Josef Newgarden
| Josef Newgarden | |
|---|---|
 Newgarden at the 2012 Indy 500 | |
| Nationality |
 American |
| Born |
December 22, 1990 Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States |
| IndyCar Series career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| Car no. | 21 |
| Former teams |
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing CFH Racing |
| Starts | 67 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 5 |
| Best finish | 7th in 2015 |
| 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 drives in the IndyCar Series driving the 21 car for Ed Carpenter Racing.
Career
Karting
Born in Hendersonville, 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.[1]
Skip Barber
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.[2] He next competed in the 2007 BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda championship, finishing sixth with two wins.[3] Newgarden remained in the series for 2008 and improved to second place, with three wins.[4]
Formula Ford
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.[5]
Formula Palmer Audi
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.[6]
GP3 Series
Newgarden move into the new-for-2010 GP3 Series with the Carlin team.[7] He finished 18th in points, with a pole position at Hockenheimring and a best finish of fifth in the season finale at Monza.
Indy Lights
In 2011 Newgarden returned to North America to race in the Indy Lights series for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.[8] He won his first Indy Lights race in the season opener on the Streets of St. Petersburg.[9] He followed his opening win in St. Petersburg with for more wins and ten podium finishes out of thirteen races in 2011,[10] clinching him the points championship with one race to go.[11] In New Hampshire, the 11th race of 2011, Newgarden lapped the entire field and went on to win. He was the first Indy Lights driver to do this since Thiago Medeiros in March 2004.[12]
IndyCar
On December 7, 2011, Newgarden was announced as the driver for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. He ran his first full season schedule in an Indycar in 2012. He is now competing in his fourth full season, under the merged team of Sarah Fisher and Ed Carpenter.[13] Under this new team banner, Newgarden started 2015 strong, finishing in 12th position at St. Petersburg and improving his position with each race. He earned his first Indycar Series victory at the Honda IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama, moving from 5th to 2nd on the first lap of the race, and leading the most laps on the way to a 2.2 second win.[14]
Formula One
Before re-signing with CFH Racing, Newgarden had been linked as one of the possible drivers to race for the new American Haas F1 Team which is planning its Formula One debut for the 2016 Formula One season.[15]
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Skip Barber Southern | Racer of Tomorrow LTD | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 443 | 2nd |
| 2007 | Skip Barber National | Racer of Tomorrow LTD | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 326 | 6th |
| Skip Barber Southern Regional Run-Offs | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 2007–08 | Skip Barber Southern | Racer of Tomorrow LTD | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 29th |
| 2008 | Skip Barber National | Racer of Tomorrow LTD | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 372 | 2nd |
| Ontario Formula Ford Challenge F1600-A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| Skip Barber Eastern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| Skip Barber Mid Western | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 35th | ||
| IMSA Lites L1 Presented by Hankook | Batos Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 19th | |
| Formula Ford 1600 Walter Hayes Trophy | Team USA / Cliff Dempsey Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 14th | |
| Formula Ford Festival – Kent Class | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
| 2009 | British Formula Ford Championship | JTR | 25 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 550 | 2nd |
| Formula Ford Festival | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| Formula Palmer Audi | MotorSport Vision | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 18th | |
| Formula Ford 1600 Walter Hayes Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th | ||
| 2010 | GP3 Series | Carlin | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18th |
| 2011 | Indy Lights | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 533 | 1st |
| 2012 | IndyCar | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 200 | 23rd |
| 2013 | IndyCar | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 348 | 14th |
| 2014 | IndyCar | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 406 | 13th |
| 2015 | IndyCar | CFH Racing | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 431 | 7th |
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Carlin | ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 16 |
TUR FEA 10 |
TUR SPR 23 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 26 |
GBR FEA 16 |
GBR SPR 11 |
GER FEA 18 |
GER SPR 19 |
HUN FEA 7 |
HUN SPR Ret |
BEL FEA DNS |
BEL SPR 21 |
ITA FEA 7 |
ITA SPR 5 |
18th | 8 |
American open–wheel racing results
(key)
Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | STP 1 |
ALA 6 |
LBH 13 |
INDY 1 |
MIL 2 |
IOW 1 |
TOR 8 |
EDM 2 |
EDM 1 |
TRO 3 |
NHM 1 |
BAL 2 |
KTY 2 |
LVS 9 |
1st | 553 |
IndyCar Series
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Dallara DW12 | Honda | STP 11 |
ALA 17 |
LBH 26 |
SAO 23 |
INDY 25 |
DET 15 |
TXS 13 |
MIL 25 |
IOW 19 |
TOR 13 |
EDM 17 |
MDO 12 |
SNM 23 |
BAL | FON 16 |
23rd | 200 | ||||
| 2013 | STP 23 |
ALA 9 |
LBH 13 |
SAO 5 |
INDY 28 |
DET 7 |
DET 16 |
TXS 8 |
MIL 11 |
IOW 15 |
POC 5 |
TOR 23 |
TOR 11 |
MDO 23 |
SNM 24 |
BAL 2 |
HOU 5 |
HOU 13 |
FON 20 |
14th | 348 | |||
| 2014 | STP 9 |
LBH 19 |
ALA 8 |
IMS 17 |
INDY 30 |
DET 20 |
DET 17 |
TXS 11 |
HOU 20 |
HOU 20 |
POC 8 |
IOW 2 |
TOR 20 |
TOR 13 |
MDO 12 |
MIL 5 |
SNM 6 |
FON 10 |
13th | 406 | ||||
| 2015 | CFH Racing | Chevrolet | STP 12 |
NLA 9 |
LBH 7 |
ALA 1 |
IMS 20 |
INDY 9 |
DET 8 |
DET 21 |
TXS 21 |
TOR 1 |
FON 21 |
MIL 5 |
IOW 2 |
MDO 13 |
POC 2 |
SNM 21 |
7th | 431 | ||||
Indianapolis 500
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Dallara | Honda | 7 | 25 | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing |
| 2013 | Dallara | Honda | 25 | 28 | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing |
| 2014 | Dallara | Honda | 8 | 30 | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing |
| 2015 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 9 | 9 | CFH Racing |
References
- ↑ "Josef". raceroftomorrow.com (Josef Newgarden). Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Skip Barber Southern Regional Series 2006–07". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑ "BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda 2007". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑ "BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda 2008". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑ "MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Brands Hatch: Josef Newgarden weekend summary". Motorsport.com (Motorsport.com, Inc.). June 19, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Newgarden confirmed at Carlin for GP3". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). April 12, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Newgarden Returns to North American Racing with Sam Schmidt Motorsports". eFormulaCarNews (Holbi). March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
- ↑ Putnam, Bob (March 27, 2011). "Josef Newgarden wins Indy Lights debut in St. Petersburg". St. Petersburg Times (Times Publishing Company). Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ↑ "Firestone Indy Lights 2011 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Newgarden Takes Title Early and In Style". eFormulaCarNews (Holbi). October 4, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ Remillard, Jason (August 14, 2011). "Josef Newgarden laps the field to win Firestone Indy Lights race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway". MassLive (MassLive LLC). Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ DiZinno, Tony (August 24, 2014). "Newgarden confirmed for 2015 with merged CFH Racing". NBC Sports (NBCUniversal). Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ Olson, Jeff (April 26, 2015). "Josef Newgarden wins at Alabama for first career IndyCar victory". USA Today (Gannett Company, Inc.). Retrieved April 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Haas poised to decide 2016 drivers". GrandPrix.com (Inside F1, Inc.). August 17, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
Californian GP2 driver Alexander Rossi, and Indycar race winner Josef Newgarden have also been mentioned, as has out-of-work German driver Adrian Sutil.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Josef Newgarden. |
- Official website
- Josef Newgarden driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Josef Newgarden career statistics at Driver Database
- IndyCar 36: Josef Newgarden - 2012 IndyCar documentary
- IndyCar 36: Josef Newgarden - 2013 IndyCar documentary
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Jean-Karl Vernay |
Indy Lights Champion 2011 |
Succeeded by Tristan Vautier |
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