LONG POND - It's been a long time coming, but Juan Pablo Montoya is back in victory lane in an Indy car.

The Penske Racing driver took advantage of his Chevrolet's excellent fuel mileage to claim the win in the aptly named Pocono INDYCAR 500 fueled by Sunoco. The win was Montoya's first in nearly 14 years, a stat that was not lost on the Colombian."First of all, I want to thank Verizon, INDYCAR, PPG and everyone who supports this car and Team Penske," he said. "I want to thank Roger (Penske) for believing in me after how many years out of open-wheel (racing), coming back and believing I could do it. Here we are. It's awesome that we could do it."Montoya wasn't the only Penske driver that ran well, as teammate Helio Castroneves took second. The Brazilian had high praise for the resurgent Montoya afterwards."We made some changes and copied my teammate's setup," he said of the team's strategy. "But congratulations to Montoya! Are you kidding? The guy is unbelievable. Coming back after 15 years and winning a race, he did a great job."As soon as he signed (with the team), I knew he would be an asset and a headache for us. But I'm glad. It's a good 1-2 finish. It was a tough race. You had to be really patient, and that's what we did."Patience was crucial, and the race certainly wasn't incident free for Montoya, who lost part of his front wing after making contact while passing teammate Will Power for the lead on lap 165."I had to do it," Montoya said of the move. It was one of those moves where you do it or you don't. That was the winning move and I had to do it.""But you have to be patient and you have to be smart. On days like this, if you do everything right the opportunity will come."It seemed like Power, who led four times for 69 laps was doing everything right for most of the race. But the Australian was hit with a drive-through penalty on lap 176 for blocking teammate Castroneves entering Turn 1."That's up to the officials," Penske said of the punishment. "Obviously, it's a shame for him (Power). These guys are racers. We tell them to keep each other on the track but it looked a little tight there for us."The outcome was disappointing for Power, who ended up 10th."It was another penalty and another drive-through and another really good opportunity lost," he said. "I'm sure all the commentators up there gave me a pretty good rub."It was a double-move (on Castroneves). But time after time it happens to me and there's no penalty. Anyway, it wasn't a good day. I've just got to stop it. I've got to stop getting penalties."The result also dropped Power into a tie with Castroneves for the points lead, something the latter was thrilled about."I can't believe we are now tied for the championship. It's really unbelievable," said Castroneves, who entered the day second in points, 39 behind Power."What else can I say? It's great to be tied for the championship."Besides Power, the other dominant driver that suffered misfortune was Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Tony Kanaan, who was forced to pit from the lead for fuel on lap 197 of 200."There's two ways to look at today, really," said Kanaan, who led a race-high 78 laps en route to an 11th place finish. "First, we really had a very strong Target car and I think that shows a lot about what this team and I are capable of when we get the setup right."Secondly, it's obviously frustrating to dominate a race like that and not win. We just missed going the full 500-mile distance by a few laps and it's heartbreaking when those things happen. But this is racing as they say and now we will focus on (the next race at) Iowa and put it behind us."While Power and Kanaan will look forward, Montoya will savor the win and a moment of glory he wasn't sure he'd have again."Things have been going good, but you never know when you're going to get the win," he said. "We got the win, and I think - I mean, we're in a good place at this point in the season, let's just put it that way."Carlos Munoz, Ryan Briscoe and Scott Dixon rounded out the top-five. Nazareth native Marco Andretti finished ninth.NOTES … The average speed was 202.402 mph. It is the third Indy car race with an average speed of 200 mph or more and the fastest 500-mile race in history. The previous fastest 500-mile race was at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, in 2002, when Jimmy Vasser won with an average speed of 197.995.