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#ROGER PENSKE CAR COLLECTION DRIVER#

Penske drew as his instructors Dick Thompson, Bark Henry and Fred Windridge. A tall, dark-haired, intense young man, he chose to take his instruction in a hot fuel-injected Corvette. The name on his brand new SCCA membership card was Roger Penske.

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Newgarden’s wife, Ashley, dropped to her knees and sobbed in celebration, and Newgarden was crying inside his car.HE TURNED TURNED UP at the Drivers School at Marlboro, Md., in the early spring of 1958. “For so long, he wondered why he couldn’t win here.” “The last two laps, I forgot about being the track owner and said ‘Let’s go for it,’” said Penske, who joined Newgarden in an open-top Chevy Camaro for a victory lap around the speedway. And for a moment, the 86-year-old team owner looked like a child filled with joy. Newgarden didn’t make the same mistake with Ericsson out in front of him.Īs Newgarden crossed the yard of bricks, Penske and his entire executive committee jumped up and down in celebration on an elevated platform near the start-finish line. Ericsson held him off the rest of the way, and many criticized O’Ward for not making a more aggressive move for the win.

Last year’s race was red-flagged with five to go, when Ericsson was leading O’Ward to the finish. Suddenly, the race had its second red flag with six laps to go. I got onto the apron to give (Ericsson) room. We had four very fast race cars, now there’s only two in the race. “I was a little too nice there,” O’Ward said. He was unable to stop and collided with O’Ward’s car. 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 bitter disappointment for Arrow McLaren.Īgustin Canapino did a 360-spin behind him, snapping a break line. 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. You’re upside-down and you’re kind of stuck at that point.” Thank God these cars are so safe,” Kirkwood said. “All I know is I was up in the fence, which is never a good thing in Ind圜ar. His tire smashed the hood of a Chevrolet in a parking lot next to the grandstand. One of Kirkwood’s wheels sailed over the fencing and narrowly cleared the packed grandstand. Kirkwood launched off his right rear tire and went upside down into the catch fence, beginning a terrifying, spark-filled ride through the short chute. Rosenqvist touched the fence in Turn 1 and could not prevent his Arrow McLaren car from sliding down the track. The first came for a crash involving Felix Rosenqvist and Kyle Kirkwood, who were near the front of the lead pack. What was on pace to be the fastest Indy 500 in history ended with three red flags in the final 16 laps. Foyt his team’s best finish in the iconic race that Super Tex won four times since Kenny Bräck reached victory lane in 1999.Īlex Palou, the pole sitter and race favorite for Chip Ganassi Racing, finished fourth after recovering from a crash on pit road, and Alexander Rossi was fifth on what was an otherwise disappointing day for Arrow McLaren. Newgarden and Ericsson were followed by Santino Ferrucci, who gave 88-year-old A.J. “I think I did everything right behind the wheel.” “I think it was an unfair and dangerous way to end the race,” Ericsson said. 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. I knew I could.”Įricsson finished second in a Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing, and he immediately criticized Ind圜ar’s decision to hold a one-lap shootout to the checkered flag. “Everyone kept asking why I hadn’t won this race, and they look at you like you’re a failure if you haven’t won it. I started out as a fan in the crowd, and this place is amazing, regardless of where you’re sitting,” Newgarden said after pouring a bottle of whole milk over his head. The 32-year-old from Nashville is the first American to win Indy since Alexander Rossi in 2016.

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Then, Newgarden climbed the fence to mimic longtime Team Penske driver and four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves. Newgarden brought his Chevrolet-powered car to a stop on the front stretch, jumped out and found a hole in the fence, diving into part of a crowd estimated at more than 300,000 to celebrate.

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