As IndyCar heads to Portland this weekend, the No. 4 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet of Caio Collet and the No. 12 Staff Penske Chevrolet of David Malukas have been issued a six-place grid penalty.
The penalty is because of an unapproved engine change, which the groups needed to make after crashes at Nashville. Collet suffered a serious crash throughout the race, whereas Malukas crashed closely in observe. The Penske driver was even transported to a neighborhood hospital, and is coping with a sore knee.
IndyCar qualifying is ready to happen on Saturday, at 7pm EST with the race to comply with at 4pm EST on Sunday. Portland kicks off the ultimate month of racing within the 2026 IndyCar season, with simply 4 races left after this weekend’s race.
Malukas enters Portland second within the championship standings, 83 factors behind Alex Palou. Kyle Kirkwood is simply 4 factors behind Malukas in third.
The No. 12 Penske entry is the defending winner of this race, however that was with Will Energy. Malukas remains to be trying to find his first profession win as an IndyCar driver after eight podiums. That features a runner-up outcome within the closest end in Indianapolis 500 historical past, shedding the 2026 version of the race to Felix Rosenqvist by a mere 0.023s.
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