He competed in the British Formula Ford Championship, finishing runner-up and leading the ultra-competitive series with nine race wins.

[6] Newgarden returned to the States in 2011 and competed in the Indy Lights Series, capturing five wins and 10 podiums out of 14 races.

[5] Newgarden won the inaugural PeopleReady Force for Good Challenge in 2022 by winning on an oval, road course, and street circle.

According to an interview on The Dale Jr. Download, Newgarden's first race vehicle was a motorized scooter purchased at a skate shop in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

This led Newgarden to a kart racing facility in New Castle, Indiana, that had recently been launched by IndyCar driver Mark Dismore.

[14] He next competed in the 2007 BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda championship, finishing sixth with two wins.

[16] After the 2008 season, Newgarden was selected for the Team USA scholarship to compete at the Formula Ford Festival and Walter Hayes Trophy.

He started the event from the pole position, but mid-way through the race in wet conditions, Newgarden crashed from the lead, finishing 6th place.

[17] Newgarden competed in the opening round of the 2009 Formula Palmer Audi season at Brands Hatch, taking two wins and a fourth in the third race.

At the start of 2011, Newgarden would return home to the United States to compete in the Indy Lights Series with Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

[25] During his fourth full season in IndyCar, Newgarden raced under the merged team of Sarah Fisher and Ed Carpenter.

Sarah Fisher ended her participation in IndyCar after the 2015 season, with Newgarden remaining with the team again known as Ed Carpenter Racing.

Newgarden started the 2016 season with a podium at the 2016 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park.

[30] He returned to the car two weeks later, finishing in a top 10 spot at the 2016 Kohler Grand Prix at Road America.

[31] 28 days after his crash at Texas, Newgarden won the 2016 Iowa Corn 300 in dominating fashion, leading 282 of 300 laps.

[37] Newgarden won his first race with Team Penske during round 3 of the 2017 season at Barber Motorsports Park; clinching the victory after a duel with Scott Dixon in the final laps.

Coming back onto the track after a pit stop under green on cold tires, he lost control of the car as Sébastien Bourdais made contact with him damaging the suspension.

Although he finished third at the opener in Texas he found himself in an early-season slump that put him in a hole to rival Scott Dixon.

During the race, Newgarden overtook Pato O'Ward in the closing laps after a restart and held onto the lead for his second consecutive win in St. Petersburg but ultimately failed to defend his title when Dixon finished third.

Heading into the final race of the season at Long Beach, Newgarden was one of only three drivers mathematically in contention for the title alongside Alex Palou and Pato O'Ward.

Although he was able to exit the car on his own power and walked away he collapsed shortly afterwards in the driver's motorhome lot, after which he was airlifted to a hospital in Des Moines for further evaluation.

Although Newgarden mounted a furious charge from 25th to 2nd at Laguna Seca he was ultimately unsuccessful at clinching his third championship, finishing second in the standings to Will Power.

Newgarden started 2024 with a pole position at St. Petersburg, but was stripped of his win after Team Penske violated push-to-pass regulations.

Newgarden became the first consecutive winner of the Indy 500 since Helio Castroneves 22 years ago, also driving for Team Penske.

Although the move was considered legal at the time, IndyCar ended up banning weaving into the pit lane at the Indianapolis 500 for safety and sporting reasons.

[62] He credits watching racing on TV at an early age with his father, who was an avid fan of NASCAR, IndyCar and Formula 1, as what got him into the sport.

Newgarden grew up in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and attended Pope John Paul II High School, where he was friends with and a former classmate of NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver Golden Tate.

The channel also features a now discontinued video series with his Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin titled Bus Bros.[66][67] Along with fellow racers Tony Kanaan and Helio Castroneves, he competed in the Indianapolis round of season 8 of American Ninja Warrior in 2016.

[68] Newgarden is the driver ambassador for the SeriousFun Children's Network, a charity started by actor and race team owner Paul Newman.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) † Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.