He won the pole with Italian team Prema Racing, a dominant European organization that this season expanded to IndyCar. Shwartzman has never before raced on an oval and will start alongside two-time winner Takuma Sato and Pato O’Ward, who lost to Newgarden on the last lap year.

Roger Penske personally told Will Power about the firings of Team Penske’s top three executives and the decision came after a sleepless night of contemplating how to handle a cheating scandal ahead of the Indianapolis 500.

The first half of the two-phase Indianapolis 500 qualifying procedure took place to set positions seven through 12, and the results were absolutely unexpected as all three Team Penske cars failed to turn a lap as a result of Scott McLaughlin’s crash a few hours earlier and a failure

Two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden has offered insight into why the current generation of IndyCar machines is proving more difficult to drive around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The two-time defending champ, who will start from the back on Sunday because of a modified part, posts a lap at 225.687 mph on Carb Day. Two-time winner Takuma Sato and teammate Graham Rahal