Roger Penske's Nascar Champion Joey Logano breaks the silence in the team's Indycar fraud scandal in the team

Joey Logano talked about the Indycar fraud scandal, which devoured Roger Penske's Racing Empire. The three-time champion of the NASCAR Cup series dealt with the controversy in a explanation that recognized the severity of the problem and at the same time concentrated on the need to continue.

The statement was presented in a video that was published by Motorsports.com On X. His comments come in the middle of growing criticism of the Indycar arm of Team Penske after the recent events at the Indianapolis 500. The caption with his explanation.

“3x #nascar cup champion and @team_pensk driver @joeyylogano says that the #indycar scandal” obviously “both operations as” We are all a team “.” It is unhappy, but we have to go forward. “

The scandal, which explained Logano's reaction to illegal modifications, discovered at the Indycar entries from Team Penske at this year's Indy 500 qualifying. It was found that two cars, which were driven by Josef Newgarden and willpower, have changed the rear dampers, a security component that is strictly regulated and should not be changed under any circumstances.

What made the situation more explosive was the timing: the changes were only discovered before the second day of qualification and questions about whether the cars were legal in earlier meetings – or even in earlier races.

After several sources, including APThe rival teams have given concerns about Team Penske's cars for some time. Some even claimed to have photographic evidence of the changed components. Indycar finally acted and disqualified both cars to further qualify and apply penalties later, including $ 100,000 each fines and back-of-grid starts for Newgarden and Power. In addition, Penske was three of his top executives -Tim Cindric, Ron Ruzewski and Kyle Moyer -to take responsibility and to stabilize the situation.

“We are like elephants, we don't forget anything”: Joey Logano reflects after we have lost the All-Star victory

Although Joey Logano dominated a large part of the all-star race on the North Wilkesboro Speedway, the last rounds were neglected. He led more than half of the race – over 130 of the 250 rounds -, Christopher Bell, who had the lead with less than 10 laps before the end. Bell, in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, made an aggressive inside -move who pushed Logano on the track and cost him the victory.

In an interview after the race with Dirty Mo MediaJoey Logano made it clear that he did not estimate how the battle ended. Joey Logano shared,

“I will just run it the same way. It's all that it is. I mean, this race was for a million dollars, you know, I understand it. But we drive each other every week. We are like elephants, we don't forget anything.”

The all-star race also included a controversial promoter caution that influenced the pit strategy. Logano stayed outside in the #22 Penske Ford during caution and managed to take second place. Ross Chastain finished third for Trackhouse races.