Massive Indy 500 Penalty: AJ Foyt and DRR Cars Thrown to the Back of the Grid
IndyCar officiating just completely ripped up the bottom of the Indianapolis 500 starting grid. Just hours after the grueling, condensed Sunday qualifying sessions came to a close, the series dropped the hammer on two teams. The official NTT INDYCAR SERIES account posted a breaking update announcing severe post-qualifying technical inspection penalties for the No.
4 entry of AJ Foyt Racing and the No. 24 entry of Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. The punishment is absolute.
IndyCar confirmed that both cars had their qualifying results entirely disallowed. As a result, the No. 4 and the No.
24 have been re-ordered to the absolute rear of the field based strictly on entrant points. For the Foyt team, this is an especially brutal blow. Rookie Caio Collet had shocked the paddock by hauling the No.
4 machine into the Fast 12 and securing a 10th-place start. DRR’s Jack Harvey had originally qualified 29th. Now, both drivers are facing a massive uphill battle from the last row on race day.