“It's been 48 hours and I'm tired,” says Josef Newgarden when we ask how he's been since winning the 2024 edition of the Indianapolis 500. We’re in a 38th-floor hotel conference room looking out onto the Empire State Building, the sun is shining, and he’s on day one of a whirlwind NYC media tour. “I don't want to say [there’s a] downside to winning the Indy 500. But you win this race and, man, you're busy. It's tiresome. But it's a good problem to have.”
He’s looking forward to having dinner at a reasonable hour with his wife, and then getting back to the IndyCar season in Detroit this weekend - which, coincidentally, may be the toughest part of the Indy 500 comedown.
