Team Penske fires Cindric, other key officials involved in latest scandal
The announcement comes days after two of the team’s cars were moved to the back of the 2025 Indianapolis 500 starting grid.
The announcement comes days after two of the team’s cars were moved to the back of the 2025 Indianapolis 500 starting grid.
Two Team Penske cars found to have mechanical violations during Indianapolis 500 qualifications on Sunday have been moved to the back of the starting grid.
Tim Cindric, president of Penske’s IndyCar program, said Will Power passed inspection but officials flagged Josef Newgarden’s car. He also said the modification was not on Scott McLaughlin’s car.
Teams across IndyCar and all motorsports depend on support from corporate partners, typically in exchange for placement of logos on their cars and racing suits as well as other perks like driver access and the use of hospitality suites.
More IndyCar teams and young drivers are choosing to locate near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway than in years past.
Physical and cognitive fitness have become a priority for racing teams, both as employee benefits and tools to win championships.
After a delay of nearly three hours at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, four newcomers passed the rookie-orientation program, while each veteran who needed the refresher course was cleared.
Team Penske is considered the gold standard of American open-wheel racing. But drivers for Indianapolis-based Chip Ganassi Racing have won five of the last seven IndyCar championships.
Cadillac F1, owned by General Motors and Indianapolis-based TWG Motorsports, anticipates being distinctively American, with the possibility of IndyCar driver Colton Herta in the two-car lineup.
Sunday’s season opener was the most watched IndyCar Series event aside from the Indianapolis 500 on any network since 2011.
Alex Palou, who has won three of the last four IndyCar championships, takes a 10-point lead over Dixon into the next event.
IndyCar is set to enter a new era with broadcast partner Fox Sports, which takes over the television rights after the series spent 16 years with NBC Sports.
The group that owns Cadillac Formula 1 officially launched TWG Motorsports on Tuesday in Indianapolis as the division responsible for its rapidly growing motorsports portfolio.
The promotion was among a series of leadership updates announced Tuesday by Penske Entertainment Corp.
Deegan will drive this year for Brownsburg-based HMD Motorsports in Indy NXT, which is IndyCar’s top development series.
Roger Penske started his 59th season in motorsports the same way he closed last year—as a champion.
Despite the uncertainty of what comes next when he returns to California, Bell is upbeat about his new role with IndyCar coverage for Fox Sports and racing again for the first time in three years.
Power now has someone to negotiate both a new IndyCar contract as well as potential races outside the series.
Newgarden enjoys being a hands-on caretaker of his financial life, including managing his investment portfolio. He says if he weren’t a racer, “I think I’d be an equity trader or some kind of strategist.”
Two longtime NASCAR executives were introduced at Indianapolis-based Andretti Global on Wednesday as part of a company restructuring.