Newgarden's second was No. 20 for The Captain, Roger Penske in what has been an emotional, challenging month for Team Penske.
Despite the disqualifications, the penalties, the suspensions, the rain and the clouds – literal and figurative, Josef Newgarden rolled to a tension-filled victory Sunday in a remarkable Indianapolis 500.Newgarden won motorsports’ biggest event with a splendidly plotted last-lap pass of Pato O’Ward, whose strength and edge-of-your-seat maneuvers in the dramatic closing miles fell short in his sport’s most important race once again.
Dixon drove on to a third-place finish and after the race said Hunter-Reay tried to pass in a space that wasn’t big enough.Foyt Presides Over Pit Road for Yet Another YearA.J. Foyt roamed the grounds of Indianapolis Motor Speedway last week for yet another Indy 500, and watched from his team’s pit with uncommon calm Sunday as A.J. Foyt Racing driver Santino Ferrucci rambled around in the top five.Foyt’s name is synonymous with Indy. No one has won the 500 more times.
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