Has anyone in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES had a better six weeks than Josef Newgarden?. The “500” is a race for which Newgarden is confident Team Penske will have everything ready to capture its record-setting 19th victory. “I was most sad that I didn’t get to run the race,” he said. “The race is my favorite part, and I felt good going into it.”. Clearly, he has been on a roll since last year’s race at Barber, and he definitely likes the Barber layout. A win for Newgarden would earn the $1 million bonus for completing the PeopleReady Force for Good Challenge, a new incentive for the first driver to win a race on all three types of INDYCAR SERIES tracks.

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