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Will Power Shows His Will Power to Win The 2018 Indianapolis 500

By Samantha Horton, IPB News | Published on in Sports
2018 Indianapolis 500 winner Will Power / indianapolismotorspeedway.com photo

A new face was added to the list of Indianapolis 500 winners Sunday. As Indiana Public Broadcasting’s Samantha Horton reports, it came down to the last four laps before Australian Will Power took the lead and didn’t give it up.

 Indy 500 drivers and their teams were put to the test to find the best strategy to be competitive in this year’s race. Will Power took the checkered flag and calls the experience indescribable. “I just screamed like I never screamed before. It was just amazing. The last two laps, the last lap, seeing the white flag, the checkered, I mean you can’t explain it.”

Previously, the closest Power had come to winning the Indy 500 was in 2015 when he finished second.  “It was the last box to tick, to be considered a s a very successful driver.”

Power becomes the first driver to win both the Indianapolis 500 and the IndyCar Grand Prix in the same year.