Tim Cindric has made public feedback for the primary time since his Group Penske exit.
Roger Penske let go staff president Cindric – and Ron Ruzewski and Kyle Moyer – this week within the days after their main controversy in Indy 500 qualifying.
The vehicles of Will Energy and Josef Newgarden failed a technical inspection and weren’t allowed to qualify on Sunday.
They drop to the again of the grid as a punishment however the ramifications have been felt all through the IndyCar paddock.
Maybe no person has felt the brunt of it greater than Cindric, who has misplaced his job.
“It’s been a tremendous experience,” he posted to social media.
“Whereas my conscience stays clear by way of all the noise and accusations, I’m grateful to have so many nice folks to attract energy from in occasions like this.
“Nonetheless standing tall!”
Cindric’s message was a transparent trace that he didn’t deliberately violate any rule.
Nonetheless, he was caught up in a second scandal in two years. The ‘push to move’ controversy involving Penske continues to be contemporary within the reminiscence for IndyCar followers.
The most recent violation – which driver Energy insists had no efficiency acquire – created questions on Penske’s 2024 Indy 500 win by way of Newgarden.
Pato O’Ward, who was overtaken on the final lap a yr in the past by the victorious Newgarden, pointed a suspicious finger.
That prompted Roger Penske to problem a public assertion that their 2024 victory broke no guidelines and stays authentic.
A yr later, Newgarden and Energy are on the again of the 33-car discipline and Penske are underneath the microscope.
Their three drivers, together with Scott McLaughlin, have been handed new race strategists and engineers for the Indy 500 due to the exits of Cindric, Ruzewski and Moyer.
The outgoing trio got a vote of confidence by Energy, who claims that strain from rival staff homeowners compelled Roger Penske into making an enormous choice.
The 109th operating of the Indy 500 is on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
