Penske’s Newgarden, Power dropped to rear of Indianapolis 500 grid

Indianapolis-Two-Time defending indianapolis 500 Winner Josef Newgarden And Team Penske Teammate Will power Will have to start from the final two spots on the grid sunday after their tims without penalized for violating the rules during.

Indycar Also Announced Monday That The Team Strategists for the NOS. 2 and 12 have been suspened for the race; The cars will forfeit their quality points and pit box selections; And in the entries has been fined $ 100,000.

The troable began beefore the fast 12 Shootout Sunday when Rival Team Owner Chip Ganassi was among a chorus of competitors who accused team penske of cheating. They noticed unapproved changes have been made to the rear attenuator, a Safety device designed to absorb and deduce of impacts, and the assemblies with the modifications WOULD HAVE GIEND Penske cars an aerodynamic advantage in their four-Lap qualifying runs.

Tim Cindric, President of Penske’s Indycar Program, Are Power Passed Inspects But Officials Flagged Newgarden’s Car. He also said the modification was not on the car of Scott mclughlinWho had crashed in Practice aHead of Fast 12 Qualifying.

Newgarden and Power Had their Cars Pulled from the Qualifying Lineup, Effectively ending their chances at the pole.

Indycar president j. douglas boles initially Said Newgarden and Power Would join Mclughlin in Starting on the Fourth Row of the Race. But after the series gathered more facts overnight, newgarden and power were penalized to the rear of the field.

Mclaghlin will keep the 10th Starting Spot because his wrecked car was found to have used a legal attenuator.

“The integrity of the Indianapolis 500 is paramount, and this violation of the indycar rule against modification to this part and use it ‘as support’ is clear,” boles saaid. “The penalty should be more than the simply starting where the cars have qualified anyway, if the cars are belonged in the FIELD as Two of the Fastest 33, However, Starting on the Tail of The field is the apppropriate penalty in this instance. “