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.

Team Penske has been hit with hefty penalties after an IndyCar investigation into technical violations regarding modified attenuators on the No. 2 and 12 cars of Josef Newgarden and Will Power. After the investigations confirmed the technical infraction,

Arrow McLaren driver Pato O'Ward: “They weren't accidentally doing it, because they had the blowtorch right there in order to get it [the car] out [on track]. Honestly, I feel for [Jacob] Abel and for everybody that did the Last Chance qualifying. Those cars [Penske entries] weren't in regulations.