Castroneves climbing after second straight podium

Castroneves finished third for the second race in a row to post the 85th top-three finish and 123rd top five of his Indy car career. Castroneves, driving the No. 3 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet, finished 3.9 seconds behind Honda Indy Toronto winner Josef Newgarden to remain fourth (seven points behind third-place Scott Dixon) in the Verizon IndyCar Series championship standings. He led 15 laps for 5,329 in his career. "I was pushing like I stole it. But in the end it was great," said Castroneves, who started seventh. "It was a shame with the weather a little bit, but thank God we were able to put some dry laps out there for the fans. The Canadian fans are always awesome. This is a great event and I hope when we come here next year we get a win." Other statistical notables: Rodolfo Gonzalez, who started 23rd in the No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda, led his first laps. He finished 18th after a late-race pit stop. ... Marco Andretti, who finished 13th in the No. 27 Dr Pepper Honda for Andretti Autosport, is the only driver to complete all 1,057 laps this season. ... Reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion Will Power, driver of the No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, and Castroneves have led seven of the 10 races -- a field high.

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