn’t the right move,” Newgarden said. “I thought I had a good run on him and got a good jump on him. Maybe I probably should have just — it’s a tough call.”

Also on Sunday:

Hight races to 4th straight victory

CONCORD, N.C. — Robert Hight became the fifth Funny Car driver to win four straight races, beating John Force, Cruz Pedregon and Ron Capps in the final of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Hight had a 4.076-second run at 314.83 mph in his John Force Racing Ford Mustang in the unique event featuring racing in four lanes. Spencer Massey won the Top Fuel competition, and Greg Anderson topped the Pro Stock field.

Rosberg wins F1’s Chinese GP

SHANGHAI — Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won the Chinese Grand Prix for his first career Formula One victory after starting from the pole. Rosberg won by a staggering 20.6 seconds over McLaren’s Jenson Button after making just two pits stops and managing to hold off the rest of the field on worn tires.Lewis Hamilton was third, followed by Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel.