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Will Power denies participating in Penske cheating scandal. Silence from Josef Newgarden
Will Power said Thursday he was unaware of any manipulations to Team Penske’s push-to-power system until after last weekend’s IndyCar race at Long Beach and never illegally used the mechanism. Team Penske is under heavy scrutiny following the March 10 season-opening race at St....
Josef Newgarden stripped of season-opening IndyCar victory for manipulating push-to-pass system
Team Penske was dealt a humiliating disqualification Wednesday when reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the IndyCar season-opening race for manipulating his push-to-pass system. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin, who finished third in the...
Jabil: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
ST PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — ST PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jabil Inc. (JBL) on Friday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $927 million. The St Petersburg, Florida-based company said it had profit of $7.31 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.68 per...
Superior Group: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Superior Group of Companies, Inc. (SGC) on Wednesday reported net income of $3.6 million in its fourth quarter. The St. Petersburg, Florida-based company said it had net income of 22 cents per share. The...
Ally of late Navalny accuses 'Putin’s henchmen' of attacking him in Lithuania, vows not to give up
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A close associate of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” on Wednesday of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized. Police said an assailant attacked Leonid Volkov on...
The Lionheart: Dan Wheldon documentary covers grief, loss, love and familial legacy
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It was 10 years after the death of their father that associates of filmmaker Laura Brownson brought her an article to read about the late Dan Wheldon. Standing below the monument on Dan Wheldon Way along the downtown St. Petersburg race course that...
Newgarden and Team Penske dominate IndyCar season opener amid criticism of series leadership
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Team Penske silenced recent criticism aimed at series leadership by dominating the IndyCar season-opening race with a Josef Newgarden win from the pole Sunday on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg. Pato O'Ward of Arrow McLaren Racing broke up the...
IndyCar resumes this weekend in downtown St. Petersburg following long and rocky offseason
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It has been six months since Alex Palou closed the IndyCar season with his second championship in three years and the time off has not been the smoothest for America’s open-wheel racing series. Honda publicly aired grievances with IndyCar, team owners...
Drone crash damages an apartment building in St Petersburg, Russia state media says
MOSCOW (AP) — A drone crashed into an apartment building in St. Petersburg Saturday morning, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. Six people received medical help after the explosion rocked the building, the agency said, citing the press service of the city’s...
American Coastal: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — American Coastal Insurance Corporation (ACIC) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $14.3 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Saint Petersburg,...
