Josef Update. GP of Alabama

Josef started 5th and finished

 

FIRST!!!!!!!

Josef completed another great qualifying, this week at Barber Motorsports Park for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. He made it out of round 1 group 1 with the third fastest time a 1:07.2853 (123.058 mph) He advanced to the Firestone Fast 6 for the second race in a row and ended up starting 5th.
He passed 3 cars right away and was up to second behind Helio.
He took over the lead when Helio had a long pit stop.

Josef led the most laps of the race and is now 4th place in the Indycar points!!!!


Another Video with Josef
One on One Interview with USA Today.


Time to start working on the 2015 'Josef wardrobe'
for the Month of May! 

Josef is driving the Century 21 Number 21 car like he did at the 2013 Indy 500.

 

Next up Indy Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Saturday May 9th!




GOOD JOB JOSEF!!!

Post by Alex.
(age 7)

Honda GP of Alabama

The Honda Indy GP of Alabama was a
 super race full of surprises!  

1.  Josef Newgarden won his first ever Indycar race!  Yay!

 2. There was an all-American top two with Josef and Graham Rahal. 

3.  Scott Dixon earned a podium finish.  (Which isn't much of a surprise considering he's never not finished on the podium here.) 




 

Josef Newgarden started from 5th position and in the first lap moved to 2nd place.  Helio Castroneves led Josef until a slow pit stop by his Penske crew allowed Josef Newgarden to take the lead. 
 The field was split on 2 pit strategies.  The first group consisted of Graham Rahal, and the Second group of Josef, Helio and Dixon. 
In the end, Josef stretched his fuel to win the race, and Graham Rahal drove superbly to overcome an 18 second deficit and overtook Scott Dixon for 2nd place on the final lap!

 

The top 10 Finishers

1.  Josef Newgarden:  His first Indycar career win, and the first win for the newly merged Carpenter Fisher Hartman Racing Team.

2.  Graham Rahal: His first podium since Detroit Race 1 in 2014.

3. Scott Dixon:  His sixth podium finish at Barber in six races. (2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd).

4. Will Power:  Had a huge comeback after a penalty early in the race.

5. Ryan Hunter-Reay:  The winner of the last 2 races at Barber. He started way back in 18th.
 

6. Carlos Munoz: Biggest mover of the race. Improved 16 positions.

7. James Hinchcliffe: Holds on to 6th place in the points standings.

8. Sebastien Bourdais:  His third Top Ten this season.

9. Simon Pagenaud: Started 3rd and led 3 laps.

10. Marco Andretti: His 5th Top Ten in his 6 races at Barber Motorsports Park.

Top Ten included..
 

* All three Andretti drivers
* Drivers from 7 different teams

* 5 Chevys and 5 Hondas

* Drivers from 6 different countries


OTHER:

* Josef was the Fourth Different Winner in 4 races this season.

* It was the Fourth Different Team to win this season

* 10 of the Top 12 Qualifiers were driving Chevys including the Firestone Fast 6

* There were 16 Lead Changes among 8 different drivers

Can't wait till the GP of Indianapolis on
Saturday, May 9th on NBCSN.

Josef Newgarden's Popular Indycar Win

Congratulations Josef Newgarden
and the whole Carpenter Fisher Hartman Racing team!!!
 

Twitter comments from his fellow drivers and Indycar media after his first win say a lot about what a great driver and person Josef is.
(of course his #1 fan, Alex, has been saying that for 3 years..)

Most importantly congrats to @josefnewgarden. It was a long time coming. Incredible talent, and more importantly a great guy. Congrats man!
— Graham Rahal (@GrahamRahal) April 27, 2015

Had fun making my way back to 4th.. Congrats to @josefnewgarden on his first win.. Was only a matter of time.
— Will Power (@12WillPower) April 26, 2015

Congrats @josefnewgarden - was only a matter of time! @CFHRIndy team is doing a great job.
— Ryan Hunter-Reay (@RyanHunterReay) April 27, 2015

And I want a throw a huge congrats out to @josefnewgarden!! Well earned and well deserved. First of many I'm sure.

— James Hinchcliffe (@Hinchtown) April 27, 2015

A big congrats to @josefnewgarden for the W today. Welcome to the winners club!
— Charlie Kimball (@racewithinsulin) April 27, 2015

Great job by @josefnewgarden & the @CFHRIndy fellas, won't suck to have that dude's data to look through next time out! #IndyCar #isitmayyet
— JR Hildebrand (@JRHildebrand) April 26, 2015

Lost to much ground conserving. And ran the rear off. Congrats @josefnewgarden , awesome man.
— Marco Andretti (@MarcoAndretti) April 26, 2015

Brilliant drive by @josefnewgarden and @GrahamRahal. That was great to watch. #IndyCar
— Justin Wilson (@justin_wilson) April 26, 2015

Thrilled for @josefnewgarden - @IndyCar race winner....finally!!!!!
— Leigh Diffey (@leighdiffey) April 26, 2015

Congrats @josefnewgarden well deserved man!
— Sage Karam (@SageKaram) April 26, 2015

Congratulations to @josefnewgarden & @CFHRIndy . Great job today guys! @IndyCar
— James Jakes (@JamesJakes) April 26, 2015

Josef Newgarden Wins GP of Alabama!

JOSEF WON
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

His first Indycar win!!!

Conor Daly in the Indycar GP of Long Beach

Conor Daly did a great job hopping in the Dale Coyne car to

substitute for the injured Rocky Moran Jr.at the GP of Long Beach.

 

Conor had won an Indy Lights race in Long Beach in 2011, but had very little time to prepare for his first Indycar race on the tricky street course.

He finished in 17th after an impressive run.

 

Conor talking pre-race on getting his first start on a street course in an Indycar.

 

We're looking forward to seeing him race in his second Indianapolis 500 (He finished 22nd in 2012 for A.J. Foyt) 
 
He will be running a third car for Schmidt Peterson motorsports at the 500.

And hopefully he can get in a few more races this season!

 

Josef update Long Beach

Josef started 6th and finished 7th at Long Beach
for his second Top Ten of the season.

He now is 9th in the Indycar season
point standings!!!


Here is Josef talking about the Long Beach track.
 





Next up.
 Grand Prix of Alabama
at Barber Motorsports Park
where Josef finished 8th last year.

Good Luck, Josef!
(post by Alex...age 7)

 

GP of Long Beach

The 41st running of the Grand Prix of Long Beach ran under sunny skies and with just one caution!

Helio Castroneves, starting from the pole, led most of the first half of the race, but Scott Dixon led the most important one.  The final lap. 
This was Scott Dixon's first win at Long Beach, and before this his average finish there was 15th!

The top 10 Finishers

1. Scott Dixon.  His 36th career Indycar win vaulted him to 4th in the season points.

2.  Helio Castroneves. Pole sitter for the 42nd time in his career.

3. Juan Montoya.  Finished third to maintain his season points lead over teammate Helio.

4. Simon Pagenaud.  His second Top 5 this season.

5. Tony Kanaan. Another strong run keeps him 3rd in points.

6. Sebastien Bourdais.  Led a lap. 

7. Josef Newgarden.  Ran 5th much of the day but dropped a few spots pitting. 

8. Marco Andretti.   A second Top 10 this season, but would love to see him win here where his dad and granddad had such success.

9. Carlos Munoz.  Had a solid run for his first Top 10 of the season.

10. Sebastian Saavedra.  A great run in Ganassi's #8 car especially considering he hadn't been in a car in  9 months.

Top Ten included..

* Drivers from 6 different teams

* Drivers from 5 different countries

* 7 Chevys, 3 Honda

* Both of the CFHR drivers
* Three Penske Drivers
* Three Ganassi Drivers

Can't wait till the Grand Prix of Alabama on
Sunday, April 26th on NBCSN.

Josef Update Inagural GP of Louisiana

 

Josef did good at the

Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana

He started 12 and finished 9th!!!

It is Josef's 15th top ten and was his 53rd Indycar start.

 Here is Josef's on board camera and it is some of Josef testing at Sebring before the season started.


Go Josef!!!!

posted by Alex (age 7) Josef's #1 fan.

 

GP of Louisiana recap

The inaugural Grand Prix of Louisiana had Indycars thundering through the swamps of Louisiana. (Literally)

Qualifying got cancelled because of lightning, so the starting positions were determined by entry points, giving Juan Montoya the pole.

The race was timed because of an impending rainstorm, and James Hinchcliffe was able to take home his first win since 2013.  
He won on only one pit stop!

The top 10 Finishers

1. James Hinchcliffe.  His first win since joining Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in 2015.

2. Helio Castroneves. His second top 4 in the 2 races this season.

3. James Jakes.  Finished a strong 3rd after returning to Indycar after a year off.  It was the second podium of his career.

4. Simona De Silvestro.  Another driver returning to the series after a year hiatus.  Is currently 6th in the Indycar season standings.

5. Juan Montoya.  Led the most laps of the race.

6. Tony Kanaan.  Passed by Simona in one of the few green flag laps in the second half of the race to drop out of the top five. 

7. Will Power. Fuel strategy left him in 7th. 

8. Graham Rahal.  Another strong run.

9. Josef Newgarden. A solid top ten finish leading into one of his strongest tracks at Long Beach.

10. Luca Fillipi.  Two top ten finishes to start his first full Indycar season.

Top Ten included..

* Drivers from 6 different teams

* Drivers from 8 different countries

* 6 Chevys, 4 Honda

* Both of the CFHR drivers

* Both SMP drivers

* No rookies

Robin Miller's interview with a very happy winner, James Hinchliffe.

Can't wait till the Grand Prix of Long Beach on
Sunday, April 19th on NBCSN.

GP of St. Pete recap

What a great first race of the season!

With the new aero kits for Honda and Chevy, the race was packed with action!
(and a lot of debris cautions thanks to an overabundance of wings)

  

After one very long off season in Indycar, we finally got to see Indycars back on track. The favorite to win was, of course, one of the four Penske drivers.  Many thought Power would continue his winning streak after winning the 2014 championship, but it was Penske's second year driver Juan Montoya who took home his first Indycar road course win since he returned to Indycars last year.

Race Stuff: 

* Josef finished 12th! (Alex wanted you to know)

* The Penske Pack finished all their cars in the top five

 

* There was 6 lead changes and 22 laps run under caution
 

* Montoya won for the second time since his return from NASCAR in 2014

* Jack Hawksworth moved up 13 positions in the race

* Helio had the fastest lap of the race at a 1:01.8607

The top 10 Finishers

1. Juan Montoya

2. Will Power

3.  Tony Kannan

4. Helio Castroneves

5. Simon Pagenaud

6. Sebastien Bourdais

7.  Ryan Hunter Reay

8. Jack Hawksworth

9. Luca Filippi

10. Marco Andretti

Top Ten included..

*  Drivers from 6 different teams

*  Drivers from 6 different countries

*  7 Hondas, 3 Chevys

*  Two of the four Andretti Autosport drivers

* All of the Penske drivers

*  No rookies

Can't wait till the inaugural Grand Prix of Louisiana on
Sunday, April 12th on NBCSN.

Josef charities

Josef's biggest fan, Alex, who is 7 wanted to do a post about the charity things that her favorite driver participates in during his free time.  This is the first post she's done all by herself.

JOSEF LIKES

HELPING CHARITIES AND HE IS VERY NICE AND FUNNY WHEN HE DOES CHARITY EVENTS.

HERE ARE SOME NICE THINGS THAT JOSEF HAS DONE.


#TodayIHelped



 

Here at Outrun The Sun
Josef Participated
 

Josef also teamed up with fellow Indycar driver Justin Wilson to help support RACE AGAINST CANCER in August 2014.




Thanks Josef for helping make kids happy and me too!!!