Indy 500 driver Josef Newgarden says F1 champ Alonso will bring "heightened skill" to the famous oval

Record ID: 875782

  • Title: Indy 500 driver Josef Newgarden says F1 champ Alonso will bring "heightened skill" to the famous oval
  • Date: 24th May 2017
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MAY 23, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) INDY DRIVER JOSEF NEWGARDEN SAYING "I think for me, if I was to win the Indy 500 it would mean everything. It's one of the reasons Fernando Alonso is coming here. He wants to win one of the greatest, if not the greatest race in the world. The Indy 500 held as is the largest sporting event for a single day in the entire world. You don't get that many people in one place anywhere else for any other sporting event at any time. It's a very special race to be a part of. Any driver within motor sports wants to come run this race. I consider it a proving ground for motor sports. Regardless of what discipline motorsports you are in. It’s a proving ground to do well whether you are a driver, a team, a manufacturer - you want to come to Indy and you want to do well there."
  • Embargoed: 7th June 2017 22:55
  • Keywords: Penske Formula 1 Indy 500
  • Location: WASHINGTON, DC AND INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, UNITED STATES
  • City: WASHINGTON, DC AND INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Motor Racing,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026I79N3Z
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Indy driver Josef Newgarden is looking to improve on his third place finish at last year's Indy 500 when the marquee race gets underway this Sunday (May 28).
    A crash on the fourth day of training last week was a slight set back for the 26-year-old from Nashville,Tennessee. Despite slamming into the wall on the first turn, he was able to walk away from the incident unhurt.
    Newgarden will join a vast legion of motor sport fans who will be watching to see how F1 champion Fernando Alsono fares at the famous oval. Alonso is passing up the Grand Prix race in Monaco to make his Indy 500 debut.
    Newgarden has been fascinated by Alonso's quick adaptation to the course and says his training and qualifying performances have impressed his fellow drivers. Newgarden, who drives for Team Penske, will go to the Indy start with five drivers from that team including Juan Pablo Montoya and Helio Castroneves.
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