Tim Cindric speaks after Indy 500 Qualifying Scandal, Team Penske Firing: “Conscience remains clear”.

Tim Cindric broke silence to be fired by Team Penske. On X/Twitter, the former President of the team's Indycar program said that he was “big” after shooting.

“It was an amazing journey!” Tim Cindric wrote. “While my conscience remains clear through all noise and accusations, I am grateful that as many great people pull in times like this strength.

Cindric resigned as head of the daily Penske operations after being involved in an Indycar scandal in which her two drivers, Josef Newgarden And Scott McLaughlinIt was found that the push-to-pass boost system was illegally used during the seasonal opening race if it should not be programmed in such a way that it works in 2024 Pro ESPN. The incident caused Newgarden and McLaughlin to be freed from their first and second placements, while Cindric and Ron RuzewskiThe team's managing director for the IndyCar team was suspended for two races.

2025 Indy 500, Tim Cindric and Team Penske

Another incident occurred during qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 last weekend. The news mentioned above and teammates Willpower Must begin in the last two places of the network on Sunday after their teams had been punished for violation of the rules during the qualification weekend.

Indycar also announced that the team strategists are exposed to the number 2 and 12 for the race. The cars will extend their qualification points and PIT box selection, and each of the entries has been fined with a fine of $ 100,000. This led to Cindric, Ruzewski and Indycar General Manager Kyle Moyer are released from the team.

“Team Penske today announced the departure of the Indycar President, Tim Cindric, Indycar Managing Director, Ron Ruzewski and Indycar General Manager Kyle Moyer from the organization,” said the organization. “Team Penske will have further announcements in connection with personnel and replacement for the Indianapolis 500 of this weekend this week.”

Tim Cindric has been with Team Penske since 1999. He is a member of the Penske Hall of Fame Team and was long accepted by Roger Penske. Cindric was promoted to President of Penske Performance in 2005 and carried out the daily operations of all racing by Penske.

Steve Samra from On3 contributed to this story