Nolan Siegel Apologizes For Profanity-Laced Outburst After Penalty

Nolan Siegel apologized for a profanity-laced outburst on his in-car radio Sunday night that was critical of a penalty issued to him by race officials.

Nolan Siegel during INDYCAR race weekend at St. Louis 

During the race at World Wide Technology Raceway, Siegel was penalized with a drive-through penalty for blocking when being lapped by Scott McLaughlin, who had turned Siegel in the previous race at Detroit.

Siegel was not happy with the penalty, telling his team over the radio: "[Expletive] that [expletive]. Tell Penske to go [expletive] themselves. I want you to talk to them about that penalty. That’s [expletive] [expletive]."

McLaughlin drives for Team Penske, and Penske Entertainment operates the racing series.

"I had an outburst on the radio that should not have happened," Siegel said Wednesday on his Instagram story. "So I just want to apologize to everyone at Arrow McLaren, everyone on [my No.] 6 car, all of our partners, all of our fans that are here to support us.

"That was not a proud moment for me. It is something that I regret. And it was a mistake. I have a lot of respect for Scott, for Team Penske and everyone at INDYCAR that are doing their jobs to the best of their ability and doing a really good job."

McLaughlin posted on X that he and Siegel "had a good chat after the race." Siegel finished 19th in the race and sits 21st in the series standings.

"It’s a pressure cooker in INDYCAR," Siegel said. "It’s an extremely stressful situation. It was frustrating. I let that get to me when I shouldn’t have. I’m human. I make mistakes."

Arrow McLaren put out a statement saying team executives had talked to Siegel.

"At Arrow McLaren, we hold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism, respect and