NASCAR’s judgments may have worked fine for them, but they haven’t always gone down well with the garage and fans. Their officiating history is not short of controversies, whether it was the 2013 “Spingate” Scandal at Richmond, or something as bizarre as Dale Jr being penalized for saying ‘sh-t’ on TV post-race in 2004. They have faced a lot of criticism in day-to-day officiating as well, which includes issues like how the yellow line penalties on superspeedways are often given unfairly or are biased. Whether NASCAR has learned from this or not, IndyCar surely has.

Roger Penske’s IndyCar officiating gets a revamp

Recently, Roger Penske-owned IndyCar made a huge announcement ahead of the 2026 season. The series will now have an independent, non-profit officiating system in place, run by t

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