News about Josef Newgarden

There was some racing at the Brickyard on Sunday afternoon, but it wasn't the kind Indianapolis 500 officials were hoping for as the race was delayed until 4:30pm local time due to a wave of thunderstorms passing over the Hoosier State. Fans were asked to take shelter, and while most took cover, a small group of attendees were seen racing each other on foot along the concourse in Indianapolis. Track president J. Douglas Boles said it would take track drying equipment about two hours to dry the 2.5-mile oval, but the expectation is that the race would begin roughly four hours late and all 200 laps would be completed before dark.

Australian racer Will Power said he didn't know Team Penske's push-to-power system was tampered with until after the IndyCar race in Long Beach last weekend

BY DANIEL MATTHEWS: A short, sharp warning came from Stefan Wilson's spotters, those extra eyes and ears tasked with assisting IndyCar drivers in tracking their surroundings at 230 mph. They're saying things that you are unable to see in your mirrors,' the British driver explains. We rely on them a lot.' Wilson was especially at turns one and three of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he was at Indy 500 training in May.

After his first victory at the Indianapolis 500, Josef Newgarden is on top of the world - literally and figuratively. However, the victory came with some drawbacks, including confronting your fear of heights as Newgarden did when he was photographed atop the Empire State Building. The Nashville native was photographed with his victory wreath as part of an annual tradition for the winners of 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing'.

The woman whose car was smashed by a flying tire ended in a tragic event in Sunday's Indianapolis 500, which had a happy ending. Kyle Kirkwood's left rear tire was clipped off his vehicle by Felix Rosenqvist's sliding vehicle, with 15 laps remaining in this year's series. The tire was sent flying over the barriers and the catch fence, causing fear among the fans in the grandstands but fortunately not all.