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Concord, NC-his father among those released by motor owner Roger Penske after the second high-profile offense in about a year by Team Penske in the Indycar series, Austin Cindric had to face the situation from a personal and professional point of view.
“Racing can be a cruel industry,” Cindric said on Saturday. “It (also) can be an incredibly rewarding industry.”
This week showed how difficult it could be. The IndyCar teams from Penke were found in Indianapolis to violate a rule that prohibits any form of modification to a safety item with the car. Although the change is not deemed to provide any benefit, it comes a little over a year after a high-profile offense about the push-to-fitting system with the PenSke cars.
With the ownership of Penke of the series, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and teams competing in the Indycar series, the offenses expressed concern among equity over equity. Penke replied with the layoffs.
Jeff Gordon addresses Kyle Larson’s journey of the Indianapolis 500 to the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday.
Among those who were released was Austin’s father, Tim, who has been with the organization since 1999.
As the move scrambled, Austin Cindric had to put the event behind him.
“Professionally, I’m in a different place than I was a week ago,” he said.
His focus is on Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 (18:27 et Green Flag on Prime). He starts 14th. Logano starts 16th. Blaney starts 21st.
Logano and Cindric each have a win in the last three cup racing. Cindric won at Talladega. Logano won at Texas earlier this month.
“I feel like we have a lot of momentum in our team on the 2 car now,” says Cindric, a winner of Daytona 500. “I’ve never felt better. I’ve never had a better start of a season. For me, I’m just more focused on execution. ‘
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Earlier this week, Penke traveled to the team’s shop in Mooresville, North Carolina, to meet the managers and crew heads of the organization and also with the rest of the employees.
“Roger is our leader,” Ryan Blaney said on Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday. “We follow him, no matter where he is going. I’m going to have Roger’s back every time, regardless of the situation. I talk to him every week.
“If something like this happens and he wants to fly to Charlotte and hold a meeting with everyone, just to give us an understanding of his mindset and what they are going to do, and where their positioning is, it’s just a kind of leader you want. Someone who is in it is a very open book as far as he feels. If someone who works for him and drives for him, I’m nothing less, because the kind of Roger is always’ ‘.’
Kyle Larson begins second in his attempt to run both Indy 500 and Coke 600 Sunday.
With such a dramatic staff change, it would be easy for some to wonder how it could filter in the Nascar program and what Cindric, Blaney, Joey Logano does.
“I’m not worried that there can be side effects as far as our team goes,” Blaney said.
Logano said the organization should post this episode behind it.
“At this point it’s a shame, but we have to move forward,” he said. “It’s something that happened and we have to stay at the windshield as Roger always says.”
