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!!!
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
but finished 11th after two penalties for pit speed violations late in the race. It was his highest finish ever in the Indy GP, but the lowest finish since he started driving for Roger Penske this season.
Josef's comment on the race: Quote: "I don't know what happened. I think we ran into some sort of glitch and they dinged us two times for speeding on pit road. It was a tough day for us. We had a really fast Hum by Verizon car. We really didn't struggle with much today. We started a little slower than we had hoped, but at the end the car was a rocket. I’m disappointed for our guys because we did everything right and we had great stops, we just had a little glitch there. We had a great racecar and just couldn't capitalize. I think we had a car that could have been a podium car, maybe even a second-place car. We just didn't capitalize today. Congrats to Will though. He was strong all weekend long."
Josef is still 3rd in Indycar season points leading into the Indianapolis 500 on May 28th. He is looking to improve on his third place finish in last year's 500.
Josef won the GP of Alabama!!!! Again! Josef returned to the site of his very first Indycar win, Barber Motorsports Park, and won for the second time in three years!
Josef started seventh and ran really strong all day long. He made some really neat passes during the race including one on Scott Dixon for second place in the closing laps. When Josef's teammate Will Power had to pit for a cut tire, Josef got the lead. Scott Dixon was right behind him with twice the amount of Push to Pass seconds left, but Josef still managed to hold him off for the final 12 laps. It was Josef's 4th win of his Indycar career and his first driving for Roger Penske.
Josef is currently 3rd in the Indycar points standings, just 7 points behind leader Sebastien Bourdais.
Up next for Josef the Phoenix Grand Prix
where he finished 6th last year in his first visit there.
Josef Newgarden repeated his 2015 race winning drive at Barber Motorsports Park, giving him his first win driving for Roger Penske!
Will Power sat on the pole and dominated much of the race before a punctured tire forced him to pit with just over a dozen laps remaining. Newgarden inherited the lead and held off a hard charging Scott Dixon.
2017 Honda GP of Alabama
Polesitter: Will Power
TOP 10 Finishers:
1. Josef Newgarden: His first win in just his third start for Penske Racing gives him the fourth Indycar victory of his career.
2. Scott Dixon: Worked hard trying to chase down Josef Newgarden but ended up with his 5th second place finish in 8 races in Alabama.
3. Simon Pagenaud: Relegated to saving fuel in the closing laps the defending race winner had to settle for 3rd.
4. Helio Castroneves: His 5th Top Five in 8 starts at Barber.
5. Alexander Rossi: His best finish this season.
6. James Hinchcliffe: Ties his best finish at Barber (from 2016 and 2012).
7. Tony Kanaan: His first Top 10 this season.
8. Sebastien Bourdais: Retains his points lead for Dale Coyne Racing.
9. Takuma Sato: His first Top 10 in eight races at Barber.
10. Mikhail Aleshin: His best finish since Pocono 2016.
Different Countries 7: USA(2), New Zealand, France(2), Brazil(2), Canada, Japan, Russia
Fun Facts
8 Lead Changes among 5 Drivers
Average Speed: 108.809 Cautions: 2 for 7 laps
Fastest Lap: 121.272 by Will Power
Penalties:1 Zach Veach (Drive Thru for Work done in Closed Pit)
SHOUT OUT TO:
Zach Veach who was racing in his first Indycar event! Zach raced clean all day and ran as high as fourth. We can't wait to see him run in the 101st Indy 500 next month and hope to see him in many more Indycar races in the future!
ANOTHER ROUGH DAY for Marco Andretti couldn't get the car out of first gear to start the race and ended up running around the whole race 3 laps down.
Josef Newgarden's busy Indycar offseason came to an end in St. Petersburg, Florida.
His move to a much bigger team than he had at Ed Carpenter Racing and his move from Indianapolis to Charlotte to be closer to the Penske shop had to be quite an adjustment.
Expectations are high for one of Indycar's brightest stars as he begins this new phase of his career with Indycar's super team.
Josef was not in the first three weekend practices, but managed to get the car stronger for qualifying and started in 4th in Row 2 alongside James Hinchcliffe. Fourth was the highest he would run all day despite having a competitive car. He did not pit early and when a yellow came out during the pit window he ended up losing a lot of positions. He ran the rest of the race around tenth place. He ended the day finishing eighth, his best finish ever at the GP of St. Pete.
Josef Newgarden moved to Team Penske for 2017 At the end of last Season they announced that Josef Newgarden was going to be moving to Team Penske. But the change did not stop Josef from being his fun-loving self. You can read or watch more about Josef in the video and links below.
That's usually not too good of a finish for him anymore, but since he was hit twice during the race, it was great that he could end up in the Top Ten.
Plus he moved up a position to 4th in the season standings!
He had a really good car and started third. For the second race in a row a Penske driver took off Josef's back bumper pod and neither was penalized. (Montoya at Toronto, Will Power at Mid Ohio). Later in the race when Josef finally caught up to the field Mikhail Aleshin's crew sent him out right into Josef who was pitting. Poor Aleshin may have won his first Indycar race if not for the contact, that was neither driver's fault.
.@josefnewgarden shows amazing perseverance and finishes 10th after dropping all the way to the back after being hit on track AND the pits
Josef started 8th and finished 22 An early bump by Juan Montoya took off his back bumper pod and then he ran really strong but had a problem with a section of curb that was coming apart. Josef crashed out on lap 58.
That finish moves him back to 5th in point standings.
On to Mid Ohio!
A new 'Josef' video this week, Indycar Test Drive Q & A.
Josef Newgarden's hurt hand and shoulder won't stop him from driving at one of his best tracks, Iowa. He will be testing Wednesday and racing there in two weeks. Trying to better his two second place finishes there in the last two years.
1. He qualified 5th and had a really strong, really neat looking Emerald green car. 2. The Firestone 600 in Texas was rained out on Saturday night, and the neat thing about rain delays is that it gives the drivers lots of free time. Some of them, like Josef, were really nice and went up into the stands to hang out with the fans!
Getting up in the stands with @Hinchtown and the other @IndyCar guys was AWESOME! Thanks to the fans for hanging! pic.twitter.com/yqTHnVpu8s — Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) June 12, 2016
3. Josef got really bored and silly and goofed around a lot.
He was interviewed on NBCSN with Ed Carpenter, and he gave everyone some tips about social media, and reading twitter fast.
3. The race started on Sunday afternoon and Josef was running in the Top 5 and even leading through the first 40 laps.
The Bad Part of Josef's weekend.
(but it turned out a lot better than it looked)
While passing Conor Daly on the outside, Conor lost grip and turned sharp right into Josef. Josef went on his side and head first into the wall. It was very, very scary.
Back to the Good Part.
Despite it looking really, really bad,
Josef only had a fractured clavicle and a bone in his right hand.
I'm sure that he hurts a whole lot, but hopefully he will be back racing soon.
post by Alex, age 8
PS I'm really glad I was at my violin recital and didn't see the crash live or
I would've been super scared for him.
By the time I got home and watched it on tape I had seen on twitter that he was basically ok. :)
Josef got a great new teammate for the Duals in Detroit. Spencer Pigot will drive the #20 Fuzzy's Vodka car at the remaining street and road courses this year!
