Josef Newgarden earned his second victory of the season by winning the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline on Saturday night at World Wide Technology Raceway in a race that shuffled the deck of the NTT IndyCar Series championship race.
“I couldn’t ask for much more,” Newgarden said. “Everyone did a great job. I’m thrilled. We’ve got to keep going. We know this is going to be a climb, but this goes a long way tonight.
“Any win is important for the year. Wish we had a couple more to this point and were in a different position, but we’ve always got to fight with where we’re at and what we’ve got in our hands.”
Newgarden drove his No. 2 Sonsio Team Penske Chevrolet to victory by .5397 of a second over Pato O’Ward’s No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP. O’Ward didn’t enter Victory Lane, but he was a big winner of the night by taking the championship points lead.
World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, IL
Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Final Results:
Josef Newgarden
Patricio O'Ward
Will Power
Scott McLaughlin
Sebastien Bourdais
Takuma Sato
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Simon Pagenaud
Marcus Ericsson
Jack Harvey
Conor Daly
Dalton Kellett
Tony Kanaan
Romain Grosjean
James Hinchcliffe
Felix Rosenqvist
Alexander Rossi
Colton Herta
Scott Dixon
Alex Palou
Rinus VeeKay
Ed Carpenter
Graham Rahal
Ed Jones
Paul Kelly provided a full race recap at indycar.com:
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