Josef Newgarden uses last-lap pass to win weather-delayed Indianapolis 500 for second consecutive year
Josef Newgarden utilized a shining last-lap pass to win the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday for the second back to back year in a race that began four hours late because of outrageous climate. "I'm simply so pleased with the group. They squashed it. That is to say, squashed it. … They came here with the quickest vehicles. We worked really hard," Newgarden told race telecaster NBC. The Indy 500, one of the most lofty and exceptionally expected occasions of the motorsport schedule, started four hours late on Sunday evening in the wake of lightning and outrageous weather conditions made coordinators stop pre-race merriments, empty fans from the grandstands and trust that downpour will pass and the track to evaporate. The race was at first booked to start at 12:45 p.m. ET however was pushed back to 4:45 p.m. At the point when it started off, it was a fan's pleasure, with passes at the front of the field and in the pack. There were a race-record 16 distinct pioneers and ...