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🇺🇸 Josef Newgarden

Racing driver from United States. IndyCar. Three-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Josef Newgarden
Born
22 December 1990(b. 1990)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
IndyCar
Status
Active
Championships
32011, 2017, 2019
Career wins
39
Career podiums
73
Career starts
273
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
6,478
Josef Newgarden
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,478
Rank 62 of 38,983 indexed, +316 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Josef Newgarden is a racing driver from United States who competes in IndyCar. Newgarden is a three-time champion (2011, 2017, 2019), with 39 wins and 73 podiums from 273 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,478 ranks Newgarden 62th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-09Grand Prix of PortlandIndyCarP8+37
2026-07-20Grand Prix of NashvilleIndyCarP2+120
2026-07-05Grand Prix of Mid-OhioIndyCarP9+35
2026-06-21Grand Prix of Road AmericaIndyCarP22−137
2026-06-08Grand Prix of IllinoisIndyCarP1+134
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+170Grand Prix of Baltimore 2013IndyCarP2
+168Grand Prix of Iowa Race 1 2014IndyCarP2
+151Grand Prix of Nashville 2025IndyCarP1
+151Grand Prix of Toronto 2015IndyCarP1
+147IOWA CORN 300 2016IndyCarP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Grand Prix of Iowa Race 18 starts+59
Grand Prix of Nashville6 starts+45
GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA4 starts+35
Grand Prix of Portland6 starts+13
Struggles
GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS4 starts-47
GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma4 starts-27
MAVTV 5004 starts-22
CHEVROLET DUAL IN DETROIT - RACE 24 starts-21
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IndyCar1323000P5+3176,478
2025▸IndyCar1713000P10−3346,162
2024▸IndyCar1826000P7−4716,496
▸IMSA WeatherTechPorsche Penske Motorsports111000P17+78
2023▸IndyCar1745000P3−2636,890
▸IMSA WeatherTechPorsche Penske Motorsports200000P27−131
2022▸IndyCar1756000P2−1537,284
2021▸IndyCar1626000P2−777,437
2020▸IndyCar1446000P2+2227,281
2019▸IndyCar1747000P1+2117,288
2018▸IndyCar1733000P5+247,320
2017▸IndyCar1749000P1+6357,055
2016▸IndyCar1614000P5+3106,883
2015▸IndyCar1624000P7+2636,130
2014▸IndyCar1801000P16+395,889
2013▸IndyCar1901000P12+2825,810
2012▸IndyCar1400000P23↑572−3735,527
2011▸Indy NXTSam Schmidt Motorsports1248010P1+6255,328
2010▸GP3 SeriesCarlin1200010P18+3,3534,703
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Newgarden finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,37724710314442%
🇺🇸 Graham RahalFIA Gold5,72724614210458%
🇺🇸 Will PowerFIA Platinum6,27724411912549%
🇯🇵 Takuma Sato5,7371891276267%
🇬🇧 Simon PagenaudFIA Platinum5,588189959450%
🇬🇧 Alexander RossiFIA Platinum5,7751871068157%
🇳🇿 Ryan Hunter-ReayFIA Platinum5,3101781067260%
🇧🇷 Helio CastronevesFIA Platinum4,200153797452%
🇺🇸 Marco AndrettiFIA Gold3,419153975663%
🇧🇷 Tony KanaanFIA Platinum3,958146895761%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,659113446939%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold, 2× champion7,024119605950%
🇩🇰 Christian LundgaardFIA Gold6,85383414249%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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56🇬🇧 Mike HawthornFormula 16,504
57🇺🇸 Tony StewartNASCAR Truck6,497
58🇮🇹 Nino FarinaFormula 16,495
59🇺🇸 William ByronNASCAR Cup Series6,493
60🇦🇹 Gerhard BergerFormula 16,491
61🇧🇪 Laurens VanthoorIMSA WeatherTech6,488
62🇺🇸 Josef NewgardenIndyCar6,478
63🇧🇪 Charles WeertsGT World Challenge Europe6,430
64🇫🇮 Kimi RäikkönenNASCAR Cup Series6,429
65🇬🇧 Mike ConwayWEC6,420
66🇺🇸 Corey HeimNASCAR Cup Series6,417
67🇮🇹 Riccardo PatreseFormula 16,417
68🇺🇸 Richie GintherFormula 16,413
69🇨🇭 Nico MüllerFormula E6,399
70🇿🇦 Jody ScheckterFormula 16,391
71🇬🇧 Nigel MansellFIA GT Championship6,389
72🇩🇪 Maro EngelGT World Challenge Europe6,385
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Josef Newgarden is an established professional racing driver in the IndyCar Series, where he drives the No. 2 car for Team Penske. Rated 6,490, he sits in the established professional band; he races primarily on road and street courses, with roughly two-fifths of his IndyCar starts on oval tracks. He holds an FIA Platinum grading in endurance racing and has competed across seventeen seasons from 2010 to the present.[1]

Newgarden won the 2011 Indy NXT championship with Sam Schmidt Motorsports before moving to IndyCar, where he has been a mainstay since 2012. He is a three-time IndyCar champion, winning titles in 2017 and 2019, and has taken 34 wins and 64 podiums across 244 IndyCar starts. His record extends to a brief spell in GP3 in 2010 and three starts in IMSA WeatherTech multiclass endurance racing from 2023 to 2024, where he claimed one victory in the GTP and LMP2 classes. In 2026, his season remains in progress; he has taken two wins and three podiums from thirteen rounds and currently lies fifth in the championship standings.[2]

Newgarden races in a field anchored by elite professionals. Alex Palou, a four-time IndyCar champion, has finished ahead of him 44 times across their careers; Pato O'Ward, an elite professional and former Indy NXT champion, leads him 58 times. He runs closely matched against Scott Dixon, a five-time IndyCar champion and established professional, and Graham Rahal, an established Gold-graded driver. His form in 2026 has put him among the season's strongest competitors.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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