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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. -- Up-and-coming IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden could be climbing a different kind of chart soon.Top-five drivers in the IndyCar series standings arent often the subject of a childrens book.I cant tell if hes been affected by the possibility of being on the New York Times best seller list just yet, but well see, Ed Carpenter, team owner of Newgardens No. 21 Chevy, said with a wry voice.The book, Josef, the Indy Car Driver, debuted last weekend at Road America , where Newgarden finished eighth. It tells the story of how the personable Newgarden got his start behind the wheel, and also serves as an illustrative primer to kids about racing and the IndyCar series.A book debut alone during a race weekend would have made for a busy few days for Newgarden.The 25-year-old driver had more pressing issues.Newgarden broke his right clavicle and hurt his right wrist in a scary wreck at Texas on June 12, when his car slammed on its side and slid along the frontstretch wall with the top of the cockpit exposed.Just in the moment, youre first thinking, `OK, no one else hit me, Newgarden said this week. In those kinds of moments, I get a little claustrophobic. For me personally, I dont want to be in that space anymore.Newgarden was alert through the crash, but passed out after getting out of the mangled wreck. Surgeons used a metal plate to repair his collarbone.With two weeks to prepare for Road America, just getting back to the track was a question, let alone signing autographs for a new book.As it turns out, Newgarden didnt have many doubts about his next move.I was with him in the hospital Sunday night in Texas. I knew what his motivation was, Carpenter said. I knew it was going to be hard to keep him out of the car. I just wanted to be sure that we could do enough to get him ready to get him cleared, to get the doctors to be comfortable.A week later, he was back in a simulator to test how he would feel behind the wheel. After two practice runs around Road America, two days before the race, IndyCar cleared Newgarden to race.In between the practices, the right-handed Newgarden signed autographs , etching out a modified JN with a brace protecting his right wrist.His attitude was, `If I can drive a race car, I can sign with a Sharpie, recounted Chris Workman, who wrote and illustrated the book .It was Workmans second childrens book about the sport after illustrating one about the 24-hour race at Le Mans. The Newgarden book was born out of the authors affinity for Road America, the 14-turn, four-mile long course in rural Wisconsin.Workman , who lives in North Carolina, had a mutual friend with Newgarden and made contact around the time of the Indianapolis 500 last year to get in touch with the driver. A fan-friendly personality made the young Newgarden the ideal subject, Workman said.Newgarden jumped at the opportunity. He viewed it in large part as a way to reach out to what he hopes will be a new set of IndyCar fans, or even drivers and team owners.For me, its all about the next generation, coming up and filling the footsteps of people before them, he said. Naturally, theres going to be kids who love racing and love cars, and we want to be able to reach those kids.Newgardens passion for racing started as a child, on a motorized scooter with friends. He later switched to karts, and at age 20 won the lower-level Indy Lights title in 2011.Even if kids arent into IndyCar racing all that much when they first read it, it shows that you can chase your dreams, Workman said. You get really excited about something like that, and be passionate about it.Newgarden has made steady improvement over his five years at IndyCars top level. He was fifth in the points race after Road America, where he had a respectable top-10 finish after a spin-out in qualifying forced him to start in 20th.The wrist ended up being more of an issue than the collarbone through the weekend. The next stop on the schedule is Iowa on July 10, allowing Newgarden an extra week to heal. Maybe that race will end for Newgarden will end up just like his new childrens book, where he overtook the leader on the last lap to take the checkered flag.---Online:AP Auto Racing site: http://racing.ap.org/---Follow Genaro Armas at http://twitter.com/GArmasAPSite Air Max 270 Pas Cher . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Vente Nike Air Max 270 . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. http://www.siteairmax270pascher.fr/ . The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. 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Every team is the team to beat right now.The Blue Jays offered little resistance in losing their fourth game in a row, committing two errors that did not give a real indication of how poorly they played in the field.Overall it was a blah, not a very well-played game, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. It was uncharacteristic and well just put it behind us. We havent played good baseball over the last week.The game Friday was the opener of a six-game homestand for the Blue Jays, who completed a 3-6 road trip to Baltimore, Tampa Bay and New York, where they were swept in three games by the Yankees.Marco Estrada, who allowed four runs (three earned) in 2 1/3 innings in his shortest start of the season, needed all the defensive help he could get and got none.Nothing went our way today and obviously it started with me, Estrada said. When your starting pitcher is out there making a bunch of pitches like that, it bringss everybody down a little bit.dddddddddddd Ive got to get quick outs, this cant keep happening. Were in a tight race.The Red Sox got another good start from Rick Porcello, who held Toronto to two runs in seven innings to become the first 20-game winner in the majors this season.The teams appear to be going in different directions.We had some good fortune on our side and were able to take advantage of some miscues on their part, Farrell said. You give a team extra outs and its probably going to come back to haunt you a little bit.The Blue Jays play has been alarming to their fans and J.A. Happ (17-4, 3.44 ERA) will try to turn things around Saturday when he goes for his 18th win of the season and his first since Aug. 17.Happ is 0-1 with a 6.43 earned-run average in three starts since his last win.He did not factor into the decision Sunday in a 5-3 Toronto win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Happ allowed six hits and three runs in 2 2/3 innings in that outing, his shortest since May 16.In 11 career games, including 10 starts, Happ is 4-3 with a 3.81 ERA against the Red Sox. This season the left-hander is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA in one start against them.The Red Sox will counter with left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez (2-6, 4.83 ERA).In nine starts since the All-Star break, Rodriguez has an ERA of 2.73 and has allowed three or fewer earned runs in eight of those outings. In his past five starts, he is 0-2 with a 2.83 ERA. He allowed five runs, four hits and three walks against the Blue Jays on June 5. ' ' '