Penske Corporation has no “imminent” plan to outsource officiating in IndyCar to an independent body despite a potential conflict of intere🃏st arising from its participation in the series.

The IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway were purchased by Penske Corporatioꦛn in 2019 and placed under its subsidiary Penske Entertainment.

The US conglomerate also competes i🅺n the championship it owns via Team Penske and currently fields three Chevrolet-powered cars for Josef Newgarden, Scott McLa🌃ughlin and Will Power.

IndyCar - and hence Penske Corporation - is directly responsible for officiating its series, unlike Formula 1 or MotoG🤪P, where commercial and regulatory matters are handled by different organisations.

There has been a general desire from various quarters to introduce a ไseparate body that manages the on-track action.

However, Penske Corporation president Bud Denker has suggested that𝐆 the organisation will continue to have full control over officiating the series for the foreseeable future.

“It’s been tossed around since we 🧸bought bought the series,” Deꦡnker, who is Roger Penske’s right-hand man, told .

“You’re not goin♎g to see anything that’s imminent regarding that at all, because we trust what’s going on with [race director] Kyle [Novak] and race control and all they do and the rules they make and the stewarding they make. There’s nothing imminent on the horizon.”

There has been no unease over Penske’s ownership of IndyCar in recent months. However, at the Indianapolis 500 in 2023, the race control waved the green flag without a full warm-up lap. This played into the hands 🐻of Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden, who was able to overtake Chip Ganassi rival Marcus Ericsson and score his maiden Indy 500 win.