Justin Wilson/Josef Newgarden Reddit AMA

Highlights of their answers for those who don't want to Reddit:

- Wrecks are bad and hurt.
- Josef doesn't speed when driving his personal car on the street. Race cars are for racing, not street cars.
- Josef doesn't like Driven. Justin has based his whole life on Driven.
- Justin says the DP01 (last Champ Car chassis) was the best car ever.
- Justin says that Milwaukee was a tough race. Very hard to pass.
- Justin says that the drivers who live in Miami hang out, have similar interests and cycle together.
- Josef thinks the merger between Ed Carpenter Racing and Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing is a good thing.
- When asked who would be the most nerve racking guy to race alongside at high speed, Justin says Will Power. Josef says Charlie Kimball (and Justin agrees).
- Justin says he misses Road America alot. "a great track". Perfect for open wheel cars. He wants to go back someday.
- Both would take 2% for milk at Indy in victory lane.
- Not counting Indy, Josef's favorite race is Long Beach. Justin says St. Pete. Both have great atmosphere.
- Justin says his favorite race car paint schemes are his 2006 Champ Car CDW scheme and the late 90s Team KOOL Green paint schemes. Josef liked the mid-90s Penske Marlboro scheme. [Kev's Note, smoking is bad, mmmkay]
- What race should the series return too? Josef says Cleveland Airport street race. Justin says Road America. Josef would give anything to race at Road America in an IndyCar. Justin says he would have liked to race at Nazareth.
- Justin says Pocono is a fun track, high speeds, difficult to race on with the current cars. Not sure if they are coming back next year.
- Justin (who is 6'4" and was the tallest F1 driver ever, very tall for open-wheel driver) says that fitting in the car sucks.
- Both Justin and Josef say that the Indy 500 is the most challenging RACE. Both agree that Sonoma is the most challenging TRACK. Pocono is also mentioned by Josef.
- Favorite track outside of America? Justin - LeMans. Josef - Brands Hatch.
- Favorite turn outside of America? Justin - Eau Rouge at Spa. Josef - Paddock Hill Bend at Brands Hatch.
- What about when the car goes over bumps and you see the steering wheel bouncing around? Justin says its violent. Josef explains its called kickback. There is no power steering so all movements on the tires are translated to the steering wheel and the driver's hands.
- Both say that they like racing at Texas and it's a lot of fun. Want to go back next year.
- Aero kits - how fast? Justin says they'll go 1 second per lap faster. Josef says they'll go 3-4 mph faster.
- Both say neither drivers or teams have seen the new aero kits. Very very top secret so far.
- Josef says they would have been in the championship hunt if not for the mistakes/misfortunes.
- Justin says he should have been given a second chance in F1 [Kev's note: only raced one season in 2003]
- Racing twice at Toronto in one day wasn't bad.
- Both drive Acrua MDXs as their personal street car. Honda is the manufacturer of both and both suck up to Honda.
- Both say this season has gone by fast.

That's most of the racing related ones.

Edit: Sorry for the typos, it's late.
 
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