It seems strange talking about the stretch run halfway through August but IndyCar is down to its final three races of 2014 and nobody seems to want to grab the championship. At least, nobody is taking control. But we could have a little clearer picture come Sunday night, following the ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 at the Milwaukee Mile.

Will Power could up his point lead, lose it to teammate Helio Castroneves or let Ryan-Hunter Reay and Simon Pagenaud right back in the picture – depending on his performance.

Power leads HCN by four points, with RHR 63 back and Pagenaud trailing by 64. There is a minimum of 200 points on the table these last three races so nobody is likely to be safe or have clinched going into the Fontana finale, given that its a double-points race.

And the timing to get back in the thick of things couldn’t be better for Hunter-Reay. The 2012 IndyCar champ has triumphed three times on the historic, flat oval – including the past two races for Michael Andretti’s squad. He loves the place.

“It’s always been one of my favorite tracks,” said Hunter-Reay, who led every lap in his 2004 Champ Car victory and can tie Tom Sneva’s record of three straight at Milwaukee. “We’ve had fast cars lately but I just can’t make any mistakes like I did at Mid-Ohio [speeding in the pits while running third].”

The 2014 Indy 500 winner owns the most wins this season with three but it’s been feast or famine – kinda like his track record at Milwaukee. If he doesn’t win, he’s finished 12th-15th-16th-17th and 26th. So his average finish is only 11.1 compared to Power’s 8.8.

Willy P., Castroneves and Pagenaud have never won at Milwaukee but the Aussie doesn’t believe that matters.

“I think the way the series is now, I’m not sure anyone has an advantage anywhere,” said Power, three times a runner-up in the championship whose best-ever finish at Milwaukee is third, last year. “Milwaukee is the only flat oval we run with pretty much no banking, so that creates a situation where car setups really matter. You see a lot of people strong at the beginning, struggle at the end and vice versa – which creates a lot of good racing.”

Castroneves, also a bridesmaid three times for Roger Penske, has one win and five other podiums this season but has been so-so the past two races.

Pagenaud faces the same hurdles that Power did, rolling over his road racing prowess into oval performance. He was fourth at Texas and sixth at Pocono but is still searching for that initial oval victory.

The drivers with the best finishing averages at Milwaukee are Juan Montoya (5.5) and Scott Dixon (6.3), who rank fifth and sixth in the standings – 101 and 108 points behind Power. They’ve both won at Milwaukee and aren’t out of the title conversation with 100 points available for the Fontana victor.

“Not sure we can get there,” admitted Dixon after his Mid-Ohio triumph two weeks ago. “But maybe we can make things interesting.”