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Just over 25 years after he was hired by Roger Penske to run 'The Captain's' racing organization, Tim Cindric has stepped down from his day-to-day role as team president.

Tim Cindric, president of Team Penske and Roger Penske's longtime right-hand man on competition, will step back as the overall leader of the organization but remain president of the IndyCar program. Cindric joined Penske in 1999 and oversaw the operations in NASCAR, IndyCar, and sports car racing in IMSA and the World Endurance Championship series. Team Penske is coming off a banner 2024 season in which it won the Rolex 24 at Daytona, a second consecutive Indianapolis 500, its third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series championship, and the IMSA and WEC titles.

NASCAR is back, old-school style, as 2025 opens with a return to the “Mecca of Madhouse” for Sunday night’s preseason Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. The Winston-Salem quarter-mile notorious for its rough-and-tumble racing style and numerous fights will host its first Cup Series event since 1971 with the non-points exhibition race. “I think it’s great that the location is changing, and I think it should change every year,” Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman said.