Josef Newgarden lastly caught a long-awaited Indianapolis 500 win on Sunday and provided group owner Roger Penske his 19th and very first considering that purchasing Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Newgarden clinched triumph after he made an adventurous pass of protecting race winner Marcus Ericsson throughout a frenzied 2.5-mile sprint to the surface. After the race was red-flagged for the 3rd time in the closing laps, Newgarden was moved from 4th to 2nd by race control. The two-time IndyCar champ, who had actually been 0 for 11 in the Indy 500, benefited from the choice by slingshotting around Ericsson on the reboot and after that holding him off through the last 2 turns for the win. Newgarden brought his Chevrolet-powered automobile to a stop on the front stretch, leapt out and discovered a hole in the fence, diving into a crowd approximated at more than 300,000 to commemorate. He climbed up the fence to imitate long time Team Penske motorist and four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves. “I’m so glad to be here. I started as a fan in the crowd, and this location is fantastic, no matter where you’re sitting,” Newgarden stated. “Everyone kept asking why I had not won this race, and they take a look at you like you’re a failure if you have not won it. I understood I was capable. I understood I could.” Ericsson completed second for Chip Ganassi Racing. He was followed by Santino Ferrucci, who offered 88-year-old AJ Foyt his group’s finest surface in the race he won 4 times as a chauffeur given that Kenny Bräck won it in 1999. “I believe it was an unreasonable and hazardous method to end the race,” Ericsson stated. “I believe I did whatever right behind the wheel.” Pole caretaker Alex Palou, the race preferred, was 4th for Ganassi and Alexander Rossi completed the leading 5 for Arrow McLaren.
Josef Newgarden’s adventurous late pass clinches significant Indianapolis 500
