horsepower

The Colorado has just a single turbocharged four-cylinder that produces 237 horsepower; an upgraded version is also available with 310 horsepower.

He had too much else to worry about, Newgarden insisted, and helping his boss understand how Newgarden illegally used extra boosts of horsepower to win the March opening race was a bigger priority.

Some six weeks after Newgarden’s victory in St. Petersburg, Florida, IndyCar discovered the three Penske cars had an illegal version of the push-to-pass software installed that allowed their drivers to use the horsepower boost when no others in the field had access to the advantage.

The drivers were found to have illegally used their push-to-pass boost of additional horsepower when it was not allowed.

IndyCar detected about six weeks after Newgarden’s victory in March that he and McLaughlin illegally accessed a boost of horsepower when they were not permitted.