Will Power, 34, driver of the No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet in the Verizon IndyCar Series, has been blogging about his experiences for USA TODAY Sports throughout the season. Power, the reigning series champion, is currently ranked fifth in the IndyCar standings with two races remaining — Aug. 23 at Pocono Raceway and Aug. 30 at Sonoma Raceway. You can folllow the Australian native on Twitter @12WillPower.

Here we are, down to the last two races of the Verizon IndyCar Series season. It’s amazing that we are already at the end. Each year it just goes by faster and faster.

I have to say that I have really enjoyed my first season as the champion driver. I wish we had some more wins under our belt, but we are still in contention for another championship and that is all we can ask for as a team. Representing our sport in our race markets all over the country is an important role, one that I take very seriously.

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As I look back on the year, the No. 1 Verizon Chevy team has shown tremendous speed at times. We won the Grand Prix of Indianapolis from the pole position and had a helluva race with our teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya, for the win in the Indianapolis 500. It was a nice month of May for us. And our qualifying has been pretty stout all year.

I feel like we could’ve had at least two more wins this year with the quality of cars that we’ve built at Team Penske. Sometimes, though, you need luck and you need the races to play out in your favor. Unfortunately some of that has worked against us, but each weekend we show up to the track with a fast car.

I have to say this have been one of the most intense seasons that I can remember. Everyone was anticipating the arrival of the new aero kits at St. Petersburg and they didn’t disappoint. Some modifications had to be made, sure, but they have performed well on most of the tracks we go to.

We had to go through Indianapolis with cars getting airborne, where IndyCar made the right call to turn down the boost for qualifying and mandate that you had to race the aerodynamic configuration that you qualified. It was still a classic race! Fontana was just a white-knuckled 500 miles that was among the most thrilling races I’ve ever seen, much less been a part of. So we haven’t lacked for any action this year!

With two races to go it’s time for the Verizon Chevy team to bear down, have mistake-free races and do the things that got us the championship in 2014. We are in a little bit of hole in the points, but the final two races at Pocono Raceway and Sonoma Raceway are races where we expect to run well because we have done it in the past — 500 miles at Pocono means anything can happen. And Sonoma is double points!

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Having the season finale as a double-points race can be very nerve-wracking for a driver, but as a fan you guys have to love the fact that it brings several drivers into contention in the final race. That is like a Game 7 moment in basketball or baseball.

We have two weeks off to get everything ready for that final, two-race push. The time is now. We have to put our best foot forward to make sure we keep the No. 1 on our car for another season.