Penske President Tim Cindric and three others have been suspended for two races by the racing brand’s owner since March for their roles in the cheating scandal.
The suspension means they will miss the Indy 500 on Memorial Day weekend.
Team managing director Ron Ruszewski, Newgarden engineer Luke Mason and senior data engineer Robbie Atkinson have all been suspended.
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NTT IndyCar Series driver Joseph New after winning the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 29, 2023 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Garden poses for a photo with car owner Roger Penske and team president Tim Cindric. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Penske driver and defending Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his March win last month for manipulating the push-to-pass system. His teammate Scott McLaughlin also finished third in the race and was disqualified.
Mr. Penske said Tuesday that an investigation by his general counsel found no “malicious intent by anyone” and blamed the incident on broken internal processes and miscommunication.
However, in the series, three Penske cars were able to use a software system to increase horsepower on starts and restarts, which was found to be against the rules.
NTT IndyCar Series driver Josef Newgarden with crew chief Tim Cindric after winning the Bomarito Automotive Group 500 at Worldwide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, August 20, 2022 and talk. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The push-to-pass feature is controlled by IndyCar and is disabled during starts and restarts where an additional boost of horsepower is illegal. Two weeks ago at Long Beach, a software glitch caused the software on all but three Penske entries to stop working. A subsequent IndyCar investigation found that the software had been used in the opening race, and Newgarden admitted three times to using it to his advantage.
Newgarden said he believes the rule changes will make P2P systems legal upon reboot. McLaughlin said he pressed the button out of habit and received no benefit from the horsepower increase, which took less than two seconds.
April 28, 2024. Birmingham, Alabama, USA. New Zealand Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin (3 years old) leads Australian Team Penske driver Will Power (12 years old) into the turn at Barber His Motorsport His Park. (Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports)
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McLaughlin used it once in St. Petersburg, but Will Power said he had never used it illegally. In addition to stripping Newgarden and McLaughlin of their Florida results, IndyCar also fined all three drivers $25,000 and gave them 10 points each.
In addition to the team, Penske also owns the IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which hosts legendary races.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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