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 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 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) 

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 Toronto

Yaaaaay!

JOSEF WINS!

Again!

(: Two times already this season! :)

We didn't get to watch the start of the race because it was my (Josef themed) birthday party.  I had emailed him Friday and told him he better be leading when I turned on the race halfway thru...and HE WAS!!!!

 

But, my brother and I couldn't watch the last 3 laps because the rain made us nervous and we were worried he might slide.

 

 

Josef started 11th, and got a great break when the yellow came out for a crash when he was in the pits.  It gave him the lead and he drove really really great and led most of the way to the end!!!



Josef podium selfies with Filippi and Helio


 

 

Woke up this morning from a crazy dream. https://t.co/fQHoNaqEhE

— Josef Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) June 15, 2015

And what made his win even better was that his teammate, Luca Filippi finished 2nd!
It was Carpenter Fisher Hartman Racing Team's first 1 -2 finish!
 

We're headed back to Indianapolis as one very happy team! The #IndyCar15 app looks great to us right now! pic.twitter.com/QpCzCXzSsk

— CFH Racing (@CFHRIndy) June 15, 2015

 

 

-- post by Alexandra (age 8) Josef's #1 fan --

 

Josef Update. GP of Alabama

Josef started 5th and finished

 

FIRST!!!!!!!

Josef completed another great qualifying, this week at Barber Motorsports Park for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. He made it out of round 1 group 1 with the third fastest time a 1:07.2853 (123.058 mph) He advanced to the Firestone Fast 6 for the second race in a row and ended up starting 5th.
He passed 3 cars right away and was up to second behind Helio.
He took over the lead when Helio had a long pit stop.

Josef led the most laps of the race and is now 4th place in the Indycar points!!!!


Another Video with Josef
One on One Interview with USA Today.


Time to start working on the 2015 'Josef wardrobe'
for the Month of May! 

Josef is driving the Century 21 Number 21 car like he did at the 2013 Indy 500.

 

Next up Indy Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Saturday May 9th!




GOOD JOB JOSEF!!!

Post by Alex.
(age 7)

Josef Newgarden Wins GP of Alabama!

JOSEF WON
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

His first Indycar win!!!