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!!!

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 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)

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) 

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)

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 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)

Josef Newgarden GP of Indianapolis 2017

Josef started 3rd in his 4th GP of Indianapolis,

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 Newgarden wins GP Alabama 2017

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.

 

GO JOSEF!  GO JOSEF!  GO JOSEF!

 

posted by Alexandra (age 9) 

Josef Indycar update Long Beach 2017

Josef started 8th and finished 3rd
at Indycar's GP of Long Beach

It is his first podium driving for Team Penske and his highest finish ever on the streets of Long Beach.

Josef ran as high as 2nd during the race and was strong all day, but just didn't have enough to try to race for the win.

 

Josef's last podium prior to Long Beach came in September 2016 at Watkins Glen while driving for Ed Carpenter Racing.

 

 

 

Josef is currently 5th in the Indycar points standings, 34 points behind leader Sebastien Bourdais.

 

Up next for Josef, Barber Motorsports Park where he won his first Indycar race in 2015 and finished on the podium in 2016!

 

GO JOSEF!!!!

 

posted by Alexandra (age 9)

 

Josef Newgarden Indycar GP of St. Pete 2017

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 started 4th and finished 8th.