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Auto racing roundup: Tennessee driver’s bid to repeat as IndyCar champ gains hope with win

AP photo by Jeff Roberson / Josef Newgarden leads Will Power through a corner during Sunday's IndyCar event at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill.
AP photo by Jeff Roberson / Josef Newgarden leads Will Power through a corner during Sunday's IndyCar event at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill. AP photo by Jeff Roberson / Josef Newgarden leads Will Power through a corner during Sunday's IndyCar event at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill.

By KEN ROBERTS / The Associated Press 6 min read

MADISON, Ill. – Josef Newgarden raced to his second IndyCar victory of the season Sunday, holding off rookie Pato O’Ward before the event at World Wide Technology Raceway finished under caution – one week after Takuma Sato won the Indianapolis 500 in the same fashion.

In the second of two weekend races at the short oval just outside of St. Louis, it was Sato who brought out the caution with four laps remaining when he hit the wall. With no time for a restart, O’Ward was denied a chance to challenge the reigning series champion for the win.

Newgarden, in a Chevrolet for Team Penske, won for the 16th time in his career, and the Hendersonville, Tennessee, native closed the gap on championship race leader Scott Dixon – who won Saturday – in the season points standings.

Dixon has won four of IndyCar’s nine races so far this season.

Newgarden was put in position to win the race when his crew got him off pit lane on the final stop ahead of O’Ward. Newgarden and the Mexican driver had a drag race back onto the track that Newgarden won.