"So you're a threat even when you don't win, Shelby?" Danny asks, with a smile. He listens to Peter's reply, but two races don't seem like enough time to close whatever lead this Josef Newgarden has over the others. To Peter, Danny asks, "Backmarker? I haven't heard that term before. What's it mean?"

Danny shrugs. "I suppose I do. I wouldn't say I'm in it for the adrenaline rush, but I'd be lying if I said I don't enjoy it when it happens. The people we go after are the sort who push the envelope in all kinds of ways. Most of them are smart, and outsmarting them makes me feel accomplished."

He swirls the straw in his soda, and wrinkles his nose a little to push his glasses back up the bridge. "And, it's kind of funny when their dumb muscle is expecting no challenge from the little nerd in glasses, and I kick their ass anyway."