Josef Newgarden gave his championship hopes a boost on Saturday by triumphing in a tense qualifying session to claim pole position for tomorrow's race, and score a valuable additional point. Newgarden was the only Penske driver in the first group and accordingly used a set of stickered reds – which immediately proved to be overkill when he slashed 0.5s from the lap record, and beat closest rival Alexander Rossi by 0.4s. Related Stories Related Stories IndyCar Pagenaud, Penske roll on in third Sonoma practice Veach scales up to prep for IndyCar Engineering student joins Dale Coyne Racing Bourdais keen to continue with Jones Honda drivers unlikely to give Dixon extra help in title fight...
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