| Josef Newgarden, driver of the No. 2 Shell Team Penske Chevrolet, raced to victory in the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 to capture Chevrolet’s 13th in history and sixth in the 2.2-liter twin turbo V6 era since 2012. Today’s victory at Indianapolis is Newgarden’s second in a row, winning from starting third. With Newgarden’s first-place finish as well as Pato O’Ward in second, Chevrolet now has 19 podiums at Indianapolis in the V6 era since 2012. Racing to the prestigious winner’s circle, Chevrolet led 177 of 200 laps in today’s Indianapolis 500. Newgarden led 26 laps of Team Chevy’s 177 laps. With today’s Indianapolis 500 win, the Bowtie brand now holds 114 victories in the V6 era since 2012, in addition to 314 podium finishes. TEAM CHEVY TOP-10 RACE RESULT: Pos. Driver 1st Josef Newgarden 2nd Pato O’Ward 4th Alexander Rossi 6th Scott McLaughlin 8th Santino Ferrucci 9th Rinus VeeKay 10th Conor Daly |
| WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (QUOTES) Mark Reuss, President of General Motors: “Congratulations to Josef and the No. 2 Penske team on winning back-to-back at the Indianapolis 500. What an incredible accomplishment. I’m so happy to see Roger get his 20th win here. Chevrolet engineering, our partners at Ilmor and race teams worked hard in the off-season to prepare for the 2024 Indy 500. They delivered power, speed and performance all month long.” Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Shell Team Penske Chevrolet: “I knew we could win this race again; it was just a matter of getting it right. There’s no better way to win a race than that. I got to give it up to Pato (O’Ward) as well. He’s an incredibly clean driver. It takes two people to make that work. It’s not just a good pass, it’s also someone that you’re working with that’s incredibly clean. I have to give hat’s off to Pato (O’Ward). He could have easily won this race, too, but it just fell our way. I’m just so proud of everybody. I’m proud of this whole team. Everyone that partners with us, Team Chevy. Just a great day.” “We just had an incredible car. I got just a little out of position at Lap 150; we were restarting eighth. I don’t think I got that sequencing correct. I really thought I went too soon, and then tried to back up and then put us in a hole. JD came over the radio and said you’re going to have to win this the old fashion way, I can’t help you. There’s not going to be stops, not going to fuel. So, I just went for it. I said alright, the car was good enough. You guys have done your job, let me drive to the front. They backed me the entire way. You can’t win this race without a great car. This is the best car in the field, I think, today. Hat’s off to the team.” |
| CHEVROLET AT INDIANAPOLIS: Wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway: 12 1988: Rick Mears 1989 Emerson Fittipaldi 1990 Arie Luyendyk 1991: Rick Mears 1992: Al Unser, Jr. 1993: Emerson Fittipaldi 2002: Helio Castroneves 2013: Tony Kanaan 2015: Juan Pablo Montoya 2018: Will Power 2019: Simon Pagenaud 2023: Josef Newgarden 2024: Josef Newgarden Earned Pole Awards at Indianapolis Motor Speedway: 13 1987: Mario Andretti 1988: Rick Mears 1989: Rick Mears 1990: Emerson Fittipaldi 1991: Rick Mears 2002: Bruno Junqueria 2012: Ryan Briscoe 2013: Ed Carpenter 2014: Ed Carpenter 2015: Will Power 2018: Ed Carpenter 2019: Simon Pagenaud 2024: Scott McLaughlin Number of Team Chevy Podiums at Indianapolis (V6 era since 2012): 19 Number of laps led by Team Chevy at Indianapolis (V6 era since 2012): 1,602 |
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