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Palou: Newgarden apologised for Road America IndyCar contact

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou was running second to Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta when he ran wide at Turn 5 just before half distance, allowing Team Penske’s Newgarden to get a run on him into the uphill left-hander at Turn 6.

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Palou: Newgarden apologized for Road America IndyCar contact

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IndyCar Road America: Herta takes last-gasp pole for Andretti

On the recently-repaved 4.048-mile road course, Dario Franchitti’s qualifying track record of 1m39.866s remained out of reach despite the new high-grip surface. The Fast Six shootout was an intriguing battle, with most cars running the harder primary tyres but Arrow McLaren’s practice pacesetter Alexander Rossi gambled on the softer alternates.

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IndyCar Road America: Rossi quickest in first practice for McLaren

Rossi topped the 75-minute session around the fabled 4.048-mile road course with a best lap of 1m41.779s, with times massively faster than last year’s pace thanks to the track’s first full resurface which took place last October and November, since 1995.

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IndyCar Road America: Start times, how to watch, entry list

This weekend’s event will be the first on the recently-resurfaced Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The race will be held over 55 laps (220 miles) and track records have been tipped to tumble due to the new asphalt.

Motorsport

IndyCar Detroit: Palou wins action-packed revived downtown race

Palou led the majority of the race, but Power used an alternate strategy to lead a chunk of the event, the pair trading the lead before Palou stamped his authority on proceedings.

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IndyCar Detroit: Palou takes pole, Andretti cars hit the wall

Having raced on nearby Belle Isle Island from 1992, Penske Entertainment Corp revived the downtown circuit for the IndyCar event with a short and sharp 1.7-mile, nine-turn layout in the shadow of the General Motors Renaissance Center.

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IndyCar Detroit: Start times, how to watch on TV, entry list

This weekend’s event will be the first on a new temporary street circuit in downtown Detroit, a 1.7-mile, nine-turn circuit with a split-in-two pitlane. The race will be held over 100 laps (170 miles), as opposed to the traditional double-header event format at the previous Belle Isle location.

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NASCAR 2023 Gateway schedule, entry list, and how to watch

Ryan Blaney snapped a 59-race winless streak with his victory in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He became the tenth different winner of the 2023 season and capped off a huge weekend for Team Penske, who also won the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 with Josef Newgarden.

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Drivers divided on Indy 500 ‘dragon weave’ and pitlane entry usage

The manoeuvre first appeared in 2019, when Simon Pagenaud used the tactic to keep his rivals at bay on the way to victory for Team Penske.

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Indy 500 fan whose car was damaged by a flying tire is getting a new one from Penske Entertainment

A tire from Felix Rosenqvist's car flew off into the crowd during the Indy 500 and hit a parked car.

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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

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

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…

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NASCAR Cup Charlotte: Blaney caps Penske's big weekend with Coke 600 win

Coming one day after Josef Newgarden won the Indianapolis 500 for Team Penske, Blaney won out in a race delayed one day by rain after beating William Byron's Hendrick Chevrolet at a restart with 20 laps to go.

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Blaney caps off big weekend for Penske with Coke 600 win

Despite a race marred by 16 cautions and delayed a day by rain, Blaney got away on the final restart with 20 of 400 laps remaining and held off William Byron by 0.663 seconds to win Monday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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Josef Newgarden earned over $3.6 million for Indy 500 victory

The Indy 500’s prize money record was shattered for the second year in a row, making it the largest purse and largest winner’s payout in the century-plus history of ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.’

Autosport

Why Indy 500 'fix' finish accusations are wide of the mark

In a land that’s spawned perhaps more than its fair share of conspiracy theories – take your pick from JFK, the moon landings, 9/11 and what Donald Trump’s hair is made from – Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 produced a new one: It was fixed to allow track and series owner Roger…

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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

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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.

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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…

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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

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.

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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.

Autosport

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.

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