Prior to his win at World Wide Technology Raceway on Sunday, Josef Newgarden’s chances of earning back-to-back NTT IndyCar Series championships ranged from slim to none. The odds of tracking down Scott Dixon and claiming his third IndyCar title since 2017 are still rather imposing, but after pulling into victory lane with the No. 1 Team Penske Chevy as Dixon’s No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda languished back in fifth, the Tennessean took 20 points off the New Zealander’s imposing lead. An improvement from 117 points behind Dixon to 96 with five races remaining is not an impossible sum to overcome, and if he’s going to prevent the Kiwi from becoming a six-time champion, more wins...
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