Josef Newgarden
| Josef Newgarden | |
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Newgarden at the 2012 Indy 500
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| Nationality |
 American |
| Born |
December 22, 1990 Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| IndyCar Series career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Team Penske |
| Car no. | 2 |
| Former teams |
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing CFH Racing Ed Carpenter Racing |
| Starts | 84 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 10 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 8 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2016 |
| Previous series | |
| 2006–07 2007–08 2009 2009 2010 2011 |
Skip Barber Southern Regional Skip Barber National Formula Palmer Audi British Formula Ford GP3 Series Indy Lights |
| Championship titles | |
| 2011 | Indy Lights |
Josef Nicolai Newgarden (born December 22, 1990) is an American race car driver, who currently competes as a driver in the Verizon IndyCar Series. He will drive the 2 car, for Team Penske, starting in 2017.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Newgarden drove a kart for the first time at the age of thirteen. In 2006, he took titles in two classes of the Kart Racers of America – Junior Yamaha championship and won the Junior TAG World Championship.
Newgarden started his single-seaters career in the Skip Barber Racing School series in 2006. He finished as runner-up in the Southern Regional Series with three wins and another seven podium places. He next competed in the 2007 BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda championship, finishing sixth with two wins. Newgarden remained in the series for 2008 and improved to second place, with three wins.
After some participations in Formula Ford races in 2008 and a win in the Kent Class at the Formula Ford Festival, he moved to the British Formula Ford Championship in 2009. Again he was runner-up, amassing 550 points and nine wins.
Newgarden competed in the opening round of the 2009 Formula Palmer Audi season at Brands Hatch, taking two wins and a fourth in the third race.
Newgarden move into the new-for-2010 GP3 Series with the Carlin team. He finished 18th in points, with a pole position at Hockenheimring and a best finish of fifth in the season finale at Monza.
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