Josef Newgarden recently spoke prophetically about the upcoming IndyCar season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca and the championship that could be won there.

“You could have a 60-point lead going in there and you still have to have a pretty good day,” he said before qualifying at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. “You can’t walk the thing. Probably have to finish 11th or 10th, which is still hard. It’s not easy to show up and finish in that spot.”