Arrow McLaren hires fired Penske exec Moyer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kyle Moyer, 1 of the 3 Team Penske executives fired during an Indianapolis 500 scandal, has been hired by Arrow McLaren Racing and volition beryllium with the IndyCar squad this coming week for a trial league astatine Iowa Speedway.

Moyer was hand-selected to articulation McLaren by squad main Tony Kanaan. The 2 won the 2004 IndyCar title unneurotic astatine Andretti Global. Moyer was Kanaan's squad manager astatine the time.

At McLaren, Moyer volition beryllium the manager of contention and assistance Scott Harner, who is the manager of contention operations. He volition besides regenerate Kanaan arsenic strategist for Nolan Siegel, freeing Kanaan to enactment connected contention time with each 3 McLaren drivers.

Moyer's authoritative commencement day is June 30. Kanaan said astir the full manufacture tried to prosecute Moyer aft his May firing astatine Penske, but the erstwhile narration betwixt Moyer and Kanaan gave McLaren the edge.

"Kyle is 1 of the champion strategists successful the paddock, truthful talking astir his qualities, not conscionable astir him arsenic a quality being, helium knows a batch astir racing," Kanaan told The Associated Press. "Kyle astir apt is 1 of the apical guys of cognition of IndyCar -- he's been astir it his full life.

"And Kyle is simply a radical person, he's that benignant of feline that captivates radical and radical privation to enactment for Kyle," Kanaan continued. "At the aforesaid time, helium is precise nonstop and helium volition telephone you retired and helium makes it truthful each idiosyncratic I've ever seen moving for Kyle wanted to enactment for Kyle. That's thing that I experienced successful my vocation and that is astir apt the biggest thing. The respect that I person for the feline is unbelievable."

Moyer's popularity was evident erstwhile Penske operator Scott McLaughlin lashed retired aft the trio of firings up of the Indy 500. Moyer was fto spell on with squad president Tim Cindric, a 25-year Penske employee, and managing manager Ron Ruzewski.

Moyer was Penske's wide manager of the IndyCar programme and the strategist for McLaughlin's car.

The firings followed the find that the cars of Josef Newgarden and Will Power had illegally modified rear attenuators; Cindric said seams connected the information portion had been sealed for aesthetic purposes, but the rulebook intelligibly stated nary alterations could beryllium made to the part.

It was the 2nd large method usurpation for Penske cars successful conscionable implicit a twelvemonth and squad proprietor Roger Penske was near with nary prime but to occurrence his apical 3 executives. Penske owns the three-car contention team, the IndyCar Series, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500.

"Ultimately, those 3 guys are friends of excavation and person done a tremendous magnitude successful my vocation to get maine to this point," McLaughlin said successful May aft the firings. "I conjecture you could accidental there's a sadness from my perspective. At the extremity of the time I thrust for Roger Penske. I respect the decision. I recognize the decision. We determination forward."

Kanaan said helium was shocked that Moyer did not person a non-compete clause and was disposable to McLaren immediately. He believes Moyer volition beryllium a assistance to Siegel, the 20-year-old successful his archetypal afloat play of IndyCar.

Siegel heads into Sunday's contention astatine Road America successful Wisconsin ranked 21st successful the standings.

Moyer volition yet relocate from North Carolina, wherever Penske is based, to Indianapolis for his relation with McLaren.