Tim Cindric

American racing driver
Tim Cindric
Cindric at the 2023 Indianapolis 500
Born (1968-04-20) April 20, 1968 (age 56)
Indianapolis
Alma materRose-Hulman Institute of Technology
OccupationCrew chief
Known forPresident of Team Penske

Timothy J Cindric (born April 20, 1968) is an American motorsports executive who is the President of Team Penske. He is the father of racing driver Austin Cindric.

Biography

A native of Indianapolis, he is an alumnus of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where he was a four-year basketball letterman in 1990.

Cindric served as the Team Manager for Team Rahal from 1994 to 1999, before joining Penske in October 1999. He was promoted to the position of president at Penske Racing in January 2006.[1] He also serves as strategist for the Penske-owned IndyCar teams of Will Power (through 2016) and Josef Newgarden (from 2017).[2] His teams won the IndyCar championship for the 2014, 2017 and 2019 seasons.[3]

His son Austin won the 2022 Daytona 500 and previously raced in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and Pirelli World Challenge, ARCA, and several NASCAR racing series. Austin currently races in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time for Team Penske, and was one of 5 drivers (along with Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Sam Hornish Jr.) to help Team Penske win the Xfinity Series Owner's Championship in 2017. In addition, Austin drove for Penske driver Keselowski's Brad Keselowski Racing full-time in the Camping World Truck Series in 2017.[4]

References

  1. ^ Cindric Promoted to Lead Penske Racing Operations, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology - Campus News, January 5, 2006
  2. ^ Alumnus Tim Cindric Helps Give Penske Racing a Winner's Edge Tim Cindric alumni bio at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  3. ^ Jeff Olson, What's next for IndyCar champion Will Power? USA Today Sports, August 31, 2014.
  4. ^ "CINDRIC TO DRIVE FULL TIME FOR BRAD KESELOWSKI RACING IN '17". NASCAR. November 11, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
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