In an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com, Newgarden’s race engineer at Team Penske, Luke Mason, describes the critical decisions that were taken ahead of the race – and how Josef took control of the race by advancing 16 positions to scoop the BorgWarner Trophy, a pint of milk and $3.6 million in prize money.
Amazingly, this was only Mason’s sixth race in the role, and he came into an organization that has struggled to conquer the challenge of The Brickyard in the past three editions. He joined Penske at the start of 2022 as a performance engineer and was elevated to Newgarden’s race engineer this year – winning the biggest prize in American open-wheel racing at his first attempt paired with Josef.
