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Newgarden amazed by rivals' "risky" slick tyre gambles

Josef Newgarden says he couldn’t believe how long his IndyCar rivals stayed out on dry tyres in the rain in a "really risky" attempt to beat him at Barber. Newgarden had dominated the dry running at Barber, building a lead of over 25 seconds before his first of two planned stops.  Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais had conserved fuel in the hopes of making a one-stop stick, with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon running several more laps than Bourdais in the hopes of pulling off a similar strategy. But rain in the final third threw the race on its head. Newgarden was the first to go to wet tyres as his two rivals tried to extend their running on slick compounds, with...
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