Fueling the Future: Josef Newgarden and Student Innovators Drive Racing Forward

Title: Shell Eco-marathon: Josef Newgarden x Greater Racing

Duration: 03:47

Description: Team member Jordan talks to INDYCAR driver Josef Newgarden about the ideas behind Shell Eco-marathon and her motives for taking part

SEM Josef Newgarden x Greater Racing – Accessibility transcript

[Background music]

Up-tempo music

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Opens on a montage of track and exterior shots before cutting to multiple shots of team members walking together. Then cuts to yellow Shell transition

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#ShellEcoMarathon

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Transitions to shot of ‘Gasoline Alley’ before cutting to Jordan

Jordan:

Hi, I'm Jordan, I'm on the Greater racing team based in Lafayette, Indiana…

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Jordan

Great racing team

Greater racing team

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Cuts to Jordan in and other team members around black vehicle

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Lafayette, Indiana

Jordan voiceover:

…and I'm so excited to be…

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Cuts to team members standing outside around vehicle before cutting to shot of stands, with a layered montage of 3x shots of team members and vehicle

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Shell Eco-marathon

Jordan voiceover:

…back here at IMS where we were just competing for Shell Eco-marathon.

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Cuts to Jordan 

Jordan:

And today we're gonna meet someone pretty cool doing some pretty cool things at the track today too.

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Cuts to 3x shots of cars running along track with large crowd before cutting to Josef

Josef:

Hi everyone, I'm Josef Newgarden, INDYCAR Driver for Team Penske.

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Josef Newgarden

INDYCAR Driver, Team Penske

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Cuts to closeup of vehicle and tyres before cutting to team member working with tyres. Then cuts to Jordan and other team members standing with Josef

Josef voiceover:

Okay, so you gotta fill me in on Shell…

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Cuts to Josef and team members standing around black vehicle

Josef:

…Eco-marathon. Like…

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Cuts to Jordan standing next to vehicle

Josef voiceover:

…what are you trying to achieve?

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Cuts back to Josef

Josef:

How far are you trying to go and…

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Cuts to team members working on black vehicle

Josef voiceover:

…what's your energy source?

Jordan voiceover:

Shell Eco…

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Cuts to another shot of team members working on vehicle

Jordan voiceover:

…-marathon is a competition…

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Cuts to exterior shot with layered montage of 3x shots of team members working on black vehicle

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Build from scratch

Jordan voiceover:

…where you have a car that you build from scratch…

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Cuts to black vehicle running along track

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Go as far as possible

Jordan voiceover:

…and its main goal is to just go as far as possible…

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Cuts to closeup shot of vehicle being worked on

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with as little energy as possible

Jordan voiceover:

…with as little energy as possible.

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Cuts to Josef and team members standing around vehicle

Jordan:

That's the target, okay. I love that.

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Cuts to black vehicle running along track

Jordan voiceover:

To date, our best fuel economy has been…

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Best fuel economy

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Cuts back to Josef, Jordan and team members standing around vehicle

Jordan:

…2,037 miles to the gallon.

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2,037 miles to the gallon

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Slightly tighter shot on Josef and Jordan

Josef:

(Laughs) Oh my goodness.

Jordan:

Err, so, yeah. 

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Cuts to Jordan and other team members walking outside, carrying black vehicle

Josef voiceover:

So, you're not necessarily trying to do it the quickest?

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Cuts to exterior shot with layered montage of 3x shots of team members and vehicle before cutting to black vehicle running along track 

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Max: 25mph

Jordan voiceover:

At max, I usually only get about 25 miles an hour and then I just coast.

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Cuts to red and yellow vehicle inside garage setting with multiple team members standing around

Josef voiceover:

This is my car over here.

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Cuts to shot of red and yellow vehicle’s exhaust pipes and inner workings before cutting to closeup shot of a tyre. Then cuts to said vehicle running along track

Josef voiceover:

Shell team Chevy number two car. We were able to drive very close to this exact same car to victory last year

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Cuts to large crowd and people waving chequered flags before cutting to red and yellow vehicle running along track again with Josef punching the air from inside vehicle

Josef voiceover:

…which was my first win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We've done a lot of work…

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Cuts to Josef, Jordan and other team members standing around red and yellow vehicle

Josef:

…on trying to find speed in different ways with this car. You know…

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Cuts to multiple vehicles running along large track with huge crowds in stands before cutting to shot of team members working on red and yellow vehicle

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Efficient use of speed

Josef voiceover:

…similar to what you guys do, we're trying to find efficient use of speed. When you start going 230 plus miles per hour, even just finding a…

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Cuts to two vehicles running along track

Josef voiceover:

…couple tenths of a mile per hour is like a big deal around here.

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Cuts to closeup of yellow vehicle before cutting to red and yellow vehicle running along track

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Renewable Race Fuel

*The Renewable Race Fuel is blended from components derived from bio-waste that meet the renewable fuel definition in the Renewable Fuel Standard. The definition for renewable fuel can be found here: eCFR: 40 CFR Part 80 Subpart M – Renewable Fuel Standard. The Renewable Fuel is not available at Shell retail stations.

Josef voiceover:

Now, we're running renewable race fuel, so that's the other big change that we've coming from last year. Everybody in the field in INDYCAR is running…

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Renewable Race Fuel

Josef voiceover:

…renewable race fuel…

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Cuts to another shot of vehicles running along track with a large crowd before cutting to closer shot of red and yellow vehicle

Josef voiceover:

…and we didn't lose any performance. I thought that was an impressive feat, especially when they're running…

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Didn’t lose any performance

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Cuts to multiple vehicles running along track before yellow Shell transition into driver getting into black vehicle. Then cuts to black vehicle running along track

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#ShellEcoMarathon

Josef voiceover:

…230 plus miles per hour. This blows my mind that…

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Cuts to Jordan, Josef and other team members standing around black vehicle

Josef:

…you're just like…

Jordan:

Yeah

Josef:

…hanging out.

Jordan:

Yeah, my head is literally right here and I look in between…

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Cuts to shot of Jordan inside vehicle

Jordan voiceover:

…my feet.

Josef:

Yeah. Wow, very cool.

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Cuts to Derik and other team members standing inside garage-type setting

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Derik

Derik:

What was it like to win the INDY 500?

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Cuts to shot of track with large crowds before cutting to Josef getting out of red and yellow vehicle celebrating

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Amazing

Greatest day in my life

Josef voiceover:

It was amazing. It was the greatest day in my life.

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Cuts to exterior garage shot with layered montage of 3x shots of Josef celebrating with crowd and other people/team members

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Coolest race in the world

Josef voiceover:

I, I that's the only way I can describe it. It's the coolest race in the world. It's the coolest…

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Cuts to Josef

Josef:

…celebration I'll ever have.

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Cuts to Josef standing on red and yellow vehicle, celebrating with crowds and other people around him

Zack voiceover:

When it comes to your love for motorsports, is there any defining…

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Cuts to Zack and other team member

Zack:

…moments that comes to mind when you think of where your love for the sport came from?

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Zack 

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Cuts to Josef

Josef:

Purely when I was a kid, I just loved speed of on objects, so it was like anything that's going fast I was interested in, especially…

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Cuts to team members working on red and yellow vehicle in garage-type setting before cutting to closeup of Shell logo on same vehicle. Cuts to 2x shots of red and yellow vehicle on track

Josef voiceover:

…motor vehicles. And then the more I been in racing, the more I've…

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Cuts to another 2x shots of team members working on red and yellow vehicle

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Fallen in love with the process of racing

Josef voiceover:

…fallen in love with the process of racing and it's very much…

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Cuts to shot of multiple vehicles running along track with large crowds watching on, before cutting to closer shot of red and yellow vehicle running along track

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Finding a solution for a problem

Josef voiceover:

…what you guys are doing. It's about finding a solution for a problem all the time.

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Cuts to exterior shot of empty stands and Shell Eco-marathon banner flag before yellow Shell transition

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#ShellEcoMarathon

Josef voiceover:

What did you take from Shell Eco-marathon and what does it tell you about the future…

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Transitions to black vehicle running along track

Josef voiceover:

…of the world?

Jordan voiceover:

It's a really exciting…

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Cuts to Jordan

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Exciting experience

Jordan:

…experience, just overall.

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Cuts to team members talking and interacting before cutting to shot of track with layered montage of 3x shots of team members working on black vehicle

Jordan voiceover:

It's fun to just hang out with your team and you're with your team for five days straight, and so…

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Cuts to interior shot of Jordan and other team members walking and pushing black vehicle along

Jordan voiceover:

…it really tests the strength of your team. And as for the future, seeing like…

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Cuts to Jordan standing next to vehicle

Jordan:

…all the technology that high school students are coming up with…

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Cuts to three team members talking before cutting to shot of laptop being used

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Great fuel economy

Jordan voiceover:

…and the fact that we were able to get such a great fuel economy as high schoolers really makes me…

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Cuts to four team members working on black vehicle in workshop-type setting

Jordan voiceover:

…excited for the new technology that's ever evolving in the world.

Josef voiceover:

Yeah, it's really a test bed. You know…

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Cuts to Josef and Jordan standing around black vehicle

Josef:

…you're testing your skills, you're finding out…

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Cuts to closer shot of Josef

Josef:

…you know, what resonates with you. And then there's so many…

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Cuts to black vehicle running along track 

Josef voiceover:

…applicable forms for that in the world. So, it's very cool.

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Cuts back to Jordan and Josef standing around black vehicle

Josef:

Loved meeting you guys. I'm so happy you were here.

Jordan:

Nice to meet you too, yeah.

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Cuts to shot of Josef, Jordan and other team members posing and smiling around black vehicle

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#ShellEcoMarathon

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