Two-time IndyCar champion wins race for first timeNewgarden overtakes Marcus Ericsson in finals stages
Josef Newgarden finally captured a long-awaited Indianapolis 500 win on Sunday and gave team owner Roger Penske his 19th and first since buying Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Newgarden clinched victory after he made an audacious pass of defending race winner Marcus Ericsson during a frantic 2.5-mile sprint to the finish.
After the race was red-flagged for the third time in the closing laps, Newgarden was moved from fourth to second by race control. The two-time IndyCar champion, who had been 0 for 11 in the Indy 500, took advantage of the decision by slingshotting around Ericsson on the restart and then holding him off through the last two turns for the win.
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