Josef Newgarden collected the largest prize in Indianapolis 500 history at Monday night's Victory Celebration.
Josef Newgarden became the sixth driver to earn back-to-back victories in the Indianapolis 500 and the first since Helio Castroneves achieved the feat for Team Penske in 2001-02. The others: Wilbur Shaw , Mauri Rose , Bill Vukovich and Al Unser .
This is the 11th time car No. 2 has won the Indianapolis 500, tying that number with No. 3 for the most wins in “500” history. Newgarden also won last year in No. 2. Eighteen different drivers led at least one lap Sunday, an event record. The previous record was 15 drivers in 2017 and 2018.
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