Within the finale of a 2025 NTT IndyCar Sequence season outlined by the issues that went fallacious, all the things lastly went proper for Josef Newgarden at Nashville Superspeedway. “I’m simply glad we obtained one with out something going fallacious,” he mentioned afterward.
Newgarden snuck previous Crew Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin after he obtained into the wall with 21 laps remaining and survived the ultimate run with champion Alex Palou in his mirror to say the Borchetta Bourbon Music Metropolis Grand Prix. It was the two-time IndyCar champion’s first and solely win of 2025, giving him 11-straight seasons with a minimum of one IndyCar win.
“I’m completely satisfied to rejoice this crew,” Newgarden mentioned. “They deserve it. … They’ve finished an awesome job.”
“Powerful 12 months” he later added. “Powerful, powerful 12 months. However good to get a win right here on the finish.”
Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing
Photograph by: Penske Leisure
Palou adopted Newgarden in second, coming .5021s shy of an eighth victory to shut out a dominant 2025 marketing campaign. The pair shared celebration after the race, with Newgarden climbing out of his machine and operating into the group whereas Palou accomplished donuts within the infield grass.
McLaughlin obtained the perfect of a tense last-lap battle with Kyffin Simpson to say the ultimate podium spot. Simpson notched his greatest oval end in fourth, with Conor Daly rising from twenty fourth to safe fifth. Kyle Kirkwood, Felix Rosenqvist, Santino Ferrucci, Callum Ilott and Alexander Rossi accomplished the highest 10.Newgarden’s path to victory got here on the expense of many different potential contenders.
Early frontrunner David Malukas noticed his run undone from second when he obtained the worst of contact with the lap-down Louis Foster on lap 83. Vice-champion Pato O’Ward had the strongest automotive of the day, main 116 laps from pole with little problem exterior of an early battle with Palou. However the Mexican star suffered a tire failure on lap 127 and slammed into the flip 2 wall, ending his day.
In what could be his last begin for Crew Penske, Will Energy took the lead over from O’Ward solely to endure a disastrous pit sequence the place he stalled and fell a lap down underneath the following yellow. Energy took the checkered flag in twenty first, two laps down.
Josef Newgarden, Crew Penske
Photograph by: Penske Leisure
That complicated sequence briefly gave the result in Rossi, however he was on another technique with older tires. Newgarden led those who had stopped, overtook Rossi and surged into the lead on lap 147.
He briefly fell to 3rd on the ultimate green-flag pit sequence, sliding lengthy within the field and getting overtaken by McLaughlin and an undercutting Palou. However Newgarden adopted McLaughlin previous Palou shortly into the run after which took excessive spot when McLaughlin slid up into the surface wall.
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Patricio O’ward, Arrow McLaren
Photograph by: Penske Leisure
It was an unconventional path to victory lane, however one the No. 2 crew was completely satisfied to observe on the finish of the group’s most making an attempt season up to now.
Sunday’s race wraps up the 17-race IndyCar season. With the 2026 schedule unannounced so far, the tour’s subsequent race is unsure. The normal opener, St. Petersburg, has the earliest confirmed race date on March 1, 2026.
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