Power, Will (1981-…), is a champion Australian automobile racing driver. He races Indy cars, which have a single seat, an open cockpit, and open wheels—that is, wheels positioned outside the body of the car. Power won the 2018 Indianapolis 500, the most famous race in the annual IndyCar Series (now NTT IndyCar Series). He became the first Australian to win the Indianapolis 500.
In 2014, Power won the IndyCar Series championship. He finished second in the series in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2016. The NTT IndyCar Series championship is awarded to the driver who accumulates the most points during a spring-to-autumn schedule of races, primarily held in North America.
William Stephen Power was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, on March 1, 1981. His father was an automobile racing driver. Will was named after his great-grandfather, who raced motorcycles. Power raced modified sedans on dirt tracks in Queensland as a teenager. By 1998, he had left high school and begun racing small open cockpit, open wheel cars. In 2002, he won the Australian Drivers’ Championship. Power raced in Europe from 2003 until late 2005, when he joined the Champ Car racing series as part of Team Australia. In 2008, Champ Car merged with the Indy Racing League (IRL), adopting the name and rules of the IRL. In 2009, Power joined the Team Penske Indy car team, an American pro racing team.
