Josef Newgarden

Education

He finished as runner-up in the Southern Regional Series with three wins and another seven podium places.

Career

Karting

Born in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Newgarden drove a kart for the first time at the age of thirteen. Skip Barber

Newgarden started his single-seaters career in the Skip Barber Racing School series in 2006. He next competed in the 2007 BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda championship, finishing sixth with two wins.

Newgarden remained in the series for 2008 and improved to second place, with three wins.

Formula Ford

Again he was runner-up, amassing 550 points and nine wins. 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.

GP3 Series

Newgarden move into the new-for-2010 GP3 Series with the Carlin team He finished 18th in points, with a pole position at Hockenheimring and a best finish of fifth in the season finale at Monza.

Industry Lights

In 2011 Newgarden returned to North America to race in the Industry Lights series for Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

He was the first Industry Lights driver to do this since Thiago Medeiros in March 2004. 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 Editor Carpenter.

Under this new team banner, Newgarden started 2015 strong, finishing in 12th position at Saint St. Petersburg and improving his position with each race. 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.

Career summary

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

American open–wheel racing results

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= Industry Lights = IndyCar Series * Season still in progress. = Indianapolis 500 =.

Achievements

• In 2006, he took titles in two classes of the Kart Racers of America – Junior Yamaha championship and won the Junior Technical Architecture Group World Championship. 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. He won his first Industry Lights race in the season opener on the Streets of Saint St. Petersburg. He followed his opening win in Saint St. Petersburg with for more wins and ten podium finishes out of thirteen races in 2011, clinching him the points championship with one race to go. In New Hampshire, the 11th race of 2011, Newgarden lapped the entire field and went on to win. 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.