Team Penske-Chevrolet’s Josef Newgarden proved why he is IndyCar champion, delivering a brilliant display after a seven-lap shootout with oval debutant Robert Wickens, his Schmidt Peterson teammate James Hinchcliffe and Alexander Rossi. A clean start saw Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais get away well ahead of Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud, but Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi got around Will Power to snatch third. Behind, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ continually impressive Robert Wickens was being pursued by the fast-starting Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti), Josef Newgarden (Penske), as James Hinchcliffe fell back to eighth, just ahead of  AJ Foyt Racing’s Tony Kanaan and...
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