IndyCar champion Power broke ribs in karting roll

Reigning IndyCar champion Will Power has revealed he suffered broken ribs in a recent karting crash.

The Team Penske driveris a regular kart track visitor and posted footage to his social media channels of his kart being clipped into a roll by a competitor diving down the inside.

This was a race a few weeks ago.. Got some broken ribbs but was ok otherwise. pic.twitter.com/ALr3EHHzCB

— Will Power (@12WillPower) December 1, 2022

Though the posts were on December 2, Power said the incident happened “a few weeks ago”, which would likely be before he competed in the SKUSA SuperNationals event in Las Vegas last month. It’s not clear from his social post if he raced with broken bones in the Vegas event or if that crash was afterwards.

Power was disqualified from second in the X30 Masters Class of the SKUSA event for a technical infringement, according to Speedcafe.

The incident comes two months after Power sealed his second IndyCar title in the series finale at Laguna Seca where he also broke the IndyCar record for the most poles. He won one race this year, in Detroit.