Josef Newgarden at Watkins Glen 2017

Josef finished 18th after starting 3rd
 

Josef locked up his tires exiting the pits on what should've been his final pit stop.  Unfortunately he hit the pit exit wall and was then rear-ended by Sebastien Bourdais.  He made repairs and continued but finished 18th.  :(

Laps completed: 58 
Laps Led:  1
Average Speed:  113.539 mph
Pit Stops: 7


Josef is still 1st in the Indycar season standings,
3 points
ahead of second place, Scott Dixon

Next up, the season finale at Sonoma Raceway
2016 Sonoma:  6th
Previous Races at Sonoma: 5
Average Finish: 16th


post by Alexandra (age 10)

PS:  I have been to 4 races that Josef has finished in 2nd place.
  I told him before the race at Watkins Glen that I hope to see him win a race in person sometime. 
He is so nice that after not doing well in the race and all his interviews he came up to the fence by the pits where I was standing and said he was sorry he didn't win the race for me to see.  
Thanks, Josef.
That's why I will always be your biggest fan!!!

Indycar Grand Prix at Watkins Glen 2017

 The forecast called for a 100% chance of rain so we were expecting an exciting Indycar race in the wet.  It didn't rain, but the Indycars still put on an exciting race.  One young American, Alexander Rossi won for the first time on a road course, and another, Josef Newgarden, hit the pit exit wall and saw his points lead dwindle to just three.  A lot of the strategy came down to car set up for the impending rain that never came.  Those cars that set up for a more wet race were hindered on the straightaways by too much downforce.

 

POLE SITTER:   Alexander Rossi (first career pole)

TOP TEN

1. Alexander Rossi: Coming on very strong at the end of the season.  Sixth in points.
2. Scott Dixon: His second P2 in a row after a few weeks off the podium.
3. Ryan Hunter Reay: His third podium of the year, tying his best finish of the season.

4. Helio Castroneves: Has finished in the Top 10 in all but one race this season.

5. Graham Rahal: His sixth Top 3 in the last 10 races.

6. Will Power: A solid finish has him still in championship contention.

7. Charlie Kimball: His second 7th in a row gives him 5 Top 10s this season.

8. Max Chilton: His sixth Top 10 in 2017.

9. Simon Pagenaud: His lowest finish in the last nine races.

10. Carlos Munoz:  His third Top 10 in a row.

Different Teams:   Andretti Autosport (2), Ganassi (3), Penske (3), Rahal Letterman, A. J. Foyt Racing

Different Countries:   USA (4), New Zealand, Brazil, Australia, Britain, France, Colombia

 4 Chevys   6 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 Average Speed:  118.865 mph

Time:  1  hour 42 minutes  4 seconds

Margin of Victory:  0.9514 seconds

Lead Changes:  8 among 6 drivers
Rossi (32), Castroneves (13), Pigot (8), Hunter Reay (4), Dixon (2), Newgarden (1) 

Total Passes:  150 total 141 for position

Fastest Lap:   144.572 by Sebastien Bourdais

4 Cautions for 9 Laps

Most Improved:  Max Chilton 11 positions

Penalties: 2
Charlie Kimball - pit safety infraction
Takuma Sato - Failure to obey race control

Josef Newgarden wins in Indycar at Gateway

Josef Newgarden wins at
Gateway Motorsports Park!!

For the third time in the last four races Josef stood atop the podium at the end of the Indycar weekend.  A daring pass of his teammate, Simon Pagenaud, that saw the two touch wheels, gave him the lead and he held off Scott Dixon for his fourth win of the season.

Love racing @IndyCar's under the lights, and awesome to be back racing @GatewayMSP. Thanks to all the race fans who came out! Good night.

— Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) August 27, 2017

Laps completed:  248
Laps Led:  170
Average Speed:  139.465 mph
Margin of Victory:  0.6850 seconds
Pit Stops:  4

Josef had the fastest lap of the race at 182.691 mph.

Josef was 2nd in the first practice and 1st in the final practice.
He qualified 2nd.


Josef is still 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in the Indycar season standings
31 points
ahead of Scott Dixon.


Up next for Josef
the Indycar Grand Prix at the Glen.

2016 Finish:  2nd

GO JOSEF!  GO JOSEF!  GO JOSEF!

posted by Alexandra (age 10) 

Indycars Return to Gateway Motorsports Park 2017

Josef Newgarden made a fantastic pass on the inside of his teammate, Simon Pagenaud, with just over 30 laps to go then held on for the win.  He extended his championship points lead over Scott Dixon who finished second in the race.
 

 

   

Polesitter:  Will Power

TOP 10

  1. Josef Newgarden: Third win in four races has him 31 points up in the season championship.
2. Scott Dixon: Took advantage of Josef's pass of Pagenaud to move into second place.
3. Simon Pagenaud: Was furious with his teammate for the late race bump and pace for the lead.

4. Helio Castroneves: Had a 1st and 2nd in his two previous races at Gateway.

5. Conor Daly: His best finish of the season driving for A.J. Foyt

6. Alexandra Rossi: His fourth Top 6 in the last four races. 

7. Charlie Kimball: Only his fourth Top 10 of the year.

8. James Hinchcliffe: His 7th Top 10 in fifteen races this season.

9. Carlos Munoz: His highest finish since the second race of the season.

10. Sebastien Bourdais:  Great to see him get a Top 10 in his first race back since his injury at Indianapolis in May.

Different Teams:   Penske (3), Ganassi (2), A. J. Foyt(2), Andretti, Schmidt Peterson, Dale Coyne

Different Countries:   USA (4), New Zealand, France (2), Brazil, Canada, Colombia

 5 Chevys   5 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 Average Speed:  139.465 mph

Time:  2 hour 13 minutes  22 seconds

Margin of Victory:  0.685 seconds

Lead Changes:  11 among 6 drivers
Newgarden (170), Castroneves (52) , Pagenaud (13), Bourdais (5), Power (5), Chilton (3)

Total Passes: 173 total. 91 for position

Fastest Lap:   182.691 by Josef Newgarden

5 Cautions for 43 Laps

Most Improved:  Charlie Kimball, 11 positions

Penalties: 2
 Tony Kanaan (Closed Pit)
Graham Rahal (Pit Safety Infraction)

Josef Newgarden Pocono 2017 Update

Josef finished 2nd
at the Pocono 500
after starting 14th

 

Josef Newgarden couldn't find speed in practice or qualifying and ended up starting 14th in the ABC Supply 500.  He vaulted up 7 positions on the first lap and spent much of the day running in the Top 10.  By lap 160 he had managed to firmly put himself in the Top 5 where he followed Will Power to the front.
Power anticipated Josef's move to the inside on the final laps and so Newgarden couldn't get around and had to settle for second.

Laps completed:  200 of 200
Laps Led:  4
Average Speed:  183.727 mph
Time Back from Winner:  0.5268 seconds
Pit Stops:  7



Josef is now 1st....1st !!!!
 in the Indycar season standings,
18 points ahead of second place, Scott Dixon.

post by Alexandra (age 10)

Indycar Pocono 500 2017

Will Power came from a lap down to win the Pocono 500 after holding off teammate Josef Newgarden in the final laps.

Takuma Sato started on pole for the second time this year but quickly dropped toward the back as the Indycars ran 6 wide on the front straightaway.  Ryan Hunter Reay and Helio Castroneves quickly sliced their way through the field after starting in the back due to qualifying crashes on Saturday.

There were a mesmerizing 590 passes including 42 lead changes among 10 drivers (7 Hondas and 3 Chevys), but in the end it was two of the Chevy powered Penske drivers going for the win.

 

 

 

  

TOP 10

1.  Will Power: His second win in a row at the Tricky Triangle.
2. Josef Newgarden: Couldn't quite get his third win in a row, but extended his points lead with three races to go.

3. Alexander Rossi: His second podium in last three races moved up to 8th in season points.
4. Simon Pagenaud: Only driver to have completed all the laps so far this season.

5. Tony Kanaan: His third Top 5 this season.

6. Scott Dixon: Has finished out of the Top 5 in 6 of the last 7 races, but is still 2nd in points.

7. Helio Castroneves: He has only finished out of the Top 10 once this season.

8. Ryan Hunter Reay: Cleared to drive on race morning after spending the night in the hospital after a hard crash in qualifying, RHR impressed by charging to the front and leading the race.

9. Graham Rahal: Has finished in the Top 10 in the last 8 races, and had a exciting back and forth battle with Tony Kanaan for the lead during the race.

10. Carlos Munoz:  His first Top 10 since the Indy 500.  The second race in a row one of the A.J. Foyt cars finished in 10th.

Different Teams: 5  (Penske (4), Andretti (2), Ganassi (2), RLL, A. J. Foyt)

Different Countries: 6   Australia, USA (4), France, Brazil, (2) New Zealand, Colombia

5 Chevys  5 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 Average Speed:  183.737 mph

Time: 2 hour 43 minutes 17 seconds

Margin of Victory:  0.5268 seconds

Lead Changes:  42 among 10 drivers
Dixon (51), Rossi (44), Power (34), Kanaan (32), Hunter-Reay (12), Rahal (9), Andretti (9), Newgarden (4), Hinchcliffe (3), Hildebrand (2)

Total Passes: 590 total 524 for position

Fastest Lap:  218.325 by Tony Kanaan

3 Cautions for 17 Laps

Most Improved: Helio Castroneves 13 positions

Penalties:: 3
James Hinchcliffe (Pit Safety Infraction), Max Chilton (Work in a Closed Pit), Conor Daly (Full Service in a closed pit)

Josef Newgarden Mid Ohio 2017 Indycar

Josef Newgarden wins at MidOhio!!!

During his interview after he won the race at Toronto for the second time, Josef mentioned how he would like to win at a different track (he's also won twice at Barber).  Newgarden got his wish after a great pass on teammate Will Power on lap 13 gave Josef the lead.  He never looked back.

Man I love driving Indy Cars on a Sunday.

— Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) July 30, 2017

Laps completed:  90
Laps Led:  73
Average Speed:  114.677 mph
Margin of Victory:  5.1556 seconds
Pit Stops:  3

He had the fastest leader lap of the race at 123.101 mph.



Josef is now 1st 
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
in the Indycar season standings.


Up next for Josef the ABC supply 500 

2016 Finish:  4th
Average finish in 4 Races at Pocono:  4.75
 

GO JOSEF!  GO JOSEF!  GO JOSEF!

posted by Alexandra (age 10) 

Indycar at Mid-Ohio 2017

Young Indycar star Josef Newgarden made a fantastic pass of polesitter Will Power on lap 13 and dominated the rest of the race, leading 73 of the 90 laps at Mid Ohio.  He finished over 5 seconds ahead of his teammate to take the 6th win of his career.

 

 

 

 

TOP 10

1.  Josef Newgarden: Had an average finish of 14th in 5 previous starts at Mid-Ohio

2. Will Power: His fourth 2nd place finish at Mid Ohio.

3. Graham Rahal: His third podium of the Indycar season.

4. Simon Pagenaud: Tenth Top 5 in thirteen races has him 8 points out of the lead in the season championship.

5. Takuma Sato: His fourth Top 5 this season.

6. Alexander Rossi: His sixth Top 10 in the last 9 races.

7. Helio Castroneves: CHas finished in the Top 10 in 12 of 13 races this season.

8. Ryan Hunter Reay: Coming on strong for the end of the season with his third Top 10 in the last three races.

9. Scott Dixon: An 8th, 9th and 10th in last three races has him drop to third in season points.

10.  Conor Daly:  His second Top 10 in the last five races.

Different Teams: 5  (Penske (4), RLL, Andretti (3), Ganassi, A. J. Foyt)

Different Countries: 6 USA (5),  Australia, France, Japan, Brazil, New Zealand

5 Chevys  5 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 Average Speed:  114.677 mph

Time: 1 hour 46 minutes 20 seconds

Margin of Victory:  5.1556 seconds

Lead Changes:  8 among 3 drivers
Newgarden (73), Power (14), Rahal (3)

Total Passes:  81

Fastest Lap:  123.220 mph by Alexander Rossi

1 Caution for 4 Laps

Most Improved: Mikhail Aleshin 7 positions

Penalties:: 1
JR Hildebrand (work in a closed pit)

Josef Newgarden Indy Toronto 2017

Josef WINS at Toronto !!!!!!
after starting 7th.

 

Josef Newgarden jumped up three positions on lap one and vaulted to first on lap 25 when he had a well timed pit stop just as a yellow came out for Tony Kanaan.  Newgarden led all but two of the remaining laps to get his second win on the streets of Toronto!   It was his 5th career win, and his second win driving for The Captain, Roger Penske.

#2 in TO with @Team_Penske. #IndyCar #CantStop pic.twitter.com/QuXacVMQrD

— Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) July 17, 2017

Laps completed:  85 of 85
Laps Led:  58
Average Speed:  95.79 mph
Margin of Victory:  1.87 seconds
Pit Stops:  2

He had the fastest lap of the race at 139.664 mph.

Newgarden was in the Top 3 of two of the three practice sessions.


Josef is now 4th in the Indycar season standings,
 23 points out of first place.

post by Alexandra (age 10)

2017 Honda Indy Toronto

Indy Toronto 2017

The streets of Toronto were no match for three of the 'young guns' of Indycar racing as Josef Newgarden, Alexander Rossi and Canadian James Hinchcliffe grabbed the seats on the podium.  A first lap tangle involving points leader Scott Dixon and Will Power left the three remaining Penskes, and Graham Rahal in the top spots.  It was a well timed pit stop that gave Newgarden the lead on lap 25 and he held that position for most of the rest of the race.
The win gave Josef his 2 win of the year racing for Roger Penske, and the fifth win of his 6 year Indycar career.


 

 

  



Honda Indy Toronto
TOP 10

1. Josef Newgarden: His first win at Toronto for Roger Penske.

2. Alexander Rossi:  His best finish since winning the Indy 500 in 2016

3. James Hinchcliffe:  His third podium of the season.

4. Marco Andretti:  His first Top 5 since Fontana 2015
5. Simon Pagenaud:  His best finish at Toronto since a 4th in Race 1 in 2014

6. Ryan Hunter-Reay:  Just his 4th Top 10 this season

7. Max Chilton:  His highest finish since a fourth at this year's Indy 500

8. Helio Castroneves:  His worst finish at Toronto since Race 2 in 2014

9. Graham Rahal:  His worst finish since he finished 12th at this year's Indy 500

10. Scott Dixon:  His worst finish at Toronto in the last 8 races there.
 

______________________________________________________

Different Teams: 5  (Penske (3), Andretti (3), Schmidt, Ganassi (2), RLL )

Different Countries:  USA (5), Canada, France, Britain, Brazil, New Zealand
3 Chevys   7 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 

 Average Speed:  95.79 mph

Time: 1 hour 35 minutes 5 seconds

Lead Changes:  4 among 4 drivers
 Josef Newgarden (58), Helio Castroneves (24), Simon Pagenaud (2), Max Chilton (1)

Number of Passes:  105 
 

                 Fastest Lap:  106.741 by Simon Pagenaud

 Cautions 2 for 9 Laps

 

Most Improved: Ryan Hunter Reay   10 positions

Penalties: 2
Scott Dixon (more than required work), Esteban Guitierrez (blocking)

Josef Newgarden Iowa Corn 300 Indycar 2017

Josef finished 6th after starting 16th
at the Indycar Iowa Corn 300
 

Josef steadily made his way through the field after a poor qualifying result and he had made his way into the Top 10 by lap 68.   For the rest of the race he ran about sixth and couldn't quite replicate his fantastic runs at Iowa that he had the past three seasons.

Congrats to the silver fox @h3lio on the win! And great work @Team_Penske across the board!

— Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) July 10, 2017

Laps completed:   300 of 300
Laps Led:  1
Average Speed:  139.479 mph
Finish time behind the winner:  11.05 seconds
Pit Stops:  6

Newgarden was fastest in the first practice session and 5th in the second practice session.


Josef is now 5th in the Indycar season standings,
56 points out of first place.

post by Alexandra (age 10)

2017 Indycar Iowa Corn 300

Iowa Corn Indy 300

Helio Castroneves broke his three year winless streak, and Team Penske finally got their first win in 10 races at the short oval in Iowa.  JR Hildebrand finished second driving the #21 car that Josef Newgarden drove to victory at Iowa last year, and three time Iowa winner Ryan Hunter-Reay rounded out the podium.

 



TOP 10

1. Helio Castroneves: The 30th victory of his Indycar career after a 54 race winless streak.
2. Jr Hildebrand: His best finish in Indycar since finishing second in the 2011 Indy 500.

3. Ryan Hunter-Reay: His fifth podium in the last 6 Iowa races.

4. Will Power: His sixth Top 5 in the last eight races.

5. Graham Rahal: His fourth Top 5 in the last 5 races has him 6th in points.

6. Josef Newgarden: His worst finish a Iowa since 2013.

7. Simon Pagenaud: His 9th Top 10 this season.

8. Scott Dixon: His 10th Top10 in 11 races.

9. Tony Kanaan: Eighth in season points.

10. James Hinchcliffe: His fifth Top 10 in 6 races at Iowa.
 

Different Teams: 6 Penske (4), Ed Carpenter Racing, Andretti, Rahal Letterman, Ganassi (2), Schmidt Peterson

Different Countries: 6  Brazil (2), USA (4), Australia, France, New Zealand, Canada

5 Chevys   5 Hondas

 

FUN FACTS

 Average Speed:  139.702 mph

Time: 1 hour 55 minutes 11 seconds

Lead Changes:  12 among 8 drivers
Helio Castroneves (217), JR Hildebrand (38), Will Power (23), Charlie Kimball (10), Marco Andretti (7), Simon Pagenaud (2), Max Chilton (2) Josef Newgarden (1) 
 

                 Fastest Lap:  177.336  by Helio Castroneves

 
Cautions 4 for 44 Laps

 

Most Improved: Ryan Hunter Reay 12 Positions

Penalties: 2
Helio Castroneves (Pit Safety Infraction)
Ed Jones (Pit Safety Infraction)

Josef Newgarden at Road America 2017

Josef finished 3rd and started 2nd
at the Indycar Kohler Grand Prix.
 

Josef ran up front all day at Road America and was the strongest of the four Penske entries, but in the end he didn't have enough to catch winner Scott Dixon. 


Laps completed:  55 of 55
Laps Led:  13
Average Speed:  123.42 mph
Finish time behind the winner:  0.5779 seconds
Pit Stops:  3

He had the fastest lap of the race at 139.664 mph.

Newgarden was fastest in the second practice session and in the top 5 in the other two practice sessions.

Loving RA. One of the best tracks in the world. @Team_Penske | @IndyCar | #CantStop

Photo ✖️ @emotiveimage pic.twitter.com/Fn0iQMlBuF

— Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) June 24, 2017

Josef is now 5th in the Indycar season standings,
61 points out of first place.

post by Alexandra (age 10)

Indycar 2017 at Road America

Indycar Kohler Grand Prix at Road America

 

Scott Dixon became the 8th different winner in ten races this Indycar season as he won for the first time at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.  It was Scott Dixon's 41st win of his career which leaves him in fourth on the Indycar All Time win list, just a single win behind Michael Andretti.

The four Penske drivers dominated the weekend and wound up in second through fifth place but it was Dixon's pass of Josef Newgarden on lap 31 that made the difference.

 

 

 

 



TOP 10

1. Scott Dixon: His 5th podium in 10 races this season.

2. Josef Newgarden: His second 2nd place this year.

3. Helio Castroneves: His ninth Top 10 in ten races this season.

4. Simon Pagenaud  : His eighth Top 5 in ten races.

5. Will Power: Sixth in the season championship.

6. Charlie Kimball: His best finish of the season.

7. Ed Jones: His fourth Top 10 in his rookie Indycar season has him 10th in points.

8. Graham Rahal: His lowest finish in the last four races.

9. Max Chilton: His fourth Top 10 this season.

10. Mikhail Aleshin: His third Top 10 of the season.

Different Teams: 5  (Ganassi (3), Penske (4), Coyne, RLL, Schmidt )

Different Countries: 8 New Zealand, USA (3), Brazil, France, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Britain, Russia
4 Chevys   6 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 

 Average Speed:  123.431 mph

Time: 1 hour 47 minutes 18 seconds

Lead Changes:  6 among 4 drivers
Scott Dixon (24)  Helio Castroneves (17)  Josef Newgarden (13)  Charlie Kimball (1)
 

                 Fastest Lap:  139.664 on lap 52 by Josef Newgarden (2)

 Cautions 2 for 3 Laps

 

Most Improved: Mikhail Aleshin 9 positions

Penalties: 3
Rahal (blocking), Andretti (pit speed violation), Power (blocking)

Josef Newgarden Texas 2017 Indycar

Josef finished 13th and started 17th
at the Rainguard Water Sealers 600 at Texas.
 

Josef began the race strong but was sent to the back of the field with a pit speed violation penalty after his pit stop on lap 29.  He made his way back to the front and even led 6 laps, but on lap 189 Josef tried to go three wide on the outside and hit wound up in the wall.



Josef officially finished 201 of the 248 laps.
His average speed was 144.796 mph and he pitted 10 times.

In six races at Texas Motor Speedway Josef has an average finish of 14.5 and this race was his highest finish there since 2014.

He is now 7th in the Indycar season standings,
49 points out of first place.

post by Alexandra (age 9)




 

 



2017 Indycar Texas 600

 Rainguard Water Sealers 600

at Texas Motor Speedway

 
Charlie Kimball won the first Indycar pole position of his career as the series visited the Texas Motor Speedway.  Two hundred forty eight laps later, with 66 laps under caution, there were just 6 cars left on the lead lap as Will Power won his second race at Texas. It was a race of attrition as just 8 of the 22 starting cars were running at the end.

TOP 10

1. Will Power: The 31st win of his Indycar career.

2. Tony Kanaan: Was in the mix in a few crashes but managed to stay out of trouble.

3. Simon Pagenaud: Fourth Top 10 in 6 starts at Texas.

4. Graham Rahal: His 5th Top 10 of the season.

5. Gabby Chaves: His best finish ever in Indycar in Harding Racing Teams 2nd race.

6. Marco Andretti: His best finish since Fontana 2015.

7. Conor Daly: His best finish this season.

8. Max Chilton: His third Top 10 of the season.

9. Scott Dixon: Lowest finish of the season other than his crash at the Indy 500.

10. Takuma Sato:  His fourth Top 10 in a row.

Different Teams:   ( Penske, Ganassi, RLL, Harding, Andretti, A.J. Foyt)

Different Countries:  USA (4),  Australia, Japan, France, New Zealand, Brazil (2)

4 Chevys   6 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 

 Average Speed:  140.491 mph

Time: 2 hour 32 minutes 31 seconds

Lead Changes:  23 among 7 drivers
Power (180), Kimball (26), Vautier (15), Dixon (12), Chilton (8), Newgarden (6), Kanaan (1)

Fastest Lap:  224.594 Tony Kanaan

 Cautions 9 for 66 Laps

 

Most Improved: Gabby Chaves 15 positions

Penalties: 11 among 8 drivers
(Newgarden, Hildebrand, Hinchcliffe, Carpenter, Munoz, Jones, Kanaan, Chaves)

Josef Newgarden Update 2017 Detroit Race 2

Josef Newgarden finished 2nd! 

after starting 13th

in the second race of the Indycar Dual in Detroit.

 

It was his highest finish ever in 11 attempts

at the streets of Belle Isle.

 

Josef Quote (from the Team Penske website): "I'll be honest, I think we were all just trying to get to the end. There were just two laps to go and we had marbles all over the tires. In that type situation, there's not much you can do. You want to say you'd be able to go race this guy and try to beat him. And I would have done that if he messed up; if he made a mistake, I would try to capitalize. But if everyone stays steady, we are just trying to hold on to the race car. It’s very difficult to do that at the end. When it's your weekend, it’s your weekend. (Graham) Rahal did a great job. It's a good bounce back for us at Team Penske in the Hum by Verizon Chevrolet. It's good to be in Detroit. Thanks to all the fans that came out and Chevrolet for all they do. It's fun to be in this city. I was trying to get Chevrolet that win but just didn't have enough today."

 

He led 7 laps pitted 4 times,

and finished with an average speed of 105.420 mph.

 

 He had the fastest lap of the race at 113.346 and he had the fastest lead lap of 113. 104.

He moved up one position in the Indycar season points standings to 5th place heading to Texas.

 

 

 

 

 

post by Alex, age 9

 

Indycar Detroit Race #2 2017

 

 

Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato grabbed the pole for Race 2 of the Dual in Detroit, but it was Graham Rahal who once again sat in victory lane after 70 laps.  It was Rahal's 6th win of his career and he became the first driver to sweep the Detroit weekend by winning both races.

 

 

Duel at Detroit Race 2
TOP 10

1. Rahal: The 6th win of his Indycar career.

2. Newgarden: His third podium in 8 races this season.

3. Power: His 5th Top Five in his last 8 Detroit races.

4. Sato: Still 3rd in the season championship points.

5. Pagenaud: His sixth Top Five in 8 races this season.

6. Dixon: Only his second finish outside the Top Five this season.

7. Rossi: Currently 7th in points.

8. Kimball: Ties his best finish of the season.

9. Castroneves: Is second in points after finishing in the Top Ten in all eight races so far this season.

10.  Kanaan:  Just his fourth Top Ten this season.

Different Teams: 4  (RLL, Penske, Andretti, Ganassi))

Different Countries: 6 USA (4),  Australia, Japan, France, New Zealand, Brazil (2)

4 Chevys  6 Hondas

  

FUN FACTS

 

 Average Speed:  105.442 mph

Time: 1 hour 33 minutes 36 seconds

Lead Changes:  5 among 3 drivers
Rahal (41), Sato (22), Newgarden (7)

Fastest Lap:  113.346 mph by Josef Newgarden

1 Caution for 2 Laps

 

Most Improved: Josef Newgarden 11 positions

Penalties: 5
(Rossi, Servia, Hinchcliffe, Aleshin, Kanaan)

2017 Josef Newgarden Indycar Update Detroit Race 1

Josef Newgarden started 9th and finished 4th
in Indycar's Race 1 at Detroit's, Belle Isle.

 

 

He tied his highest finish in his 10 races in Detroit, having finished fourth in Race 2 of the Dual in Detroit last year.

He had the fastest lap of the race at 114.007 and although he didn't lead a lap, he did run as high as second.

He enters Race 2 in Detroit 6th in season points.

 

posted by Alex, age 9

 

2017 Indycar Dual in Detroit Race #1

Graham Rahal dominated the 1st Dual in Detroit after winning the pole and leading 55 of the 70 laps in the race. 

 Scott Dixon had a tremendous run with an injured foot and ankle after his scary crash at Indianapolis but didn't have enough speed to take the win from Rahal.


 

 Duel at Detroit Race 1 TOP 10

1. Graham Rahal: The fifth win of his 11 year Indycar career.

2. Scott Dixon: Regains the season points lead with his 6th Top 5 of the season.

3. James Hinchcliffe: His first podium since his win at Long Beach in April.

4. Josef Newgarden: His second P4 in a row at Detroit.

5. Alexander Rossi: Ties his best finish of the season.

6. Mikhail Aleshin: His best finish of the season.

7. Helio Castroneves: Led 11 laps.

8. Takuma Sato: His fourth Top 10 of the season.

9. Ed Jones: Another solid finish for the Dale Coyne rookie.

10.  Spencer Pigot:  His third Top 10 in 5 races this season.

Different Teams:  8 ( RLL, Ganassi, Schmidt, Penske, Andretti-Herta, A.J. Foyt, Dale Coyne, Ed Carpenter Racing)

Different Countries: 7 (USA (4), New Zealand, Canada, Russia, Brazil, Japan, United Arab Emirates)

 

FUN FACTS

 

 Average Speed: 103.015 mph

Time: 01:35:48.7

Lead Changes: 6 among 5 drivers

Best Lap: 114.007 by Josef Newgarden

 

Best Leader Lap: 112.829 by Graham Rahal

 

Most Improved: Mikhail Aleshin 14 positions

Josef update 101st Indanapolis 500

Josef started 2nd and finished 19th in his 6th Indianapolis 500.

 

 

Josef got caught up in a crash late in the race which put him back in 23 place.  He suffered minor damage and was able to get in a few more laps and he finished 19th.  He ran in the Top 10 during the mid part of the race, running as high as 5th, but he was never really in contention.
Josef completed 186 of the 200 scheduled laps with 9 pit stops at an average speed of 144.18 mph.
It was Newgarden's worst finish at Indianapolis since his 30th place finish in 2014.  He now has an average finish of 19th in six Indy 500's.

He is now 8th in Indycar Season Points.