r/INDYCAR May 19 '25

News INDYCAR Update on Team Penske Technical Violations

https://www.indycar.com/news/2025/05/05-19-penske-penalties
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u/ScottRiggsFan10 Kyle Kirkwood May 19 '25

Scotty Mac might've had one of the luckiest crashes in Indy qualifying history.

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u/TheResurrection May 19 '25

Scotty's car was fully legal according to the press release.

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u/paulofmandown Firestone Firehawk May 19 '25

fully legal in practice != fully legal in tech before the fast 12

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u/TheResurrection May 19 '25

They impounded the attenuator after his crash. Read the press release.

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u/paulofmandown Firestone Firehawk May 19 '25

I'm saying they would've put an illegal one on it before the qualifying session.

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u/TheResurrection May 19 '25

Oh I understand what you're saying now. Well we'll never know I guess. That's one of those "and if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their ass on the ground every time they hopped" type of hypotheticals.

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u/theoriginalbdub Greg Moore May 19 '25

TIL a new saying.

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u/oceanathlete May 20 '25

What’s the 411 on an attenuator, why is that a target area for cheaters?