Two-time reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef "Ovals" Newgarden stopped in Iowa on Monday to promote the IndyCar Doubleheader weekend at Iowa Speedway in Newton on July 13-14.Newgarden finished second at Road America on Sunday, behind teammate Will Power. Newgarden has not seriously considered changing his middle name to “Ovals,” but it would suit him. He has won five of the seven IndyCar races at Iowa Speedway since 2019 and six of the 10 IndyCar races there since 2016. Since 2020 Newgarden has won 11 of the last 20 oval races in the NTT IndyCar Series.Newgarden held an autograph session Monday for hundreds of fans at the Grimes Hy-Vee store to promote the Hy-Vee sponsored IndyCar weekend at Iowa. He won both races at Iowa last year."I've always liked this track. I like this style of racing," said Newgarden, a Nashville resident. "Short-oval racing in IndyCar is very exhilarating. To me it's like a high-speed corner on a road course over and over again."Newgarden later stopped by th...
