Latest news with #JosefNewgarden
Indianapolis Star
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
'It's just so random and bizarre.' Josef Newgarden tries to make sense of painful IndyCar season
Despite a run of five DNFs in his last eight IndyCar starts — a stint that includes an Iowa Speedway doubleheader where he was undoubtedly the fastest car in both races, but could only muster second and 10th — Josef Newgarden said he feels 'just as positive as always' and stands firm that his No. 2 Chevrolet Team Penske crew has all of the necessary components to return to his championship-challenging form of his first six years at IndyCar's winningest team. Or at least he's trying to be. Whether the small ounce of doubt he shed light on when speaking to reporters at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca was a self-deprecating attempt at humor or a legitimate concern of whether he'll return to form in the series where he won championships in 2017 and 2019 and finished runner-up three consecutive years from 2020-22, only Newgarden knows. 'I don't even know how to speak to all this. I really don't,' Newgarden said ahead of the 14th round of the 2025 IndyCar season — so far a winless campaign for Newgarden and one that has coincided with the longest winless stretch of his IndyCar career since he delivered that first of 31 wins in 2015. 'I can only control what I can control. I can't imagine it stays like this forever. How could it? But maybe it does. I don't know, I'm not sure. That would be a bummer, but you know what? If it does, though, it's been a good ride. It's been a pretty good ride.' The introspection from Newgarden comes at the tail end of what's been a miserable two-month stretch since the week leading into the Indianapolis 500, where his team and series owner Roger Penske fired his entire IndyCar team leadership trio — team president and Newgarden strategist Tim Cindric, managing director Ron Ruzewski and general manager Kyle Moyer — in the wake of the cars of Newgarden and Will Power being popped by IndyCar's tech inspection team for illegally modified attenuators, the program's second major technical infraction in 14 months in the series Penske owns. After dropping out of the Fast 12 and initially expecting to start 11th, Newgarden and his two-time defending 500-winning crew were dropped to the final row with a 32nd starting spot for the infraction. And after climbing his way into the top 10 by the race's halfway point and charging toward the top 5 with a legitimate chance to make history and three-peat, Newgarden was forced to retire from the race with a mechanical failure. Following a recovery drive on the streets of Detroit to ninth, the 34-year-old who a year ago signed a multi-year extension with his IndyCar home since 2017 experienced something he'd done only once his entire IndyCar career (the other within the first five races of his rookie campaign in 2012): three consecutive DNFs. Their causes were varied: a wrong place, wrong time crash he had no fault in while running up front at World Wide Technology Raceway, an over-aggressive move of his own that turned into a spin and crash at Road America and a Lap 1 incident where he seemed to lock up his tires heading into the first corner of the race, leaving Newgarden skidding off track, ending his day, and collecting Graham Rahal in the process. Tack on back-breaking bad luck — or poor strategy management, depending on who you speak to in the paddock — at Iowa Speedway, races he could've easily swept under the right circumstances, and add another crash Sunday on the streets of Toronto when he had nowhere to go to avoid the walled car of Jacob Abel, and one of the inarguable voices and faces of the sport is left with few words to describe how his racing world has been turned upside down. How O'Ward will celebrate Iowa win: Gifting Josef Newgarden Kit-Kats: 'A lot of salt to get rid of' 'It's bizarre, so bizarre,' Newgarden said. 'I don't even know how to. Let's just take (the Indy 500) as an example. What are we going to do differently that happened race day? It's just so random and bizarre, and that's how 90% of the year's been. I don't know how you react to that. 'I'll be a broken record saying this, but I know exactly what we're capable of. It might not be glaringly obvious on the outside, but it's glaringly obvious to me.' Newgarden was asked whether there was any solace he could take knowing that even a solid multi-win season this year would've been unlikely to deliver his elusive third championship he's been fighting for now for six years and counting. 'That's so hard to answer, because things change so quickly. If we win the Indy 500 this year, I don't know what this year looks like. It's an alternate universe,' he said. 'The cascade of that, the flow of events that happens after something like that, you cannot predict what the year looks like.' From Iowa race weekend: Team Penske has fast cars but 'leave so much on the table' as upsetting season continues Newgarden said he was lucky to escape his Toronto crash a week ago without a broken hand, after the snap of the wheel on impact ricocheted off his hands — a move that often can break wrists, fingers or hands. With four races left on the calendar — all of which venues he's yet to win at in his career, culminating in a season finale hosted by his hometown track in Nashville Superspeedway — Newgarden said it's not overly pertinent for the No. 2 crew to cap the year with a victory and snap his winless streak that sits at 17 races and counting. 'I just want us to do the best job we can within our control. That's what we try to do every weekend and what we continue to do, and the rest will take care of itself,' he said. 'If we're doing that, we should all be happy, and that's what we're going to judge ourselves on. 'It just kinda is what it is at this point, and we just keep moving forward. That's all I can say. We've got a great team and a bunch of the same group that knows how to win championships and 500s, so I feel good showing up to the track with this group.'
Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
IndyCar Synk 275 at Iowa Speedway results, crashes: Pato O'Ward beats out Josef Newgarden
Pato O'Ward held off Josef Newgarden at the Iowa Speedway on July 12 to win his first IndyCar race of the season. O'Ward won the Synk 275 powered by Sukup with an average time of 1:46:00.6760. Newgarden, who was on pole, was second at 1:46:00.9112. Will Power finished third at 1:46:01.8888. Here is Nathan Brown's story from the race. is your best IndyCar follow, and keep up with coverage throughout the season with . IndyCar at Iowa Speedway results, finish order, final grid for Synk 275 Pato O'Ward Josef Newgarden Will Power Scott McLaughlin Alex Palou Christian Rasmussen Conor Daly Santino Ferrucci Marcus Armstrong Scott Dixon Graham Rahal David Malukas Colton Herta Louis Foster Marcus Ericsson Rinus Veekay Felix Rosenqvist Kyffin Simpson Devlin DeFrancesco Robert Shwartzman Christian Lundgaard Sting Ray Robb Callum Ilott Nolan Siegel Alexander Rossi Kyle Kirkwood Jacob Abel Pato O'Ward wins at the Iowa Speedway Pato O'Ward finished ahead of Josef Newgarden to win the Synk 275 at the Iowa Speedway on Saturday night. Red flag comes out to repair the wall Lap 258: After the Nolan Siegel crash, the race has been red-flagged so the SAFER barrier can be repaired. Nolan Siegel crashes into the wall Lap 248: Nolan Siegel, who was in the Top 10 for the majority of the race, crashed into the wall. The yellow flag has come out. Josef Newgarden pits on Lap 233 Lap 233: Josef Newgarden pits while in the lead. Others like Pato O'Ward and Scott McLaughlin also pitted on Lap 235. IndyCar leaderboard at Iowa Speedway Race 1 at Lap 220 Lap 220: Christian Rasmussen moved up to sixth. Scott McLaughlin is in eighth. Josef Newgarden Pato O'Ward Will Power Alex Palou Conor Daly Christian Rasmussen Nolan Siegel Scott McLaughlin Santino Ferrucci Scott Dixon IndyCar leaderboard at Iowa Speedway Race 1 at Lap 190 Lap 190: Will Power moved up to fourth. Josef Newgarden Pato O'Ward Alex Palou Will Power Conor Daly Nolan Siegel Santino Ferrucci Scott Dixon Christian Rasmussen Scott McLaughlin IndyCar leaderboard at Iowa Speedway Race 1 at Lap 170 Lap 170: Alex Palou has moved into third. Scott McLaughlin is in 12th. Josef Newgarden Pato O'Ward Alex Palou Conor Daly Will Power Nolan Siegel Santino Ferrucci Scott Dixon Marcus Armstrong Christian Rasmussen Kyle Kirkwood crashes into the wall on Lap 153 Lap 153: Kyle Kirkwood crashes into the wall on Turn 2. The yellow has come out. IndyCar leaderboard at Iowa Speedway Race 1 at Lap 140 Lap 140: The Top 10 has remained the same as Josef Newgarden leads the field. Josef Newgarden Pato O'Ward Conor Daly Alex Palou Will Power Scott Dixon Nolan Siegel Marcus Armstrong Santino Ferrucci Felix Rosenqvist IndyCar leaderboard at Iowa Speedway Race 1 at Lap 120 Lap 120: Pato O'Ward has moved up to second place. Conor Daly is back in the top 3. Scott McLaughlin is in 13th. Josef Newgarden Pato O'Ward Conor Daly Alex Palou Will Power Scott Dixon Nolan Siegel Marcus Armstrong Santino Ferrucci Felix Rosenqvist IndyCar leaderboard at Iowa Speedway Race 1 at Lap 85 Lap 85: Conor Daly dropped a few places after a pit stop. Josef Newgarden Alex Palou Scott Dixon Pato O'Ward Will Power Conor Daly Marcus Armstrong Nolan Siegel Santino Ferrucci Felix Rosenqvist Jacob Abel crashes into a wall Lap 75: Jacob Abel crashed in Turn 2. A yellow flag has come out. IndyCar leaderboard at Iowa Speedway Race 1 at Lap 65 Lap 65: Scott McLaughlin has moved up to 15th after starting the race at the back of the field. Christian Rasmussen nearly spun, but he was able to save it. Josef Newgarden Conor Daly Alex Palou Pato O'Ward Scott Dixon Nolan Siegel Will Power Felix Rosenqvist Santino Ferrucci Alexander Rossi IndyCar leaderboard at Iowa Speedway Race 1 at Lap 45 Lap 45: Josef Newgarden is in the lead with Conor Daly in second. Josef Newgarden Conor Daly Alex Palou Pato O'Ward Scott Dixon Nolan Siegel Will Power Felix Rosenqvist Santino Ferrucci Alexander Rossi Scott McLaughlin moves through the back of the pack Lap 32: After crashing in qualifying, Scott McLaughlin began the race at 27th. However, he has moved up to 19th place 32 laps in. Colton Herta spins through infield grass on Lap 1 Lap 1: We have an immediate yellow due to Colton Herta spinning through the infield grass just as the green flag comes out. There was no contact. IndyCar qualifying results for Synk 275 at Iowa Raceway on July 12, 2025 1. Josef Newgarden, 183.999 mph 2. Conor Daly, 183.714 mph 3. Felix Rosenqvist, 183.635 mph 4. Alex Palou, 183.596 mph 5. Pato O'Ward, 183.096 mph 6. Scott Dixon, 182.924 mph 7. Will Power, 182.824 mph 8. Nolan Siegel, 182.807 mph 9. Santino Ferrucci, 182.756 mph 10. David Malukas, 182.596 mph 11. Marcus Armstrong, 182.483 mph 12. Louis Foster, 182.381 mph 13. Alexander Rossi, 181.939 mph 14. Graham Rahal, 181.478 mph 15. Marcus Ericsson, 181.463 mph 16. Robert Shwartzman, 181.319 mph 17. Callum Ilott, 181.257 mph 18. Kyle Kirkwood, 181.13 mph 19. Christian Rasmussen, 181.107 mph 20. Devlin DeFrancesco, 181.097 mph 21. Christian Lundgaard, 179.975 mph 22. Kyffin Simpson, 179.966 mph 23. Colton Herta, 179.27 mph 24. Sting Ray Robb, 178.885 mph 25. Rinus VeeKay, 177.157 mph 26. Jacob Abel, 175.255 mph 27. Scott McLaughlin, no time Scott McLaughlin crashes in qualifying Scott McLaughlin ran into the wall on his first lap. He'll start at the back of the field. IndyCar qualifying results for Farm to Finish 275 at Iowa on July 13, 2025 Race 2 at Iowa begins at 1 p.m. ET. 1. Alex Palou, 184.014 mph 2. Felix Rosenqvist, 183.975 mph 3. David Malukas, 183.369 mph 4. Josef Newgarden, 183.316 mph 5. Nolan Siegel, 183.194 mph 6. Will Power, 183.072 mph 7. Conor Daly, 182.943 mph 8. Scott Dixon, 182.664 mph 9. Pato O'Ward, 182.645 mph 10. Graham Rahal, 182.489 mph 11. Robert Shwartzman, 182.489 mph 12. Marcus Armstrong, 182.409 mph 13. Callum Ilott, 182.214 mph 14. Marcus Ericsson, 182.154 mph 15. Alexander Rossi, 181.846 mph 16. Louis Foster, 181.805 mph 17. Christian Rasmussen, 181.681 mph 18. Kyffin Simpson, 181.589 mph 19. Colton Herta, 181.472 mph 20. Santino Ferrucci, 181.205 mph 21. Kyle Kirkwood, 181.181 mph 22. Christian Lundgaard, 180.920 mph 23. Devlin DeFrancesco, 180.664 mph 24. Sting Ray Robb, 177.683 mph 25. Jacob Abel, 177.145 mph 26. Rinus VeeKay, 170.822 mph 27. Scott McLaughlin, no time IndyCar schedule at Iowa Speedway on Saturday, July 12 10-10:30 a.m.: IndyCar high-line practice (two 15-minute split-field sessions), FS2 10:45-11:30 a.m.: IndyCar full-field practice, FS2 Noon-1 p.m.: Indy NXT race, 75 laps, FS1 1:30-2:30 p.m.: IndyCar qualifying, FS1 5-7:30 p.m.: IndyCar race 1, 275 laps, Fox IndyCar schedule at Iowa Speedway on Sunday, July 13 1-3:30 p.m.: IndyCar race 2, 275 laps, Fox What channel are IndyCar races at Iowa Speedway on? TV on Saturday: Coverage begins at 5 p.m. ET, Saturday, July 12, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 5:20 p.m. Will Buxton is the play-by-play voice, with analysts James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell. Kevin Lee and Jack Harvey are the pit reporters. TV on Sunday: Coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET, Sunday, July 13, 2025, on Fox. Green flag is scheduled for 1:20 p.m. How can I stream the IndyCar races at Iowa Speedway? Fox Sports app. How can I listen to IndyCar races at Iowa Speedway? IndyCar Nation is on SiriusXM Channel 218, IndyCar Live and the IndyCar Radio Network (check affiliates for each race) 2025 IndyCar Series schedule The 2025 IndyCar Series schedule includes 17 races, all televised on Fox. (Times are ET; %-downtown street course, &-road course, *-oval) March 2, St. Petersburg, Florida % (Winner: Alex Palou) March 23, Thermal, California & (Winner: Alex Palou) April 13, Long Beach, California % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood) May 4, Birmingham, Alabama & (Winner: Alex Palou) May 10, Indianapolis & (Winner: Alex Palou) May 25, Indianapolis 500 * (Winner: Alex Palou) June 1, Detroit % (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood) June 15, St. Louis * (Winner: Kyle Kirkwood) June 22, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin & (Winner: Alex Palou) July 6, Lexington, Ohio &, 1 p.m. July 12, Newton, Iowa *, 5 p.m. July 13, Newton, Iowa *, 1 p.m. July 20, Toronto %, noon July 27, Monterey, California &, 3 p.m. Aug. 10, Portland &, 3 p.m. Aug. 24, Milwaukee *, 2 p.m. Aug. 31, Nashville *, 2:30 p.m. IndyCar drivers for 2025 (Team and drivers; *-Indianapolis 500 only) : Santino Ferrucci, David Malukas : Colton Herta, Kyle Kirkwood, Marcus Ericsson, Marco Andretti* : Pato O'Ward, Nolan Siegel, Christian Lundgaard, Kyle Larson* (with Rick Hendrick) : Kyffin Simpson, Scott Dixon, Alex Palou : Jacob Abel, Rinus VeeKay : Ryan Hunter-Reay*, Jack Harvey* : Alexander Rossi, Christian Rasmussen, Ed Carpenter* : Conor Daly, Sting Ray Robb : Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Armstrong, Helio Castroneves* : Callum Ilott, Robert Shwartzman, Romain Grosjean (reserve) : Graham Rahal, Louis Foster, Devlin DeFrancesco, Takuma Sato* Toby Sowery (reserve) : Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, Will Power IndyCar Series championship points 2025 (Through 10 of 17 races) Alex Palou, 430 points Kyle Kirkwood, 317 Pato O'Ward, 305 Scott Dixon, 282 Christian Lundgaard, 263 Felix Rosenqvist, 259 Colton Herta, 217 Marcus Armstrong, 209 Will Power, 202 Santino Ferrucci, 198 Scott McLaughlin, 197 David Malukas, 187 Rinus Veekay, 179 Alexander Rossi, 176 Kyffin Simpson, 162 Christian Rasmussen, 155 Nolan Siegel, 147 Conor Daly, 144 Josef Newgarden, 142 Marcus Ericsson, 141 Graham Rahal, 139 Louis Foster, 118 Robert Shwartzman, 113 Sting Ray Robb, 105 Devlin DeFrancesco, 99 Callum Ilott, 95 Jacob Abel, 64 Takuma Sato, 36 Helio Castroneves, 20 Ed Carpenter, 16 Jack Harvey, 12 Ryan Hunter-Reay, 10 Kyle Larson, 6 Marco Andretti, 5 This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar at Iowa Speedway Race 1 complete results, finish order, crashes
Fox News
15-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
INDYCAR Power Rankings: Iowa Winners Alex Palou, Pato O'Ward No. 1 & 2
The two winners of the Iowa Speedway doubleheader are ranked first and second in the power rankings. The driver who won for the seventh time this year is still No. 1. The driver who won for the first time this year is now No. 2. INDYCAR drivers compete on a variety of tracks and move from the relatively short Iowa oval to the final street course of the year this weekend as they head to Toronto. Here's a look at these rankings heading into Toronto: Dropped out: Colton Herta (Last Week: 7); Rinus VeeKay (Last Week: 10) On the verge: Colton Herta, Scott McLaughlin, Will Power 10. Santino Ferrucci (Last Week: 9) Ferrucci had an eighth and a 15th at Iowa, which amounts to an OK weekend for the A.J. Foyt Racing driver. The big thing is that he and Conor Daly battled without drama, as Daly edged him by a spot in the first race and Ferrucci returned the favor in the second. 9. David Malukas (Last Week: Not Ranked) Malukas had a 12th and a fourth in the two Iowa races, a strong bounce back after one top 10 in three of the four races heading into Iowa. This teammate of Ferrucci looked especially strong in the second race at Iowa. 8. Josef Newgarden (Last Week: Not Ranked) Newgarden arguably should have won both Iowa races but settled for a second and then a 10th. The Team Penske driver appeared to have a dominant car but pit road proved to be costly. First, he got beat on the final pit stop and then there the cautions that came out at inopportune times during the green-flag cycles. 7. Christian Lundgaard (Last Week: 5) After a 21st-place finish in the first race, Lundgaard placed sixth in Race 2 to salvage the weekend. The Arrow McLaren driver is likely happy to be headed to Toronto. 6. Kyle Kirkwood (Last Week: 3) After back-to-back wins, Kirkwood had finishes of fourth and eighth heading into Iowa, where he had an awful weekend as he crashed in practice, then again in the first race where he finished 26th. He finished the second race, but the Andretti driver certainly wasn't happy with an 18th. 5. Felix Rosenqvist (Last Week: 6) Rosenqvist rebounded from a 17th-place finish in the first race to finish seventh in the second. The Meyer Shank Racing driver certainly had hoped for more as he qualified in the top three for both races. 4. Marcus Armstrong (Last Week: 8) A ninth and a third at Iowa should make Armstrong feel good, considering his limited experience on ovals. The Meyer Shank Racing driver has finished ninth or better in each of the last six races. 3. Scott Dixon (Last Week: 2) Dixon finished 10th in the first race and then second in the second race at Iowa. That wasn't a bad weekend following the Chip Ganassi Racing driver's first victory of the season at Mid-Ohio. 2. Pato O'Ward (Last Week: 4) The first victory of the season for O'Ward was great for him, and he followed that up with a fifth-place finish in the second race. The Arrow McLaren driver is second in the standings but not close at all to Palou (129 points). 1. Alex Palou (Last Week: 1) Palou had a solid Iowa, with a fifth-place finish in the first race and then a victory (his seventh of the year) in the second race. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver would need an unprecedented collapse to lose the title. Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
Fox News
14-07-2025
- Automotive
- Fox News
What Do Josef Newgarden, Team Penske Have To Do To Win Races?
NEWTON, Iowa — Josef Newgarden led a combined 304 laps at Iowa Speedway over the weekend. He doesn't have too much to show for it. Yes, he finished second in Saturday's race. But when a driver leads 232 of 275 laps, that driver believes that a trophy should accompany the effort. On Sunday, he still had arguably the best car but circumstances resulted in him leading 72 laps and finishing 10th. Those results show what everyone has seen all year: Penske cars do have speed but execution and other bad luck have soured their season. After a 2-3-4 finish Saturday with Newgarden, Will Power and Scott McLaughlin, they finished 10-24-26 in the second race of the weekend doubleheader. That was after Power had an engine issue for the second consecutive week and McLaughlin crashed when Devlin DeFrancesco got loose underneath him. "We just have to keep doing what you are doing," Newgarden said. "Team Penske is working incredibly hard. [Saturday] was a good day for everybody. You could see the spirits lift. "They don't need to change what they are doing. They are doing a great job. They brought a fast car here again today." It could be argued that no matter what's occurring, doing the same thing would produce the same results. Power is eighth in the standings, McLaughlin is 12th and Newgarden sits in 14th. "I have zero doubt in our process and what we do," Newgarden said earlier in the weekend after winning the pole for the Saturday race. "I've been here a long time. I've worked with the best of the best. "We have really good people. Still do. And I think the worst thing to do would be to change what our process is. To overreact would be the wrong decision. That's definitely not what we should be doing." Newgarden called this a "unique" stretch. For a proud organization like Team Penske, it certainly isn't easy. Newgarden had a slow pit stop that cost him track position Saturday and then, with another dominant car on Sunday, he had the misfortune of the yellow coming out when he was pitting. On a short track (0.894-mile) such as Iowa Speedway, he lost a lap in the sequence and then, when he got his lap back, he had to rally from the rear of the field. He regained the lead but another somewhat slow pit stop quickly followed by a caution cost him track position late in the race. Newgarden has 31 career victories and hates to lose. So even the second-place finish Saturday was not one that thrilled him. "With this [aero] package I was flat out," Newgarden said about trying to pass Pato O'Ward at the end of the race Saturday. "I couldn't do anything different. He got position, and that was that." As Newgarden was answering questions politely but not with long answers, Power needled him. "Josef loves to answer questions at the moment," Power said. "He's seething. Seething. He didn't win. He was close, man." For Power and McLaughlin, they could feel more of the same this year with good days and bad days. McLaughlin wrecked in qualifying on Saturday, meaning he had to start at the rear for both races. He worked his way from 27th to fourth in the first race, an incredible run. But his race on Sunday ended on the first lap when Devlin DeFrancesco got loose underneath him and they both wiped out. "It's the story of our year," McLaughlin said. McLaughlin could blame himself, as the crash Saturday put him in that position. Power had an engine issue that Chevrolet will look into. "These things come at such inconvenient times, but everyone goes through it," Power said. "It's just one of those things." It obviously hasn't been a smooth year for Penske, which released its three top INDYCAR executives after a technical issue during Indy 500 qualifying was the second significant violation since the start of the 2024 season. Earlier this month, the organization announced that Jonathan Diuguid had been promoted to President of the INDYCAR and sports car programs while Travis Law was named Competition Director for the programs. Both Diuguid and Law had experience in INDYCAR but had been focusing on sports car roles in recent years. The NASCAR leadership did not change. McLaughlin said Friday at Iowa that things do seem settled with the leadership in place. "I wouldn't want to be with another team in terms of when we're down in this right now," McLaughlin said. "With the resources, the people, I really think we're going to be just fine. "It's going to take some time, but I feel like this is meant to happen and we'll get going." The one thing that is important to realize, McLaughlin said, is that all three drivers, when they haven't had the speed they wanted, are fighting similar issues. So where the team is focusing on getting better is across the board of the three teams. "We've had a very good run," McLaughlin said. "It's just matter of maybe it was meant to happen, maybe this was meant to just put us through the hardest point to realize how good it is when we are going well. "That's how I'm looking at it. I'm full of positivity. ... [Other teams] are doing great jobs. We're working hard." Now they need to see the work turn into wins. "We had plenty of potential to win a race all year," Power said. "It is just a strange year." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR and INDYCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass.
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
An Ill-timed Caution Ended Newgarden's Chances at Iowa, Alex Palou Captures Seventh Win
Alex Palou has now won on a street course, road courses, the Indianapolis 500, and on a short oval in 2025 to win seven of the 12 IndyCar races this season. Palou started on the pole for the second Iowa race, but the win was far from promised. Penske's Josef Newgarden advanced through the field twice due to being caught on the pitting undercut when cautions came out. When Newgarden went for his second pit stop with 140 laps remaining, Marcus Ericsson hit the wall, and the rest of the field that had yet to pit benefited. He then ran through the field to the lead, and with 20 laps to go, a second Andretti, Colton Herta, hit the wall. With less than 20 laps remaining on the restart, the lapped cars were run through the pits to set up everyone on the lead lap. Newgarden would restart eighth with only 13 laps to go and get trapped away from the podium, and his win drought extended. On the restart, Palou led Marcus Armstrong, a Meyer Shank Racing driver chasing his first win. Palou's teammate, Scott Dixon, made it by for another Chip Ganassi Racing 1-2 in 2025. Saturday's winner, Pato O'Ward, finished fifth behind David Malukas, both pitted just before Newgarden and lost position due to the undercut as well. "We all got hosed by the same thing," O'Ward told IndyCar on Fox. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
