Newgarden narrows Dixon’s edge by win near St. Louis
IndyCar
MADISON, Ill. — Josef Newgarden raced to his second IndyCar victory of the season Sunday, holding off rookie Pato O'Ward before a late caution ended the race at World Wide Technology Raceway under the yellow flag.
It's the second IndyCar race to finish under caution in about a week. Takuma Sato won the Indianapolis 500 under yellow on Aug. 23.
In the second of two weekend races at the short oval outside St. Louis, Sato brought out the caution with four laps remaining when he hit the wall. The pace car picked up the field with three laps remaining, and IndyCar did not have enough time to restart the race.
It denied O'Ward a chance to challenge the reigning IndyCar Series champion for the victory. Newgarden, in a Chevrolet for Team Penske, won for the 16th time in his career and closed the points deficit on championship leader Scott Dixon.
Dixon won Saturday in the first race of the Gateway doubleheader and has four victories in nine IndyCar races this season. Newgarden and Team Penske have three wins.
Formula One
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Lewis Hamilton led from start to finish at the Belgian Grand Prix to clinch his 89th career win and move two behind Michael Schumacher's Formula One record.
The world champion was untroubled from the pole position, beating his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by eight seconds and finishing 15 seconds ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
It's great for Hamilton, but he understands F1 fans might be getting a little bored.
“You generally know I don't make
NASCAR Truck Series
MADISON, Ill. — Sheldon Creed beat Sam Mayer on a restart with 13 laps to go at World Wide Technology Raceway for his third Truck Series victory of the season and a $100,000 bonus.
Creed's victory pushed his bonus earnings to $150,000 this year in the Triple Truck Challenge. He won two of three races in the challenge. Brett Moffitt finished second and was followed by Austin Hill, Mayer and Stewart Friesen.
At the track outside of St. Louis, Creed battled with Todd Gilliland, who led a race-high 76 of the 160 laps. But the two collided while battling for the lead on Lap 121, and the contact forced Gilliland into the outside wall.
Mayer took over the top spot as Creed slipped to second. Creed then passed Mayer on the late restart.