Scott McLaughlin has now won 10 percent of Team Penske's 699 poles in racing as the IndyCar Series driver won his 70th total pole on March 1, 2025 at St. Petersburg.

The 2025 IndyCar Series season is approaching, and Scott McLaughlin may be a championship contender. He finished third in the 2024 points, even after a third-place finish in the season opener was disqualified. McLaughlin won three races and started the Indianapolis 500 from the pole.

Scott McLaughlin of Christchurch, New Zealand announced on February 28 that he has signed a contract extension with Team Penske's IndyCar team.

Scott McLaughlin and Team Penske reached a contract extension, announced Friday, and he won pole position a day later.

So (for Team Penske) to say that it was by mistake, why would you still have it in if you knew that you used it by mistake at the first race?” Last year, Michael Andretti didn’t hold back when he criticized Roger Penske after Team Penske’s controversial IndyCar push-to-pass scandal.

Scott McLaughlin won the 2022 IndyCar season opener in St. Pete from the pole. Can lightning strike again on Sunday?

Some new fathers in racing find themselves losing a couple tenths of a second, but Scott McLaughlin picked up a few on his way to pole at St. Pete.

Daughter Lucy was born in 2024. What does Scott McLaughlin drive? Scott McLaughlin exceled in the Australian Supercars series before joining Team Penske in 2021. He also races in IMSA.

Scott McLaughlin won pole position for the Grand Prix of St Petersburg. Image: James Black The Kiwi took to social