An already disastrous weekend is now worse for Team Penske's IndyCar program. After Scott McLaughlin crashed and both Will Power and Josef Newgarden's cars were found to have failed pre-qualifying inspection ahead of pole qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday,

IndyCar stripped both cars of points earned in qualifying, fined both teams $100,000 and suspended the strategists for the remainder of the month. It means Cindric and team managing director Ron Ruzewski will miss the Indy 500 for a second consecutive year.