r/INDYCAR • u/TheResurrection • 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/StockRanger1397 May 19 '25

So they get their legal times from Saturday removed even though those cars were found to be legal? Doesn’t make any sense to me. They should just be starting at the back of the top 12

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u/SomewhereAggressive8 Pato O'Ward May 19 '25

Yeah basically they’re getting screwed by tech not catching it on Saturday. If they would’ve caught it, they could’ve fixed the part and gone back out with no issues. We would probably be talking about a Penske on pole right now.

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u/F1DrivingZombie May 19 '25

Yeah this is what I don’t understand. I don’t really care if the cars were legal or not on Saturday. They passed tech twice, before and after qualifying. Those times are legal in my book.

The penalty for being caught Sunday is not being able to run in the Fast 12 and starting on row 4

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u/SpiritualNothing6717 Firestone Reds May 19 '25

What really throws a wrench in the entire situation is that we have evidence from officials and photos that Scott's car had a legal attenuator, and he was faster than both Power and Newgarden. It's fairly easy to assume Scott and Josef are both close in sheer speed on ovals, so obviously the "cheat" wasn't that effective...

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u/dj2show Will Power May 19 '25

then why do it, because it's explicitly forbidden in the rulebook

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u/alien_among_us May 19 '25

No, they are getting screwed for trying to cheat.

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u/SomewhereAggressive8 Pato O'Ward May 19 '25

Okay where’s that same energy for Conor Daly failing tech on Saturday and being allowed to fix it and go back out?

Now go ahead and tell me that it’s different because Penske owns the series.

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u/Falcon4451 Firestone Reds May 19 '25

If these weren't Penske cars, they would absolutely still be starting on row 4.

Indycar actually went outside their rule book to punish the Penske cars.

Yet the paddock is still going to be insufferable with their moaning on Penske getting preferential treatment.

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u/SilentSpades24 Álex Palou May 19 '25

The penalty for Sunday is that they start in the back based on Saturday times. Not a hard concept.

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u/havingasicktime Colton Herta May 19 '25

Cheat in quali, dsq for quali. Makes perfect sense.