Newgarden gets back to victory lane

Josef Newgarden led nearly wire-to-wire Saturday night to win the IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, giving team owner Roger Penske a sweep of the doubleheader and his fourth victory across three series this weekend.

Newgarden, who started on the pole, thought he had the best car in the opener Friday night, and he was irate when a series of misfortunes left him fifth and well back of winning teammate Simon Pagenaud. But the two-time series champ left little to chance in Race 2, leading just about all of the 250 laps for his 15th career victory and first since last year’s race at Iowa.

Formula One

The bad news for Lewis Hamilton’s traditional rivals at Ferrari and Red Bull is that the dominant Mercedes is getting faster. Hamilton’s pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix was his second in a row and third consecutive for Mercedes, after Valtteri Bottas’ pole at the seasonopening Austrian GP two weeks ago.

Xfinity Series

Kyle Busch celebrated a 10th NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Texas, and then had it taken away. Busch’s No. 54 Joe Gibbs Toyota failed postrace inspection after finishing ahead of Austin Cindric, who was declared the winner for the third victory in a row after taking both Xfinity races at Kentucky.

Truck Series

Busch won the Truck Series race at Texas, getting the win in his second race of the day after the disqualification. He got his 59th career win in 155 series starts. He has 97 Xfinity wins, to go with 56 Cup Series wins.