Two-time IndyCar champion Will Power is open to running a NASCAR Xfinity race at the Brickyard. The 44-year-old Australian driver has won the two big IndyCar events that take place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – the 2018 Indy 500 and the IMS road course race four times – and wants to conquer more events at the iconic 2.5-mile oval.
Power spoke about this desire in a conversation with IndyCar and IMS president Doug Boles. In a new segment of “Doug and Drivers” on the IMS YouTube Channel, the Andretti Global driver highlighted his interest in returning to compete in the Indianapolis 8 Hour, an Intercontinental GT race he debuted at in 2025.
“I’m going to do the Indy 8 Hour again. I hope that’s happening. Yeah, that was fun. I want to win it, because I’ve won the oval, I’ve won the road course in IndyCar, I want to win a sports car race,” said Power.
In response, Boles suggested that Power could do the Brickyard event, to which the two-time IndyCar champion replied:
“That could happen too. We could do it in Xfinity.”
In July last year, Will Power admitted he would “love” to do a NASCAR race. He also revealed that an Xfinity team had contacted him for something later that year.
“Actually, someone sent me a text recently, asked me what I’m doing the Portland weekend. I can’t remember the team. It would have been for Xfinity. I would do that. Yeah, I love NASCAR.”
Power drove for Team Penske’s IndyCar team for 17 years. His desire to race in NASCAR could’ve come true had he asked Roger Penske to field him in a race with the team’s NASCAR arm.
Will Power shares feelings on major change to the IMS oval
In 2026, IndyCar drivers will encounter a repaved Turn Two at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May. Last year, track officials repaired a bump in Turn Two caused by original bricks from the track’s 1909 construction pushing through the asphalt.
In October, a few IndyCar drivers got to test at the track after the repave. Will Power wasn’t one of them. In the aforementioned interview, when Doug Boles asked Power if he’d heard anything about the new Turn Two from the drivers who tested there, the Andretti Global driver replied:
“I haven’t heard anything. I’ll be interested – Turn 2 is a tough corner too. So I don’t know how far around you fixed that bump.”
When Boles mentioned that the apex exit had been changed, Power replied:
“Yeah, apex, I mean, that’s when you are on the limit. It can make a big difference on how the car behaves if it’s smoother or the repave has added grip. That will be interesting.”
In 2026, Will Power begins a new chapter in IndyCar. After 17 years with Team Penske, the two-time champ joins Andretti Global for a shot at greater glory.
Edited by Yash Kotak