Reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion Will Power and recently-crowned Indianapolis 500 champion Juan Pablo Montoya headline the Best Driver category for the 23rd ESPY Awards.
Celebrities from sports and entertainment will convene July 15 (8 p.m. ET, ABC) at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles to commemorate the past year in sports by recognizing major sports achievements, reliving unforgettable moments and saluting the leading performers and performances. The ESPY (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly) awards were first presented in 1993.
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“Look at the list of former winners of the ‘Best Driver’ category and you can see that it is quite an honor just to be nominated," said Montoya, who also won the Indy 500 in 2000 and has victories in Formula One and NASCAR. "What’s amazing is that I have raced against almost everyone on that list of former ESPY winners. I love the Verizon IndyCar Series and I think we have the best racing in the world. It’s important for us to have ESPN acknowledge our accomplishments."
Power earned his first series championship in 2014 with three victories and 15 top-10 finishes overall in the 18 races.
“Racing is all I ever wanted to do. To be acknowledged by one of the leaders in the sports world is something that means a lot to me," Power said. "Ryan Hunter-Reay brought the award back to INDYCAR for the last two years and I hope I can keep it here.”