Josef Newgarden rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Lifestyle

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• Palou opens IndyCar season with Firestone GP win
Alex Palou, seeking his third consecutive IndyCar series title, finished ahead of Scott Dixon and Josef Newgarden to win the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix....2025
Read about Alex Palou news
• Alex Palou fends off Scott Dixon to win IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images The 2025 IndyCar season begins with Alex Palou taking the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Alex Palou roared into the lead in the IndyCar season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg with 26 laps to go, and on Lap 83 of 100, he held a lead of five seconds over Josef Newgarden. But slowly Newgarden reeled Palou in, as the race leader dealt with ...2025
See more Alex Palou rumors
• Klutch move: Newgarden joins LeBron's agency
Josef Newgarden, two-time reigning Indianapolis 500 champion, has signed with Klutch Sports Group, the Rich Paul-founded management agency that also represents NBA star LeBron James....2025
Read about Rich Paul
• Will Buxton cannot wait to highlight the ‘greatest racing on Earth’

Ahead of the IndyCar season opener the FOX Sports trio of Townsend Bell, James Hinchcliffe, and Will Buxton met the media, including SB Nation For many years, Will Buxton has been perhaps the face of Formula 1. From his role as an analyst on F1TV, to his featured part in the Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive, Buxton has featured prominently in the sport’s growing presence, particularly in the Un...2025
Read about James Hinchcliffe news today
• 2025 IndyCar odds: Josef Newgarden favorite to win Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

The 2025 IndyCar season starts this weekend with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Check out the latest odds for all the drivers in the field....2025
• Pato O’Ward ‘happy to be back’ ahead of the 2025 IndyCar season

Photo by Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images Arrow McLaren driver Pato O’Ward talked about the upcoming season at IndyCar Content Days on Tuesday The 2025 IndyCar Series starts in early March with the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. But the upcoming season rolled out on Tuesday morning, with the IndyCar Content Days in Indianapolis. Over the next two days, drivers will meet with the media, to ...2025
See also Arrow McLaren headline news

• Despite Massive Accident, Josef Newgarden Qualifies 5th at Road America
Newgarden walked away from the frightening crash under his own power. Source...2024
• Newgarden strong in showdown for Texas repeat

Josef Newgarden won at Texas Motor Speedway for the second consecutive year when a thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle with Pato O'Ward came to a sudden halt by another car's crash....2023
Continue with Texas Motor Speedway injuries
• Newgarden Hospitalized After Being KO’d In Iowa
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden was held overnight Sunday at a medical facility in Des Moines, Iowa, after losing consciousness and falling in the aftermath of a crash during an NTT ......2022
Continue with John Sturbin injury update
• Newgarden taken to hospital; O'Ward wins at Iowa

Josef Newgarden collapsed in the motorhome lot following his late crash Sunday at Iowa Speedway and was taken to a Des Moines hospital by helicopter for evaluation. Pato O'Ward would end up winning the race....2022
See more Iowa Speedway injuries
• Mechanical Failure Denies Josef Newgarden Shot at Iowa Sweep
After winning the Saturday IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway, Josef Newgarden crashed out there on Sunday....2022
See more articles Iowa Speedway availability report
• Every crash this week during Indy 500 practice
Jack Harvey, Josef Newgarden and Spencer Pigot have all collected the wall during practice this week....2017
Read about Jack Harvey

• Ryan Blaney on Josef Newgarden's temporary tattoo of Blaney's face on his leg

Ryan Blaney doesn’t have any Cup championship tattoos…yet. And he said it was awesome that Penske teammate and Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden had Blaney’s face on his leg — even if it was a temporary tattoo....2024
Visit the page Ryan Blaney

2025
"The campaign began on the Sunday of Wild Card weekend, with this ad featuring Josef Newgarden, the winner of the two previous Indianapolis 500s: Welcome to the fastest racing on earth."

2024
"Josef Newgarden Charges to 5th Win in St. Louis"

2023
"Bob Pockrass caught up with Josef Newgarden, who combined with Ryan Blaney for Team Penske's first Indy 500-Coke 600 sweep."

2022
"Josef Newgarden collapsed in the motorhome lot following his late crash Sunday at Iowa Speedway and was taken to a Des Moines hospital by helicopter for evaluation."

2021
"Josef Newgarden snapped his streak of late race misfortunes to win for the first time this season, earning the first IndyCar victory of the year for Team Penske on the same weekend the storied organization celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first win."

2020
"Josef Newgarden raced to his second IndyCar victory of the season Sunday, holding off rookie Pato O'Ward before a late caution ended the race at World Wide Technology Raceway under the yellow flag."

2019
"Team Penske's hot start to the motorsports season continued Sunday with a Josef Newgarden victory in the IndyCar season opener -- the fourth win for a Penske car in seven days spanning three different series."

2018
"com Josef Newgarden continued to be the driver in control at Road America this weekend as he followed up his quickest practice laps on Friday with a pole victory on Saturday."

2017
"Jack Harvey, Josef Newgarden and Spencer Pigot have all collected the wall during practice this week."

• Will Buxton cannot wait to highlight the ‘greatest racing on Earth’
2025

Continue with James Hinchcliffe
• Pato O’Ward ‘happy to be back’ ahead of the 2025 IndyCar season
2025

Read about Arrow McLaren salary

• Josef Newgarden Qualifies 8th, Points-Leader Scott Dixon 13th at Barber
The points leader starting the week and the points leader ending the week didn't do as well as their other teammates. Source...2024
See more Scott Dixon statistics
• Kyle Larson getting ‘comfortable’ in IndyCar after P2 result in Day 1 Open Test

In the first Indy 500 Open Test of the season, Kyle Larson was able to put down an impressively fast lap to go P2 on the board. Only Josef Newgarden posted a faster lap time than the NASCAR champion on Wednesday....2024
Read about Kyle Larson statistics
• Kyle Larson is the 5/1 favorite to win 2023 Ally 400 at Nashville
5 KYLE LARSON Age: 30 (July 31, 1992) Hometown: Elk Grove, California Resides: Mooresville, North Carolina Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels Standings: 10th No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 HEADS CAROLINA, TAILS CALIFORNIA: In the most...2023
Read about Kyle Larson stats
• Palou bulks up IndyCar points lead with road win

Alex Palou, who outlasted Josef Newgarden on Sunday, built on his commanding lead in the IndyCar points standings by winning Sunday at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, for his third title in his last four events....2023
Read about Alex Palou stats
• 2023 NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte race results

Blaney survived a chaotic race with 16 caution flags to win for the first time since August, 2021. It's been 59 races since he reached Victory Lane in a points-paying event.An emotional Blaney ran into the stands to celebrate with the fans, echoing the celebration from Josef Newgarden after his triumph in Sunday's Indianapolis 500. Both are Team Penske drivers, with Blaney capping off a huge ...Ke...2023
Check it out Victory Lane stats
• Power, with title in sight, breaks qualifying mark

Will Power, who heads into Sunday's finale up 21 points over Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon, broke Mario Andretti's record by earning his 68th career pole on Saturday....2022
See more articles Scott Dixon
• Newgarden Off To Fast Start At IndyCar’s Championship Weekend
Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden launched his bid for a third INDYCAR championship Friday by leading the opening practice for the season-ending Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey. Trailing teammate Will Power by 20 points, Newgarden logged a ......2022
See more articles Team Penske statistics
• Newgarden into title contention with fifth victory

Josef Newgarden earned his IndyCar-best fifth win of the season Saturday night and again tightened the championship standings....2022
• Newgarden Revokes Concession, Wins At TMS
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com FORT WORTH, Texas – With two laps remaining in Sunday’s XPEL 375 at Texas Motor Speedway, Josef Newgarden confessed he had mentally mailed-in a runnerup result to Scott McLaughlin. Newgarden’s Team ......2022
See also John Sturbin statistics
• Newgarden Bubbles Over After Iowa Victory
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward reshuffled the NTT IndyCar Series point standings Saturday night at World Wide Technology Raceway, where the winner of the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 had the ......2021
Check it out John Sturbin

• Will Buxton cannot wait to highlight the ‘greatest racing on Earth’
2025

Check it out James Hinchcliffe
• Alexander Rossi talks Indianapolis 500, drinking milk, and going fast with SB Nation

Kristin Enzor/For IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK Ahead of the Indianapolis 500, Arrow McLaren driver Alexander Rossi sat down with SB Nation Indianapolis. In the sporting world there are a few single words that immediately spark the imagination, and conjure up images that are seared into the collective memory of generations. Indianapolis is certainly one, as that one word provokes images of ...2024
See also Alexander Rossi
• IndyCar Notes: Newgarden Setting Pace At Somoma
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Championship leader Josef Newgarden paced a pair of practices _ and a Team Penske sweep of the top four positions _ as on-track preparation began Friday for the Verizon IndyCar Series’ season-ending GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma. Holding a tenuous, three-point lead over Scott Dixon entering the weekend at Sonoma Raceway, [...]...2017
Continue with John Sturbin

• Josef Newgarden's Indy 500 win part of historic weekend for Team Penske

2023

Read about Team Penske
• 'Knew I could': Newgarden wins first Indy 500

Josef Newgarden finally captured his long-awaited Indianapolis 500 on Sunday and gave team owner Roger Penske his 19th and first since buying Indianapolis Motor Speedway....2023
See more Roger Penske
• Newgarden taken to hospital; O'Ward wins at Iowa
2022

Read about Iowa Speedway
• Newgarden wins at Mid-Ohio to snap recent skid

2021

Click for news about Team Penske
• Josef Newgarden Charges to 5th Win in St. Louis
Newgarden navigated a night full of strategic chaos to win in at World Wide Technology Raceway. Source...2024
See also Wide Technology Raceway
• Newgarden's win felt inevitable in unpredictable Indy 500

Josef Newgarden has achieved practically everything he's set out to, except for winning the Indy 500. Now he can cross that off his bucket list too....2023
• Newgarden's Road America win yields $1M bonus

Josef Newgarden earned a $1 million bonus on Sunday for winning at Road America, where his third win of the season completed a trifecta of victories on IndyCar's different circuits....2022
• Newgarden earns record $3.6M for Indy 500 win

Josef Newgarden earned a record $3.666 million for the biggest win of his career, an increase of more than $500,000 over last year's Indianapolis 500 winner....2023

1. Denny Hamlin

2. Kyle Larson

3. NASCAR XFINITY Series

. . .

203. Josef Newgarden

• Alex Palou fends off Scott Dixon to win IndyCar Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
2025

Click for news about Alex Palou
• Will Buxton cannot wait to highlight the ‘greatest racing on Earth’
2025

See more James Hinchcliffe
• 2025 IndyCar odds: Josef Newgarden favorite to win Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
2025
• Pato O’Ward ‘happy to be back’ ahead of the 2025 IndyCar season
2025

See also Arrow McLaren
• Tom Brady, Josef Newgarden star in creative new ad promoting IndyCar on FOX Sports

IndyCar is headed to FOX Sports, and the network is pulling out all the stops in a new ad campaign The 2025 IndyCar season is right around the corner. This week marks the unofficial start of the campaign, with IndyCar Content Days in Indianapolis featuring the teams and drivers. While the season begins in earnest on March 2 at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, one of the biggest changes ...2025
See more Alex Palou
• Josef Newgarden interested in running a NASCAR race

[Josef] Newgarden, a native of Hendersonville, Tenn., was a guest at Sunday‘s NASCAR Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway and the back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion reiterated his desire to one day drive in NASCAR. … “Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I‘d love to drive a Cup car at some point. You know, I used to go to […]...2024
See also Nashville Superspeedway
• Indy 500 champ Josef Newgarden would "love to drive a NASCAR Cup car"

Newgarden, a native of Hendersonville, Tenn., was a guest at Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway and the back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion reiterated his desire to one day drive in NASCAR.“I’m a Nashville guy. I was born and raised here. I used to come to events out here as a kid,” the two-time IndyCar series champion said. “So yeah, I’m excited that we’re going ...Keep readin...2024
Visit the page Nashville Superspeedway
• Josef Newgarden interested in completing the Indy 500 / Coca-Cola 600 double

Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden participated in the winners media tour Tuesday and was asked about his interest in competing in an Indianapolis 500 / Coca-Cola 600 double: So now you have two Indy 500 wins. You’ve gone back to back. So can you do a double and race the NASCAR Cup race in Charlotte […]...2024
• 2024 NASCAR at Gateway schedule, entry list, and how to watch

Christopher Bell won a rain-shorted Coke 600, completing 249 of 400 laps. Brad Keselowski finished second and William Byron third.The day also featured the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500, won by Josef Newgarden for the second consecutive year. Kyle Larson was hoping to become the first driver in a decade to complete The Double, but a rain delay at Indy derailed his plans.Justin Allgaier ......2024
Visit the page Christopher Bell
• Newgarden building legacy with instant-classic Indy 500 win

Josef Newgarden made history by winning his second straight Indianapolis 500 as a four-hour weather delay couldn't dampen IndyCar's signature race....2024

• Penske: Time to move past 'overblown' scandal

Roger Penske is well aware his integrity has been questioned because of a cheating scandal that cost Josef Newgarden his season-opening IndyCar victory but says the situation was "way overblown."...2024
Visit the page Roger Penske buzz
• Newgarden: Life is 'pretty normal' amid scandal

Quickly brushing aside the recent Team Penske cheating scandal and whether it has stained his reputation, Josef Newgarden, a two-time IndyCar champion, said Tuesday that he is focused only on defending his Indianapolis 500 victory this month....2024
See more Team Penske scandals
• Will Power denies having role in Penske scandal

Will Power said he was unaware of any manipulations to Team Penske's push-to-power system until after last weekend's IndyCar race at Long Beach and never illegally used the mechanism. Josef Newgarden has not addressed the issue yet....2024
Visit the page Team Penske