Will Power, driver of the No.12 Verizon Business Team Penske Chevrolet heads into this weekend’s 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season-ending Big Machine Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Super Speedway aiming to win his third championship.
The Australian has a mountain to climb in order to win the championship as he is currently 33-points behind leader Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing.
In the opening race of the season, the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg presented by RP, Power came home in se and place.
At the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Power came home in 6th place just ahead of Kyle Kirkwood.
At the Children’s Grand Prix of Alabama, Power came home in second place just behind teammate and race winner Scott McLaughlin.
Power followed up his Alabama result with a second place finish at the Sonsio Grand Prix of Indianapolis on the IMS road course.
At the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, Power was 24th.
The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear saw Power finish the race in 6th place.
Power took victory in the XPEL Grand Prix of Road America.
At the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Power finished in seventh place.
The Honda Indy Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio, Power came home in 11th.
In the opening Hy-Vee 250 at Iowa Speedway, Power was 18th and followed this up with a victory in race 2.
At the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, Power came home in 12th.
The Bommarito Automotive Group 500 saw Power retire from the race following contact.
Power took victory in the BitNile.com Portland Grand Prix and followed this up with a tenth place finish in race 2 at the Milwaukee Mile. In race 2, Power came home in second place.
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s race in Nashville, Power said:
Looking forward to returning to Nashville, and hoping we’ll have a good shot at the championship. “I really liked the test, really liked the track. It has a consistent banking, so the car is quite predictable through the corner. I just hope we can open a second lane, and we’re fighting for a championship. Nashville, we’ve had a taste of it. Have some ideas on what will do for car changes and to improve. The No. 2 Team Penske Chevy was pretty good (in the test). The car was reasonable. I felt like (Scott) Dixon was very strong which means the Ganassi cars will be very good there. It put more emphasis on Milwaukee, and ultimately seeing how this plays out.”