Josef Newgarden wins first Indianapolis 500
It’s basically the only race that matters to his boss.Newgarden finally broke through Sunday, though, winning the Indy 500 to extend team owner Roger Penske’s record to 19 victories – and the first since he bought Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Newgarden did it with an audacious pass of defending race winner Marcus Ericsson during a frantic, controversial 2.5-mile sprint to the finish.
He took advantage of his improved position to slingshot around Ericsson on the restart and hold him off from there. Ericsson finished second in a Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing, and he immediately criticized IndyCar’s decision to hold a one-lap shootout to the checkered flag. The Swede believed the race should have ended under caution, with him the winner, rather than having the green flag fly on the first lap out of the pits.
What was on pace to be the fastest Indy 500 in history ended with three red flags in the final 16 laps. On the restart, Pato O’Ward – who already had a restart called off for setting too slow of a pace – was shuffled from first to third as Newgarden shot to the lead. O’Ward and Ericsson were then side by side entering Turn 3 and touched wheels, and O’Ward slid into the wall and out of the race in another disappointment for Arrow McLaren.
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