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At 43, Power is defying time to challenge for IndyCar crown

IndyCar's biggest kid loves to sing, play the drums, revels in old-school hip hop, and has no interest in hearing the end of his illustrious career is near.

At 43, the mercurial Will Power, from the modest town of Toowoomba, Australia, is in his 20th season racing at the top of American open-wheel racing. The past 16 years have been spent as Roger Penske's most consistent threat to win IndyCar races and championships, and he's in the thick of yet another battle for IndyCar supremacy, hunting for another Astor Cup -- IndyCar's version of the Stanley Cup -- in the few weeks of action that remain.