One down, two to go: The miracle is still alive for Josef Newgarden. Newgarden, who needs a perfect weekend in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach to have any chance of winning his third NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship, kept that dream alive by winning the NTT P1 Award for the season-ending race on the Streets of Long Beach. Newgarden entered this race 48 points behind leader Alex Palou and needed to win the pole today and win the race and lead the most laps Sunday to have any chance for a championship. Pato O’Ward, 35 points behind Palou in second, will start eighth in the No.

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