Among the barrage of COVID-related changes affecting this year’s running of the Indianapolis 500, another break from tradition will take place on Sunday when Roger Penske is sans headset and missing from his timing stand. A fixture on Indy’s pit lane for most of Team Penske’s 51 years at the Speedway, the last time The Captain wasn’t found calling the race strategy shots for one of his drivers came during the contentious CART and Indy Racing League split from 1996-2000. After returning for the month of May in 2001 with Helio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran, Penske — now the owner of IndyCar and the Speedway — has recused himself from the four-car outfit’s on-track...
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