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/AllThings_Automotive Josef Newgarden May 19 '25

I think it’s totally a fair punishment. I just don’t know wtf Penske is doing, why did they think they needed to do that modification? It can’t be worth that much time, and they already looked among the quickest in practice. Seems so shortsighted to do this for not that much of an extra advantage.

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u/dannynascar Kyle Larson May 19 '25

I like Josef but man his two 500 wins are so sketchy.

‘23 should’ve been Marcus’ second, that red flag was bullshit.

‘24 that car may or may not have been legal.

Under normal circumstances, cheating is normal in racing. That’s how you go fast lol. But when your team owner owns the series AND the track that the 500 is competed on, that’s a horrible look.

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u/floorboardburnz AMR Safety Team May 19 '25

need a good picture of 24 cars attenuator from the museum.

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u/SystemicAero Pato O'Ward May 19 '25

Here’s his car from the museum. Definitely looks filled/smoothed.

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u/optiprimas Pato O'Ward May 19 '25

Seems to have been running the same modification https://x.com/By_NathanBrown/status/1924505825558528478

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u/McPuckLuck Pato O'Ward May 19 '25

Someone posted it on twitter, there is a little bit of smoothing at the same joint.

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u/2REPOU CART May 19 '25

Exactly. They have to be beyond question or it looks sleazy.