Santino Ferrucci once made a typo in a social media post in which he incorrectly spelled Josef Newgarden’s first name.
Newgarden, a two-time IndyCar champion at the time, quickly responded to Ferrucci, who does not drive for a powerhouse such as Team Penske.
“It’s Josef(asterisk)” he wrote two years ago. “At Penske, we care about details.”
It was a zinger that earned Newgarden scorn at the time for his arrogance to a driver on a lesser team. But he was being honest — attention to detail is next level under Roger Penske’s watchful eye — and that’s what makes the cheating scandal that has rocked IndyCar so troubling.
IndyCar last week disqualified Newgarden’s victory and teammate Scott McLaughlin’s third-place finish in the March season-opening race because it realized weeks later that the Team Penske push-to-pass software had been illegally used by both drivers during restarts.
2 hikers drown after falling into creek on Tennessee trail
European nations with Patriot missiles hesitate to give the air defense systems to Ukraine
William Nylander misses second straight game for Maple Leafs
Report urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse
Scarred UNESCO World Heritage site Jiuzhaigou recovers after quake
Analysis: How Inter Milan won its 20th Serie A title and Inzaghi his first as coach
Biden administration tightens rules for obtaining medical records related to abortion
Nelly Korda puts bid for 6th straight victory on hold after withdrawing from Los Angeles tourney
Molly Sims looks red hot in flirty polka
Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools
EU, Finnish leaders call for de
Analysis: How Inter Milan won its 20th Serie A title and Inzaghi his first as coach