Team Penske’s newest driver recruit Josef Newgarden says that he is expecting less of a transition phase than that endured by Simon Pagenaud, as he joins Team Penske from Ed Carpenter Racing. Newgarden spent his first three IndyCar seasons with Sarah Fisher Hartmann Racing, which then merged with Ed Carpenter’s squad in 2015 before Carpenter took sole charge last year. However, as he joins the most iconic team in IndyCar, Newgarden says there should be no direct comparison between his first year there and that of Simon Pagenaud who went winless in 2015 but became Verizon IndyCar Series champion last year. “Simon is an interesting case because if you look back at it, he didn't have...
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