Sep 22, 2019; Salinas, CA, USA; IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden celebrates after winning the NTT Indycar Series Championship during the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Mandatory Credit: Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports
Needing to place fourth or better in the Grand Prix of Monterey at the Laguna Seca road course to be certain of the championship, Newgarden did not manage that but the pieces of the puzzle fell into place for the 28-year-old from Tennessee. Newgarden, fellow American Alexander Rossi, Frenchman Simon Pagenaud and New Zealander Scott Dixon all went into Sunday’s race with a chance of capturing the season-long points race.
“I tried to be as smart as I could today,” an emotional Newgarden said after climbing out of the cockpit and hugging his pit crew, as well as his mother and his fiancee.
What is the IndyCar series is it somehow related to the truly international Formula One series? No.