Newgarden turned a lap at 225.687 to top the timing charts in Friday’s Carb Day final practice session. He was followed by fellow two-time race-winner Takuma Sato (225.415) and six-time series champion Scott Dixon (225.200).

He won the pole with Italian team Prema Racing, a dominant European organization that this season expanded to IndyCar. Shwartzman has never before raced on an oval and will start alongside two-time winner Takuma Sato and Pato O’Ward, who lost to Newgarden on the last lap year.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josef Newgarden beat teammate Will Power in the finals of the Indianapolis 500 pit-stop challenge on Friday, giving the whole of Team Penske something to feel good about after a trying week leading up to “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

It's been a rough week for Team Penske, but everything was 'Penske perfect' in the Pit Stop Challenge on Friday

As Josef Newgarden tries to win an unprecedented third straight Indianapolis 500, his wife Ashley and 3-year-old son Koda are cheering him on.

Josef Newgarden’s pit crew won the Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge on Friday “Their commitment and resolve is what continues to motivate me,” Newgarden said. Team engineer Luke Mason said the victory fills the team “with so much confidence” going ...

Race car driver Josef Newgarden, who is competing in the Indy 500, is married to Ashley Newgarden, who expresses her love for him on social media. On March 12, Ashley Newgarden shared a photo on her Instagram page that showed her,

Has any driver won the Indy 500 from positions 31 through 33? Why the odds are stacked against Josef Newgarden and Will Power. INDIANAPOLIS — A bizarre buildup to the 109th Indianapolis 500 included its two-time reigning champion to make the Fast 12 ...