IndyCar driver promotes solar for Africa

By funding solar lights, one team hopes to offset its footprint and move the world forward.

It might be a gas-guzzling sport, but British driver Stefan Wilson believes that Indycar could help highlight the power of renewable energy. (Photo: Stefan Wilson Racing)

Despite its reputation as a high-octane, gas-guzzling sport, IndyCar racing has flirted with the greener side of life for a while. From Patrick Dempsey's solar sponsorships to a utility-scale solar farm at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, solar power has already played a prominent role in those efforts. Now British-born IndyCar driver Stefan Wilson is taking that flirtation global, launching a campaign called #ThinkSolar to fund solar lighting in communities across Africa.

March 16, 2016, 9:59 a.m. by Sami Grover