Josef Newgarden was victorious for the second consecutive year at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as he overtook Pato O'Ward in the final lap to win the Indy 500. 

Newgarden was also the winner of the 2023 Indy 500, so he became just the sixth driver in the 200-lap race’s history to go back-to-back and the first since Helio Castroneves, who did it in 2001 and 2002.

The fans who waited through a delay due to weather had quite an exciting finish to watch as the white flag was waved with O’Ward, one of two Arrow McLaren cars chasing Newgarden along with Alexander Rossi, overtaking the Team Penske driver for first place as they began the final lap. 

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O’Ward had the tires and fuel after his final pit stop on lap 172, while Newgarden went to the pit three laps earlier.

He created a small gap to start the final lap, but Newgarden was waiting patiently behind him to make the right move.

O’Ward had Newgarden right behind him, and the latter popped out to the right and kicked it up a notch to retake the lead. 

That was the nail in the coffin.

Newgarden hit a straightaway and once again pulled away from the competition. Coming around the final turn, he was waving his hand in the air, knowing he had captured the coveted race again as the checkered flag waved.

Newgarden was seen jumping into the stands to celebrate with the fans, drinking in their cheers and affection.

As Newgarden celebrated the victory, O'Ward was seen back with his Arrow McLaren crew in the pit, and he was clearly distraught. O'Ward, the 25-year-old Mexican driver who came close to victory in the two previous runs at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, slumped his head over his vehicle as his team consoled him.

Newgarden began the race in third position as Team Penske owned the front row, with teammates Scott McLaughlin and Will Power in first and second, respectively.

O'Ward, who started in eighth, finished second, and Sean Dixon, who began the race in 21st, finished third. Rossi and Alex Palou rounded out the top five.

Newgarden celebrated with his crew in victory lane, drinking the traditional milk jug as he earned another Indy 500 victory in his career.

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A Seattle-based museum is temporarily closed down after employees accused its "Confronting Hate Together" exhibit of inadvertently supporting Israel.

The striking Wing Luke Museum employees, who organized under the handle @wlm4palestine on Instagram, claim that the exhibit "conflate[s] anti-Zionism as antisemitism." The museum describes the exhibit as exploring "anti-Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander hate, Black hate and anti-Jewish hate."

The strike is made up of over 20 employees who walked out on Wednesday, which was the day that the exhibit opened. The strikers are a mix of full-time staff members and part-time employees.

"A majority of our walkout collective is made up of the most vulnerable employees of the Wing Luke Museum — front of house staff and part-time workers," a post from @wlm4palestine read. "There are 22 known WLM Staff across departments and organization levels who are still in solidarity with walkouts, with others who are in solidarity.

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Among the employees' demands are for the museum to remove "any language…that attempt[s] to frame Palestinian liberation and anti-Zionism as antisemitism." The anti-Israel protesters also ask for the museum to "acknowledge the limited perspectives presented in this exhibition." 

"Missing perspectives include those of Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslim communities who are also experiencing an increased amount of violence, scapegoating, and demonization as Zionist forces continue the genocide in Palestine," the petition states.

The striking employees also set up a GoFundMe campaign to compensate for missed wages. The campaign has raised $3,939 as of Sunday afternoon.

"As we are withholding labor, we potentially will not be compensated," the campaign states. "These funds would provide financial relief so that we can pay rent, utilities, food, medical bills, and other living expenses here in Seattle. Funds will also assist staff efforts of this walkout (needs, supplies, sustenance)."

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In response to the strikes, the Wing Luke Museum issued a sympathetic statement about the strikers, calling the walk-out "respectful."

"As an organization rooted in dialogue, we acknowledge and support the right of our staff to express their beliefs and personal truths and to this end, we are holding space for a careful and thoughtful process of listening with intent to hear multiple perspectives in pursuit of a mutual way forward," the Facebook statement read.

The museum's support of the protests was met with some criticism in its Facebook post's comments section.

"I’m so disappointed by the Wing Luke and its staff for making life less safe and more isolated for Jewish communities. As Asians, we know the pain of that isolation all too well," one commenter said. 

"Why does one opinion get to dictate to everyone else what is OK or not ok?" another Facebook user wrote. "It seems to me that those walking out are showing why we need more exhibits like this, and more education in general. It's fine to disagree and have dialog, but to state your demands as if they are facts for the rest of us to accept goes to [sic] far," another wrote.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Wing Luke Museum and the striking employees for comment, but did not immediately hear back.