Josef Newgarden became the first back-to-back winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 22 years on Sunday.
Josef Newgarden won a final lap duel with Pato O'Ward to become the first back-to-back winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 22 years on Sunday. Newgarden's victory capped an eventful afternoon at the Brickyard that saw the start delayed by four hours due to severe storms and the race interrupted by multiple cautions. Yet the drivers managed to get in all 200 laps around the 2.5-mile oval, but only just with the race finishing in the Indiana sunset right before the 8.15pm curfew.
But at the end the fight came down to the last-lap shootout with O'Ward, Newgarden sweeping past the Mexican's Arrow McLaren to become just the sixth driver to win back-to-back 500s and the first since Helio Castroneves in 2001 and 2002. Newgarden's triumph marked team owner Roger Penske's 20th win of the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing', albeit coming with a whiff of scandal.
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