Josef Newgarden rebounded from a spin during the race to win a thrilling Gateway event after he was accused of a slow restart that took his championship-contending team-mate Will Power out of the race.

A Scott Dixon attempt at one of his crazy fuel-saving strategies, David Malukas’s run of podiums ending after he was fighting for victory with Power, Scott McLaughlin losing out in a straight fight to Newgarden on an oval again and a rookie on the podium for the second time this year showed just how wild this race was.

Alex Palou did his usual ‘stay out of trouble and ghost into a top five’ as usual, extending his championship lead to 59 points, as his rivals failed to take a significant chunk out of his lead again.

Given the pre-event test hinted at this race being tough to overtake on and likely a snoozefest, it was anything but.

How Newgarden won it

The whole race was turned on its head when Team Penske team-mates McLaughlin and Newgarden were fighting for the lead through traffic when Newgarden had to take avoiding action of Palou and spun, which brought out a caution on lap 197/260.

JOSEF NEWGARDEN SPINS, BUT KEEPS IT OFF THE WALL! #INDYCAR