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.
 

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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)

Indy Toronto

The best part of the Honda Indy Toronto race happened before the drop of the green flag.  It was seeing Canadian James Hinchcliffe there in person to say the 'Start your engines' command.  He had been cleared by his doctors earlier in the week to make the trip to the race and it was great to see video and pictures of him at the track all weekend.


With Hinch not racing though, it became the first time in the race's  nearly 30 year history that a Canadian would not start the race.





 

The race was started on rain tires, the fourth race this season, and ended with slicks.  Will Power started the race off strong, but when a caution came out, it played directly into Josef Newgarden's hands.  He had pitted just before the pits were closed. 
At the end of the day, Josef earned his second Indycar win and became one of three drivers to win two races this season.  CFH Racing also earned their first 1-2 finish.

 

 

The top 10 Finishers

1.  Josef Newgarden - His second career victory in 61 Indycar starts.

2.   Luca Filippi - His highest finish in his Indycar career.
 

3.  Helio Castroneves - His third podium in the last 4 races at Toronto.
 

4.  Will Power - Won his 41st career Indycar pole surpassing Rick Mears on the all time list.
 

5.  Sebastien Bourdais - His third Top Five of the season. He is now 6th in season points.

6.  Tony Kanaan - Led 3 laps on run to his 193rd Indycar career Top 10.

7. Juan Montoya - Consistency is key.  With 9 Top Tens in 10 races he still leads the season championship by 27 points over Will Power.

8.  Scott Dixon - Swept Toronto double-header in 2013.

9.  Graham Rahal - His third Top 10 in Toronto.

10.  Takuma Sato - His second Top 10 in the last two Toronto races.
 

Top Ten included..
 

* Both CFH Racing drivers, 3 of the 4  Penske drivers, 2 Ganassi Drivers
* 8 Chevys (the Top 8) and 2 Hondas 
* Drivers from 8 different countries

Other:

2 cautions for 9 laps
Fastest lap 105.186

Shout Out to:

Rodolfo Gonzalez leading the first laps of his Indycar career!  He led 5 laps on fuel strategy driving for Dale Coyne Racing.
 

Carlos Munoz was running  a strong second behind Josef Newgarden much of the mid part of the race before going out on lap 69 with mechanical trouble and ending up 22nd.
  

Josef Update - Honda Indy Toronto

Double Headers this year have not been kind to Josef.

He has four 20th place finishes out of the 6 races and a 17th and 13th.
Needless to say Alex would like all double header races taken off the schedule for next year.

(she would also like for their to be more races at Iowa speedway)

Josef didn't have a good weekend at Toronto, where he ended up finishing 20th and 13th.
In race 1, Josef got hit from behind and got involved in a six car crash on lap 1. They got the car fixed under a red flag and did not lose a lap. Yeah!
He made his way up to 11th (to the delight of  Alex),
but then spun the car on lap 63 and couldn't finish the race. Wah!

In race 2 the weather was very wet and lots of cars went in for rain tires, but Josef stayed out and led laps 14-20, until he spun in turn eleven and then went in for rain tires.
When the track dried, he stayed on rain tires and was running fifth,
but when a red flag came out and the cars restarted, the rain tires weren't working as well as the other cars on reds, and he dropped down to 13th.