Team PENSKE, Indycar Series Team Chairman Tim Cindric, General Manager Ron Ruzewski and General Manager Kyle Moyyer and the team by the team to discover the violation of the rules of Indycar separated ways.
“There is nothing more important than the integrity of our sport and race teams,” team founder and President Roger Penske said. He said. He continued: “We have experienced organizational failures in the last two years and we had to make the necessary changes. I apologize to our fans, partners and organization that they disappointed them.”
Team Penske said in a statement, later this week will make more announcements about the staff, he said.
The news comes after the discovery that Josef Newgarden and his teammate Will Power, who won the Indianapolis 500 twice, changed the weakening on the second day of the elimination on Sunday. Indycar announced on Monday that Newgarden will start 32 and 33, 32 and 33, respectively.
Last April, it was discovered that PENSKE drivers were allowed to access the push system when they need to be.
Team strategists are also suspended for both cars, which will lose the Indy 500 proficiency score and each one will pay a fine of $ 100,000.
“The integrity of the Indianapolis 500 is very important, and this violation against the change of the Indycar rule in this section and ‘using it as provided’ is clear. He said. He said: “Punishment, if the opportunity is given, the cars should still be more than starting from where it can be qualified. Cars belong to the area as two of the fastest 33, but in this case, starting from the tail of the area is the appropriate penalty.”
57 -year -old Cindric joined Penske in 1999 and watched one of his drivers to win 10 times in 2023 and 2024, including Newgarden.
On January 31, Cindric chose to step back as the general daily leader of Team Penske’s race programs.
Austin, son of Cindric, is a Nascar Cup series driver for Team Penske. 2022 Daytona won 500.
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