Doug Boles admits “difficult conversations” after Indy500 controversies
IndyCar president summarises a dramatꦚic Indy 500 fallout

Doug Boles has admitted he had “difficult conversations” with “great people” after several dramas at𝓡 the Indy 500.
The build-up was dominated by grid penalties to Team Penske drivers Josef Newgarden andﷺ Will Power who failed technical inspections in qualifying.
Roger Penske then 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:let three executives go, including🤡 Tim Cindric, as rival owners questioned the team’s “integrity”.
After Alex Palou won the 109th Indy 500 on Sunday,168澳洲5最新开奖结果𒉰: three cars were removed from the initial results after failing technical inspections.
Marcu꧒s Ericsson, who had finished second, Kyle Kirkwood and Callum Ilott were demoted.
“We have an opportunity to grow the greatest series in the world,” IndyCar ♛president Boles said.
“This past wওeek I’ve had the oppor🎃tunity to get to know our people better.
“We have great teams, and great people, acros൲s the IndyCar series.
“Unfortunately I’ve had to have some difficult conversations with those great teams and those great people, iওncluding [Sunday night and Monday morning].”
Boles continued: “It’s a really difficult moment for all of us. But a💟 moment we can use to move🍨 forward.
“Our true character doesn’t come out when we win. It’s wh𒁏en we’re battling adversity.
“I want to give you🐽 a perfect example of the character of every driver in this paddock.
“I called 😼every driver who were being removed to the back row, and I gave them the opportunity to skip this year’s victory banqu🐟et.
“To a man, Marcus, Kyle and Callum said ‘we would no🌜t miss an opportunity to come to the ౠbanquet’.
“That🌄 tells you the character of the drivers in the seri🅺es.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ameriಞcan sports, to football, t🎀o F1.