Penske’s Josef Newgarden says that James Hinchcliffe’s bumping from the 2018 Indianapolis 500 is a “great" and "sad" story for IndyCar. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’s Hinchcliffe dramatically failed to qualify for the Indy 500 late after a troubled second run before he ran out of time for a third attempt.  SPM then looked into buying Hinchcliffe into another ride, with the Canadian fifth in the IndyCar standings ahead of the double-points Indy 500.  It called off the search earlier this week and prompted debate as to whether full-time drivers should be protected over one-off entries now that bumping has truly returned. Newgarden said he was enjoying the fact that he...
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