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Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden on his thrilling last-lap pass and ‘Top Gun-style’ celebration

"I couldn't have scripted it better for us to be able to have a green-flag finish," Indy 500 champ Josef Newgarden told For The Win.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 31, 2023

Kanaan, Castroneves battled over 15th in Indy 500 like it was “for the win”

Kanaan called time on his open-wheel racing career with his 390th start, and the 2004 IndyCar champion and 2013 Indy 500 winner retires with a total of 17 wins at the premier level in America, having also become a people’s champion.

Motorsport · May 30, 2023

Revealed: The key speed secrets of Newgarden's Indy 500 win

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…

Motorsport · May 30, 2023

Indy 500 star Kyle Kirkwood was given terrifying instruction after horror crash

Kyle Kirkwood was caught up in a terrifying crash in the Indy 500 on Sunday when his car was flipped upside down after colliding with Felix Rosenqvist at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Daily Mirror · May 29, 2023

Newgarden happy that Indy 500 red flag led to a “good finish”

Race control officials opted to throw the red flag on lap 198 after a multi-car collision coming to the green flag with four laps remaining, which left only time for a single-lap, green-white-checkered finish for cars that came straight from the pitlane.

Motorsport · May 29, 2023

How Newgarden rose to be a thorn to Ericsson's double Indy 500 bid

For the majority of the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500, the race lived up to its grand billing as 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing'. Run at a searingly fast pace, and with just a couple of minor shunts to disrupt its flow, it became bogged down by a sequence…

Motorsport · May 29, 2023

How Newgarden rose to be a thorn to Ericsson’s double Indy 500 bid

For the majority of the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500, the race lived up to its grand billing as ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’. Run at a searingly fast pace, and with just a couple of minor shunts to disrupt its flow, it became bogged down by a sequence…

Autosport · May 29, 2023

O’Ward on Ericsson Indy 500 clash: “I won’t forget that one”

O’Ward led the most laps in Sunday’s 107th running of America’s premier open-wheel race, and was at the front at a restart with eight laps to go.

Motorsport · May 29, 2023

Daring pass helps Josef Newgarden win Indianapolis 500 for first time

The two-time IndyCar Series champion slingshotted around defending champion Marcus Ericsson on a late restart and held him off through the last two turns.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023

Ericsson: Final-lap Indy 500 restart was “unfair and dangerous”

Chip Ganassi Racing driver Ericsson was beaten to victory by Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden by 0.0974s after leading him to the green flag for a green-white-checkered finish.

Autosport · May 28, 2023