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IndyCar and Indy 500 champion Newgarden signs new multi-year deal with Team Penske

James O'Connor6 months ago6 months ago03 mins

Josef Newgarden has agreed a new multi-year deal with Team Penske, taking him through until 2026 at least. The 33-year-old from Nashville has had extraordinary success since he joined Penske in 2017. He has won two championships, and finished second on three occasions as well. Newgarden has been consistently a standout driver for almost the…

Exclusive | Luca Ghiotto reflects on a “crazy” period following IndyCar debut with DCR in April

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago019 mins

Luca Ghiotto has spoken exclusively with Pit Debrief about his IndyCar debut at Barber Motorsports Park in April, what stuck out most to him and his hopes for a future in the North American single-seater championship. The Italian driver recalled the long story that led to him getting behind the wheel of Dale Coyne Racing’s…

Newgarden takes home record Indy 500 purse

John Goolsby6 months ago04 mins

Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden left Indianapolis with the largest winning purse in motorsports history. The Team Penske driver took home $4.288 million for his back-to-back win Sunday. The total purse for the 108th running of the Indy 500 was a record-setting $18,456,000. Newgarden was not the only driver to see a bimp in pay….

Newgarden: “Tremendous champion” O’Ward would have been “just as deserving of a winner” following epic ending to the 2024 Indy 500

James O'Connor6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward have reflected on their thrilling duel in the closing laps of the 2024 Indy 500 that was delayed by rain. The Team Penske driver pulled off a stunning overtake at turn 3 on the final lap to take a second successive win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Through strategy, Arrow McLaren’s O’Ward…

IndyCar | Indy 500 | Race | Josef Newgarden wins back-to-back 500’s with daring last lap pass on Pato O’Ward

John Goolsby6 months ago6 months ago08 mins

After a four-hour delay, the 108th Indy 500 started under sunny skies. Josef Newgarden outdueled Pato Oward by .3417 seconds to become the first back-to-back Indy 500 winner in twenty-two years. Newgarden, in the #2 Shell Powering Progress Team Penske Chevrolet, made an emphatic pass on O’Ward behind the wheel of the #5 Arrow McLaren…

Exclusive interview | We’re “much faster than where we are starting” — Conor Daly confident of strong Indy 500 performance

John Goolsby6 months ago05 mins

Former GP3 race winner and GP2 driver Conor Daly is set to contest his 11th Indy 500 on Sunday. The IndyCar veteran has finished in the top ten the last two years. For the 108th Indy 500, Daly starts 29th. While the starting position is not what he would like, he feels that his car…

Indy 500 | Dixon tops Carb Day practice from Castroneves

John Goolsby6 months ago6 months ago08 mins

Two veterans set the pace at the final practice ahead of the 108th Running of the Indy 500. 2008 winner Scott Dixon led Carb Day with a speed of 227.026 mph. Four-time champion Helio Castroneves was second fastest with a speed of 226.939 mph. With the weather a big question mark on race day, there…

Nolan Siegel on not making the Indy 500: “We did everything we possibly could”

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

The Californian rookie driver will have to wait another year in order to compete in the biggest event in motorsport. Nolan Siegel didn’t make the cut to be part of the 33 cars field for the 108th running of the 500 but he still wasn’t left unsatisfied with his Sunday at the office. The part…

Indy 500 polesitter McLaughlin on his qualifying laps: “Some of the best laps I had ever driven”

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

The Penske driver has signed the fastest average pole speed in the history of the 500, for a very dominant display from the entire team. In fact McLaughlin, alongside his teammates Will Power, who had been fastest on Day 1 of Qualifying, and latest 500 winner Josef Newgarden, has managed to do a front row…

Indy 500 | IndyCar Practice | Newgarden fastest ahead of a very consistent Herta and Power

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

After the drama of Qualifying it’s time for the drivers to focus on their race setup instead in a two hours long Practise session. After the first sets of laps have been put in, fastest is Penske’s Will Power in 224.983mph, but top speed won’t be the main goal for today. Honda engines are recovering…