Power Cleared to Race in Championship Race in Sonoma

It was announced on September 6 that Will Power has been cleared to continue to drive his No.12 Verizon IndyCar entry by Dr. Geoffrey Billows, IndyCar’s medical director, after the Team Penske driver passed all concussion testing protocols successfully.

Power was seen at the University of  Miami Concussion Center under the care of Dr. Stephen Olvey, who is the retired director of  25 years with the Neuro-Critical Care Unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital also in Miami.  He also served with many championship auto racing teams as well.  The 2014 Verizon IndyCar Champion passed both the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment as well as his Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) and Vestbular/Ocular-Motor Screening (VOMS) exams.

“Will is doing fine,” Dr. Olvey said. “He flew down to the University of Miami Concussion Center early this morning and we conducted two sophisticated tests to determine if he’d suffered a concussion over the weekend, and he passed both of them with no issue whatsoever.”

Power was involved in an incident on Lap 39 of last weekend’s IndyCar Grand Prix at the Glen presented by Hitachi, where his No.12 Chevrolet made contact with another car and proceeded to hit the barrier alongside the track.  Afterwards, Power was stated to be having concussion like symptoms and was immediately placed under the car of doctors.

Power is happy he was cleared to race in the season ending GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma because he is only 43 points behind championship leader and teammate Simon Pagenaud. The Champion will be decided on September 18.