Penske fires top 3, including Tim Cindric, from IndyCar organization as part of cheating scandal

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Also: IndyCar explores independent governance after Penske cheating scandal (Associated Press)

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Source: Associated Press

Penske fires top 3, including Tim Cindric, from IndyCar organization as part of cheating scandal

By JENNA FRYER
Updated 3:33 PM EDT, May 21, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Roger Penske attempted to close the latest cheating scandal engulfing his race team — this one at his beloved Indianapolis 500 — by firing his top three executives at Team Penske after two of the Penske cars were found to be illegal.

Penske fired team president Tim Cindric, IndyCar managing director Ron Ruzewski and IndyCar general manager Kyle Moyer on Wednesday in the wake of this Indianapolis 500 cheating scandal.

“Nothing is more important than the integrity of our sport and our race teams,” Penske said in a statement. “We have had organizational failures during the last two years, and we had to make necessary changes. I apologize to our fans, our partners and our organization for letting them down.”

Penske is owner of the three-car team, IndyCar, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy 500. He has won the Indy 500 a record 20 times.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/penske-firings-cindric-indycar-f427dc41cdcb9660eaa4c54482aed6b1

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Source: Associated Press

IndyCar explores independent governance after Penske cheating scandal

By JENNA FRYER
Updated 4:55 PM EDT, May 21, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar is exploring the creation of an independent governing body absent of any Roger Penske employees in the wake of the Team Penske cheating scandal ahead of the Indianapolis 500.

Penske owns three-car Team Penske, IndyCar, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500. On Wednesday, he fired his top three racing executives after two of its cars were found to be illegal ahead of the second round of Indy 500 qualifying.

It has since been shown that the spec part Team Penske had modified on the cars of two-time defending Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden and Will Power had been done so for some time. Both Newgarden’s winning car from his 2024 victory that is displayed in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum and the one he took to the White House last month have the same modified part.

Rival teams claim they have photos of the Penske cars with the modifications dating some time, and others have claimed they told IndyCar technical inspectors the Penske cars were not legal.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/indy-500-penske-independent-governing-d17c7fadc4e925bfbb3fe32aa8dac61f

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1. Like Roger didn't know about the cheating

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2. I wondered why the cars didn't participate in the 'Fast 12' qualifying on Sunday,

I was on my phone and didn't get the whole story.

If they were disqualified, there would only be 30 cars in the race, or 31, if they admitted Jacob Abel after he failed in the last row qualifying on Sunday. It says they are starting in the back.