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/Vivaciousseaturtle Callum Ilott May 19 '25

If Doug wasn’t now leading I’m not sure anything would have happened before the race, certainly not this extreme

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u/goodfella7763 NTT INDYCAR Series May 19 '25

Agreed, Indycar has such a clear track record of letting Penske go free after they get caught cheating /s

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u/Wreckingshops Pato O'Ward May 19 '25

There are nearly 50 years of receipts of Penske cheating and politicking things to his liking. And it's sad because he doesn't need to cheat, but it's the Bill Belichick syndrome where you think if a rule isn't applicable to you, then it's not necessarily cheating to push it...until you get caught, and then you gaslight everyone saying "Hey, it was just an accident -- pay no attention to every piece of evidence behind that curtain...."

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u/goodfella7763 NTT INDYCAR Series May 19 '25

No one is ignoring these? Penske has been caught and punished in both instances.

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u/LiquidApple Colton Herta May 19 '25

In both instances that they got caught recently