CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
INDYCAR GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
WINNER’S QUICK QUOTE
MAY 13, 2017

WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET, won the IndyCar Grand Prix of Indianapolis from the pole today. It is the 30th victory for the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series champion, his first of the 2017 season and he second in the IndyCar GP.

“It was a perfect strategy. That was hard work – full green! I want to thank Verizon. All the guys; all the crew. Hi to my friend Will Snider. He lost his leg in an accident this year-I know he is watching and I know he will be back changing tires in no time.

“I knew (Scott) Dixon was closing there for a while so I was really trying to manage the gap and manage the tires. They were degraded a lot. You have to hit all of your marks, and if it is your day-it is your day. I have to say the Chevy engine was mega today. Chevy has done a great job. Honda got a little bit of a gain on us, but we are already back.

“I have been around motorsports long enough to know that you have you have your good and bad runs and the bad doesn’t last forever, and the good doesn’t last forever. You just have to take it as it comes and not have too many ups and downs emotionally. Having a baby teaches you that.

“It feels really good to finally have a good day. Everyone on this team has been working really hard. We should have had a couple of wins by now. It helps with the points; feels good to win again. I think that is number 30. That is a good number. I want to make it 31 by the end of this month.

“Helio (Castroneves) was very strong the whole race. It surprised me that he went to blacks (tires) there at the end. But they did a pretty good play there to go red when we were all blacks, he was just fast.