What made sense all along is going to become a reality. RACER can report that Josef Newgarden will be joining Team Penske in 2017. The 25-year-old native of Tennessee has found a home in Davidson, N.C. – not far from Team Penske's headquarters in Mooresville – and a source inside Roger Penske's operation confirmed to RACER on Tuesday that Newgarden would be replacing Juan Montoya to join Simon Pagenaud, Will Power and Helio Castroneves on the most successful team in IndyCar history. "It's Newgarden, not Rossi," said the person who requested anonymity, referring to the Sunday rumor that Alexander Rossi was suddenly in the picture to replace JPM. (see Marshall Pruett's story...
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