Earlier than he boarded a particular flight on the Indianapolis Worldwide Airport Thursday morning, unveiled a particular ticket.
The 2-time defending Indianapolis 500 winner, together with and president Doug Boles, revealed this yr’s 500 ticket design on the Airport’s Civic Plaza Thursday morning, that includes a picture of an exuberant over Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward overlayed over a shot of Newgarden celebrating equally on Victory Podium in 2023.
Each of his No. 2 Staff Penske Shell Chevrolet automobiles are featured as effectively — with the 2024 picture barely overlapping the one from a yr in the past. Together with a listing of the opposite 5 back-to-back 500 winners within the race’s 108-year historical past, the phrase “Again 2 Again” cuts by way of the center of the ticket — with the ‘2’ within the font Staff Penske makes use of on Newgarden’s automobile.
After briefly chatting with these passing by way of the airport who have been drawn to the life-size picture of Newgarden or the flashy white-and-green present automobile on show, Boles and the Staff Penske driver will undergo safety on the airport in preparation to board Southwest Airways’ first continuous flight from Indianapolis to Nashville — the place Newgarden was born and raised — to proceed the day’s festivities.
The pair will have interaction with followers and the native Southwest group, serving to passengers board the flight, making bulletins on the gate and passing out milk and cookies and IndyCar’s new buying and selling playing cards. In addition they plan to deliver the inexperienced flag onboard the airplane. After touchdown in Nashville, Boles and Newgarden will go to with native Indy 500 ticketholders within the Music Metropolis earlier than concluding the day’s occasions with a fan occasion at Huge Machine Distillery and Tavern with this yr’s ticket on the Borg-Warner Trophy on show.
