Team Penske to Skandal | The Arkansa's democrat gazette

Indianapolis – Roger Penske has sake power about the shots of the three best executives of Team Penske – said a decision -making force that after a sleepless night, his boss was considering how to deal with a fraudulent scandal in front of the Indianapolis 500.

“I know that it was very difficult for him. He said that. He said he didn't sleep the night before because he had to make a very tough decision,” said Power on Thursday, one day after the dismissal of team president Tim Cindric, the managing director of Indycar, Ron Ruzewski and the Manager of Indycar, Kyle Moyer.

Penske failed the house according to the cars for power and the two-time defense of Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden before the final qualification round on Sunday on Sunday. It was found that the cars have modified a technical part – the rear damper is a safety part, and Indycar has not found any evidence that the Penske team filled out a seam on it.

Newgarden refused to discuss the situation on Thursday.

“I don't want to disappoint or insult anyone. I am here to talk about the race. I'm here with my team. I am ready to run,” he said. “I love this race. My goodness, I enjoyed being here all the time. I look forward to how we all do it every year to work with our group.

It was the second major technical violation of Team Penske in a little more than a year. Last year, the team has illegal access to its push-to-pass system at times, the drivers would not have been able to achieve the additional upswing in performance. Newgarden was deleted from last year's opening win when Indycar found that the team used the software illegally.

On Thursday, Power expressed sympathy for Penske, who has the three-car racing team Indycar, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500.

“I feel bad for him. He is in a very difficult place in this situation,” said Power about Penske. “You could say that it was difficult for him. Hard, hard for him to do that. I think Roger is going very quickly. He makes decisions. He moves forward.

“It starts to see what the team and everyone can go best. This is Roger. That's why he's so successful. He won't sit and spend a month to worry about what happened. I think he is: 'How can we go to repair and go forward and make sure that it doesn't happen again?' “

Team Penske announced the staff on Thursday on Thursday, which was adapted for its three cars before the 500 run of the 500 on Sunday. Penske driver won the race a record of 20 times.

Newgarden, who tries to become the first driver to win three consecutive Indy 500s, will have Luke Mason as his strategist and Raul Prados as the main engineer. As part of the penalties raised in the team, he was fallen to 32nd place in the start grid and no driver has ever won from the last row.

“You can win this race from any place in the house. There is no bad seat in this house,” said Newgarden. “I like the challenge of coming from the 32nd year. We have a great car. It just seems to be better every year. I try to protect it right now. It is one of these things that change a little every day on Speedway. You have to stay up to date. Sunday is really the day we count, we have to make sure that we are on this day on that day.

Scott McLaughlin, who crashed in the early Sunday and did not take part in the last qualification rounds, will start with Ben Bretzman as a strammel and Malcolm Finch as Lead Engineer with Ben Bretzman.

He was the only driver of the Penske Three who admitted to be angry with the situation.

“I am disappointed with Roger's name through the mud, its integrity, our team, the people on the” Basically they are thrown into the mud. I take it personally. “

Power, who is at Penske in the last year and was deducted in the 33-car area, will have Jonathan Diuguid as a strategy and David Faustino as the main engineer.

Cindric, who has been with Penske since 2000, posted on social media late Wednesday and “an amazing journey!”

“While my conscience remains clear through all noise and accusations, I am grateful that as many great people draw in times like this strength,” wrote Cindric. “Still big!”