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TORONTO -- It hasnt always been good times and checkered flags for IndyCar driver Josef Newgarden. Cam Atkinson Jersey .The defending Honda Indy Toronto champion overcome low points during his 2012 rookie season when he started 14 races and only led for one lap the entire year. He didnt have a teammate, was dealing with a new car and was part of a small team.About halfway through that year it got really difficult at certain points to have faith and motivation in what you were doing, Newgarden said Friday. I just remember thinking, `What is going on? I dont know what Im doing, I dont know what we need from a big picture, whether thats a team thing or a car set up standpoint. There was a lot going on.If you can imagine loving something so much, more than anything else in life and then losing your love for it. Its kind of an odd thing to happen, and then you regain it.The 25-year-old driver said things really started clicking in 2014 and continued into last year when he captured the Indy Toronto.You learn the ups and downs, he said. You learn the emotional roller coaster of racing.Newgarden enters this weekends race on the streets surrounding Exhibition Place as a favorite. Hes not only the defending champion but is coming off a win last week in the Iowa Corn 300, where he led for 282 of 300 laps.I think thats racing, he said. You have one weekend where youre like the biggest jerk on the planet and everyone hates you and then the next weekend you have an amazing weekend and youre like the messiah again.To me, thats just racing in a nutshell.The Hendersonville, Tennessee, driver is second in the standings with 336 points, behind Frances Simon Pagenaud.Newgarden, who competes for Ed Carpenter Racing, was 16th after the first day of practice Friday, finishing in 1 minute, 2.7942 seconds. Pagenaud was fastest in 1:01.7081, with Team Penske teammates Helio Castroneves second (1:01.9091) and Will Power third (1:02.0573). Adidas Seth Jones Jersey . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. Brandon Dubinsky Jersey .com) - The Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks both take aim at their first wins of the season on Saturday, as the Canucks open their home slate at Rogers Arena. http:///...s-hannikainen-jersey . Inter president Erick Thohir says in a club statement on Wednesday that Vidic is "one of the worlds best defenders and his qualities, international pedigree, and charisma will be an asset. YPSILANTI, Mich. -- Jordan Huff scored on a 2-yard run in overtime for his third touchdown of the game and Northern Illinois then stopped Eastern Michigan on downs for a 31-24 victory Wednesday night.The Eagles (6-5, 3-4 Mid-American), hoping to solidify their chances at ending a 29-year bowl-game drought, drove to NIUs 7 in the final minute of regulation but had to settle for Paul Fricanos 24-yard field goal.The Huskies (4-7, 4-3) took six plays to score in overtime then held the Eagles to 9 yards on their possession.Trailing 21-0 at halftime, the Huskies took a 224-21 lead on Huffs 27-yard run with 13:45 left in the final quarter. Adidas Cam Atkinson Jersey. . Huff, who entered with just one TD on the season, had a 60-yard score in the third and finished with a career-high 173 yards on 23 carries.Ian Eriksen rushed for a career-best 171 yards and two TDs for Eastern Michigan.Northern Illinois has won 15 of the last 16 meetings between the MAC West schools -- with the Eagles last win in the series coming in 2007. ' ' '