LEBANON, Tenn. — Will Power was attempting to put on a good face in the moments after qualifying for the 2025 IndyCar season finale at Nashville Superspeedway, but it didn’t take long to see past the façade and diagnose just how spent the 44-year-old Team Penske veteran of 17 years truly is.

Jokes, sometimes, are Power’s coping mechanism — his brother is a comedian, after all — and the driver who’s won more IndyCar races for Team Penske than any other in the program’s storied history of more than half a century, but who’s only under contract for one more start Sunday, offered a couple good ones Saturday as he tried to keep things light with reporters peppering him with questions on pitlane.

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