Defending Verizon IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden starts today’s Kohler Grand Prix from the pole, but is fighting an uphill battle in the points. Newgarden currently sits fifth in the championship, 68 points behind leader Scott Dixon. In his 2017 title run, he came into Road America in seventh 49 points out of the lead. His P2 finish in the Kohler Grand Prix and a series of wins saw him climb to the top of the points and stay there. With that in mind, Newgarden remains cool and collected going forward with the second half of the season. “I think there’s a long way to go,” he told the NBCSN broadcast crew. “You can have a tale of two seasons…...
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