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)

Josef Newgarden Update Iowa

Josef finished 2nd
 

He led 111 laps, after starting 7th, and now he's led the most laps of any driver this season with 317!

Now he has to get the most wins!!!!

 

 

Robin Miller with Josef

 

 

 

I hope everyone enjoyed that @IndyCar race last night. Thought it was a thriller. Love that Iowa track. Gritty, badass place to race.

— Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) July 19, 2015

 

 

 

Josef racing at lowa

 

 

Now off to Mid Ohio where he almost got his first win last year.

 

 

GO JOSEF!

 

Post by Alexandra, age 8

 

 

Josef Update - Iowa Corn Indy 300

Josef got second in Iowa!

 Alex was so excited and I think it's rubbing off on us. 

 

To see him just zoom through the field on new tires in the last few laps was super cool.

The only problem was that Ryan Hunter Reay (or as Alex refers to him as 'the guy who crashed Josef out of the lead at Long Beach) had new tires too.

  

   (by the look on Josef's face we have to wonder what he and Robin Miller were joking about before the camera started rolling.)

Josef and Simon Pagenaud had a little fun before the race at Iowa too.

(We've watched this video way too many times)

 

 

 

Yes, we got a little behind on our Josef posts but we guarantee it was not for lack of watching and Alex crazily cheering him on.  So we'll go into Josef overload and get caught up this week.