[autotag]Team Penske[/autotag] was caught cheating at St. Petersburg, and the consequences matched the crime. Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin were disqualified after Team Penske manipulated the Push to Pass parameters. Tim Cindric, the President of Team Penske, claimed it was an accident, but others are not convinced that was the case.
One IndyCar team owner, who was granted anonymity, talked to IndyStar and gave their opinion on Cindric’s statement. Overall, most of the team owners are upset and believe it is not true.
“The statement that Cindric put out is a bold-faced lie, and everyone knows that,” the IndyCar team owner said. “For teams to read that, it’s, ‘Are you kidding me?’ If you tell the lie enough times, it doesn’t make it true.”
This has been a massive story in racing over the week as Team Penske is arguably IndyCar’s most controversial team due to the conflict of interests. However, the damage has been for Newgarden, McLaughlin, and Team Penske. It remains seen how this story develops moving forward but it’s not going away anytime soon.
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