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) 

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)