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NEWTON, Iowa — Josef Newgarden was seething after a fifth-place finish in the opener of the IndyCar doubleheader at Iowa, insisting he had the best car of the night and it was merely misfortune that cost him the win.Newgarden started from the pole and led nearly wire-to-wire to win Race 2, giving team owner Roger Penske a sweep of the two IndyCar races after Simon Pagenaud's win in the opener.
“I heard that stat and I don't think I've ever been on the pole here before,” he said, “so I was sitting there thinking, ‘I don’t know why we can't do that. We can convert from the pole.' I was totally confident.” It was an especially good weekend for his team owner, who sent out 13 drivers in five series across two continents this weekend. Pagenaud gave Penske his first win IndyCar win since purchasing the series late last year, then Scott McLaughlin won the Supercars race in Australia. Austin Cindric wound up winning the Xfinity race at Texas on Saturday when first-place finisher Kyle Busch was disqualified, and Newgarden made it four wins in two days for Team Penske.
Pato O'Ward was the only one putting much fear in Newgarden until a mistake on a pit stop midway through the race cost him dearly. O'Ward's rear tire was not properly secured — a similar problem caused Power's wreck the previous night — and he had to hit the brakes and get pushed back to his stall to have it tightened.Ryan Hunter-Reay also was running near the front when he spun into the inner wall trying to accelerate off pit road.
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