CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
102ND RUNNING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES & QUOTES
MAY 27, 2018

WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET – RACE WINNER
WHAT A LONG JOURNEY YOU’VE HAD TO THIS PLACE TODAY
“Man, I just can’t believe it. I changed my attitude a lot after Barber. Very positive. Had a great month. I just can’t believe it. I’ve got to thank Roger Penske, Verizon, and my parents for allowing me to get to this point. I can’t describe it. I feel like collapsing. I want to cry. I couldn’t stop screaming on the radio. I can’t believe it.”

SO YOU WERE LEADING, WITH JUST A HANDFUL OF LAPS TO GO, AND A YELLOW FLAG COMES OUT. WHAT’S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND?
“I’m just like, I have to get these guys. I don’t know how much fuel they’ve got. But this is the restart of my life. And then, I go on, and two (cars ahead of him) pit, and I’m like man, I think I’m going to win this. With one to go I was like screaming. Like man, I’ve got this. Unbelievable.”

YOU’VE HAD SOME LOW MOMENTS IN YOUR LIFE AND THINGS THAT GOT AWAY FROM YOU. YOU WERE SO CLOSE. DOES THAT MAKE THIS SO MUCH SWEETER, AT YOUR AGE OF 37, TO WIN THIS INDY 500?
“I was wondering if I would ever win it. And, thoughts went through my mind during the month, I guess. My career, I’ve had so many wins and so many poles. But everyone always talked about the 500 and I just couldn’t imagine winning a race in front of a crowd like this. This many people is just amazing. What an event. I love it.”