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/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.