IndyCar penalized Team Penske for issues with their cars. Two-time defending Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden and Will Power will start at the back of the 33-car field.

Twice-reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden was planning to qualify for this year's race over the weekend when he and Penske teammate Will Power failed their pre-qualifying inspections.

The paddock remains discontent with Roger Penske's roles in the IndyCar series after another scandal bringing conflict of interest concerns into full view.

Issues discovered on Penske's Nos. 2 and 12 cars Sunday was also displayed on Newgarden's 500-winning car last year displayed at the IMS Museum.

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 teams were penalized for violating the rules during qualifying weekend.

Josef Newgarden and Will Power will start from the back at the Indy 500 after the latest rules violation involving Team Penske.

Scott McLaughlin crashed, Newgarden and Will Power failed inspection, and the three Penske drivers who swept the front row for last year's 500 will now start in the fourth row.

Qualifying day for the Indianapolis 500 turned into a Team Penske disaster when all three of its cars were denied a chance to run for the pole

Jacob Abel, a Louisville native, was bumped by his own teammate on Sunday. Then penalties were handed to Josef Newgarden, Will Power and Penske and others called for Abel to run in the 500.