IndyCar driver on July 9 utilizing crutches and sporting a strolling boot on his left foot for the guitar trophy unveiling of the Borchetta Bourbon .
The Crew Penske driver is the defending champion of the Music Metropolis Grand Prix, which is scheduled for July 19 at Nashville Superspeedway. The race will air on Fox Sports activities after the , which begins at 2 p.m. CST.
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Newgarden has remained tight-lipped since injuring his foot throughout a crash within the 2026 Indianapolis 500 on Might 24.
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IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden speaks in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Borchetta Bourbon Music Metropolis Grand Prix unveils Gibson Les Paul trophy
IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden speaks in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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A Gibson Les Paul electrical guitar is displayed on the Gibson Storage and will probably be awarded to the winner of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden takes the microphone as Scott Borchetta, president of Borchetta Bourbon, sponsor of the Music Metropolis Grand Prix, far proper, is presented a Gibson Les Paul in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Anne Fischgrund, president of the Music Metropolis Grand Prix, speaks in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Scott Borchetta, president of Borchetta Bourbon, sponsor of the Music Metropolis Grand Prix, far proper, speaks in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Dave Furst, vp of communications for the IndyCar Sequence, speaks in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Scott Borchetta, president of Borchetta Bourbon, sponsor of the Music Metropolis Grand Prix, speaks in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Borchetta Bourbon Music Metropolis Grand Prix unveils Gibson Les Paul trophy
IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden speaks in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Scott Borchetta, Music Metropolis Grand Prix president, heart, speaks in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Borchetta Bourbon Music Metropolis Grand Prix unveils Gibson Les Paul trophy
IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden speaks in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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Scott Borchetta, president of Borchetta Bourbon, sponsor of the Music Metropolis Grand Prix, left, speaks as IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden sits subsequent to him in the course of the IndyCar Music Metropolis Grand Prix trophy unveiling at Gibson Storage in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2026.
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“I am conserving the foot stuff near (the vest) proper now,” Newgarden stated on the occasion at Gibson Guitar Storage. “However all the pieces’s been good. I imply we have had an awesome group that is simply been going ahead day-after-day. That is sort of an important factor: no matter obstacles now we have, we simply preserve shifting ahead. You are going to have that in racing in a whole lot of other ways. I simply really feel like we’re in a extremely good place proper now.”
Because the damage, Newgarden completed tenth on the Grand Prix of Detroit on Might 31, gained the Grand Prix of Illinois on June 7, completed twenty second on the Grand Prix of Highway America, and completed ninth on the Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio on July 5.
“All the pieces’s been good; having an awesome automotive beneath me is the very best factor,” Newgarden stated when requested about coping with the damage. “When the automotive’s quick, all the pieces else seems to be good, and so if we are able to put a quick automotive on the observe we will be alright.”
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Earlier than the damage, the two-time IndyCar Sequence champion gained the second race of the season at Phoenix on March 7. He’s presently sixth within the IndyCar Sequence factors standings with 270. Alex Palou is on the prime of the standings with 404 factors.
