Tim Cindric will be back in the timing stand for Team Penske as race strategist for Scott McLaughlin beginning in 2026. Instead of guiding the overall operation, Cindric returns to the timing stand as race strategist for Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin. Jonathan Diuguid assumed the role of President of Team Penske last July. “Six months ago, this isn’t something I thought I would have wanted to do,” Cindric told me. Because he had told Penske he wasn’t interested in pursuing that earlier, he wanted to let Penske know that he had changed his mind.