Team Penske separated on Wednesday with the team president of the Indycar series, Tim Cindric, Managing Director Ron Ruzewski and General Manager Kyle Moyer, during the team by discovering a violation of the team’s Indycar rules.
“Nothing is more important than the integrity of our sport and our racing teams,” said Team founder and chairman Roger Penske. “We have had organizational failures in the past two years and had to make necessary changes. I apologize to our fans, our partners and our organization for letting them down.”
Team Penske said in a statement that later this week there would be further announcements in relation to the staff.
The news comes after the discovery that the cars, which were changed by the two -time defense of Indianapolis 500, Josef Newgarden and teammate Will Power, on the second day of qualifying on Sunday. Indycar announced on Monday that Newgarden’s No. 2 and Power No. 15 with the 32nd and 33.
In April in April it was found that Penke drivers have access to the push-to-pass system if they shouldn’t have been.
The team strategists were also suspended for the race for both cars, which will also pay Indy 500 qualification points and a fine of $ 100,000.
“The integrity of the Indianapolis 500 is of the greatest importance, and this violation of the IndyCar rule of the change of this part and the use of” As delivered “is clear,” said Indycar President J. Douglas Boles on Monday. “The punishment should begin more than just where the cars could have qualified anyway if they have the opportunity. However, the cars are two of the fastest 33 in the field. Start at the tail of the field the corresponding punishment in this case.”
The 57 -year -old Cindric came to Penske in 1999 and observed how one of his drivers won the Indianapolis 500 10 times, including Newgarden in 2023 and 2024.
On January 31, Cindric decided to take a step back as the everyday leader of Team Penske’s racing programs.
Cindric’s son Austin is a driver of the Nascar Cup series for Team Penske. He won the 2022 Daytona 500.
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