Also a reminder that this weekend is the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500! It's after the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. The Indy 500 will probably be a helluva lot more exciting than Monaco....
INDIANAPOLIS -- IndyCar is exploring the creation of an independent governing body absent of any Roger Penske employees in the wake of the Team Penske cheating scandal ahead of the Indianapolis 500.
Penske owns three-car Team Penske, IndyCar, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500. On Wednesday, he fired his top three racing executives after two of its cars were found to be illegal ahead of the second round of Indy 500 qualifying.
Also a reminder that this weekend is the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500! It's after the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. The Indy 500 will probably be a helluva lot more exciting than Monaco. The drama alone from Team Penske is quite spicy already!
I think they are really only doing this because of the optics, because honestly, I think they've done a pretty good job from the Indycar officiating side. In the past year and a bit, we've had 1...
I think they are really only doing this because of the optics, because honestly, I think they've done a pretty good job from the Indycar officiating side.
In the past year and a bit, we've had 1 team get caught twice doing some against the rules. Both times, they were pretty severely punished.
It seems like the real problem is that technical inspection is not as thorough as it should be. I don't know whether that's a manpower issue or a process issue, but 5 cars only getting caught way after the fact is too many.
Also a reminder that this weekend is the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500! It's after the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. The Indy 500 will probably be a helluva lot more exciting than Monaco. The drama alone from Team Penske is quite spicy already!
I think they are really only doing this because of the optics, because honestly, I think they've done a pretty good job from the Indycar officiating side.
In the past year and a bit, we've had 1 team get caught twice doing some against the rules. Both times, they were pretty severely punished.
It seems like the real problem is that technical inspection is not as thorough as it should be. I don't know whether that's a manpower issue or a process issue, but 5 cars only getting caught way after the fact is too many.