Penske has announced its new IndyCar team leadership structure, seven weeks on from the Indianapolis 500 scandal that prompted the departures of team president Tim Cindric, managing director Ron Ruzewski and general manager Kyle Moyer.
It has given two senior leaders from its Porsche sportscar programme new roles overseeing the IndyCar operation as well as the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship campaigns.
Jonathan Diuguid has been promoted from managing director of the sportscar team to president of Penske Racing, while sportscar team competition director Travis Law assumes the same role across IndyCar, WEC and IMSA.
Both are long-time Penske employees who have worked their way up through its ranks since joining in 2005 and 2007 respectively and had stints in its IndyCar team as a race engineer (Diuguid) and chief mechanic (Law).
Law was part of Josef Newgarden’s title-winning crew while Diuguid’s past roles include being Scott McLaughlin’s first IndyCar engineer.
"The opportunity to lead the Team Penske efforts across the IndyCar Series, IMSA and WEC is a tremendous responsibility, and the feeling of being trusted to lead these teams is a great honour," said Diuguid.
"After two decades working for Roger Penske, I truly know and understand what the Penske name means in the world of motorsports. The best way I know to show my appreciation to him for his trust is to ensure our success continues well into the future."
Cindric, Ruzekski and Moyer were all released by Penske amid the furore over the illegal modifications found on two of its cars during Indy 500 qualifying, a scandal made all the more controversial by Roger Penske’s ownership of both the team and the series, and which raised questions over IndyCar’s technical policing.
Penske has endured a rough IndyCar season so far, with its top driver in the championship - Will Power - only seventh and 189 points adrift of leader Alex Palou. Newgarden is down in 17th in the standings.
