Penske fires Top 3 in the middle of Indy 500 fraud scandal

Penske fired three top executives in the middle of one Indianapolis 500 Fraud scandal on Wednesday.

What happened?

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Penske dismissed the team president Tim Cindric, the managing director of Indycar, Ron Ruzewski, and General Manager of Indycar, Kyle Moyer,.

What you say:

“Nothing is more important than the integrity of our sport and our racing teams,” said Roger Penske in an explanation. “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.”

The background story:

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

The two-time defending champion of Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden and teammate Will Power have an illegally modified specification part on your Cars Before the final qualification round on Sunday for the 109th run of the “biggest spectacle in racing”.

Neither Newgarden nor the power were allowed to qualify on Sunday when rivals pointed out the illegal change. Both drivers on Monday were falling on the rear part of the field and starting 32nd and 33rd place.

The other side:

Rival teams have argued that it is not enough because it is the second fraud scandal in two seasons and possibly illegal cars Jacob Abel from Dale Coyne Racing from the field.

When is the 2025 Indy 500 and where you can see it?

Indianapolis organized its annual Indycar Road Race on May 10th. Indianapolis 500 qualifying took place from May 17th to 18th, and the greatest spectacle in racing is set for May 25th.

The race begins at 12.45 p.m.

The Indy 500 is broadcast on FOX. It will also be available to stream live Foxsports.com And the Fox Sports app.

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