Scott McLaughlin Bio

Scott McLaughlin continued his evolution from a championship-winning touring car driver to an NTT INDYCAR SERIES superstar in 2025 by showing leadership necessary for the team to find its footing after a mid-season shakeup. Despite not winning a race for the first time since his rookie campaign in 2021, the New Zealander was consistently competitive throughout the season to finish in the top 10 in the final standings for the fourth consecutive season. He will again compete in 2026 with the backing of an outstanding partner lineup that includes DEX, XPEL, PPG, AAA Travel, Gallagher, Pennzoil, Sonsio, Odyssey Battery and Freightliner as he looks to return to race-winning form.

McLaughlin began the 2025 season by winning the NTT P1 Award at St. Petersburg, extending his Team Penske record of 70 career pole positions. With four top five finishes in the first five races of the year, the 2024 Indianapolis 500 pole winner was ready for another solid month of May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. However, despite not being part of the qualifying controversy that engulfed his teammates, McLaughlin dealt with the loss of his race strategist, Kyle Moyer, when the top three Team Penske INDYCAR executives were dismissed in the fallout of the qualifying drama. After navigating the ripple effect of the changes following the Indianapolis 500, McLaughlin and the No. 3 Chevrolet team entered a lull in their season until regrouping at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Roun 14 of the championship. McLaughlin scored top 10 finishes over the final four races of the season - including a pair of third place finishes at Milwaukee and Nashville to end the year - to give the team plenty of momentum heading into 2026.

McLaughlin joined Team Penske in 2017, signing on with the DJR Team Penske (DJRTP) squad as a rising star racing in the ultra-competitive Australian Supercars Championship. He proceeded to take the Supercars world by storm as McLaughlin produced 48 wins, 59 pole positions and three championships over the next four seasons with the team. In 2019, he also delivered a victory for Team Penske in one of the biggest races in the world - the Bathurst 1000. Over the course of his nine-year

Following one of the most successful stints in the history of Australian Supercars, McLaughlin jumped at the chance to move to the United States and compete full-time for Team Penske in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES in 2021. Racing the No. 3 Chevrolet, McLaughlin captured the INDYCAR SERIES Rookie of the Year Award, as he became the first Team Penske driver to win the honor since its inception in 1979. In his five INDYCAR seasons competing for Team Penske, McLaughlin has scored seven wins, and his 10 NTT P1 Pole Awards have extended his reign as the best qualifier in team history when including his Supercars career totals.

McLaughlin resides in Charlotte, N.C. with his wife Karly and their daughter Lucy. A proud sports fan, McLaughlin has adopted the Carolina Panthers as his favorite NFL team, and he also follows the University of Wisconsin Badgers college football team. McLaughlin continues to root for New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team, and he is an avid golfer.

McLaughlin Key Accomplishments
• Produced Team Penske's best NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship result in both 2023 and 2024, finishing third in the final series standings each year
• Won the NTT P1 Award for the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 in May of 2024 with a record-setting four-lap average speed of 234.220 mph
• Became first Team Penske driver to win the NTT INDYCAR SERIES Rookie-of-the-Year Award after strong debut season in 2021
• Ranked second on Team Penske's all-time wins (55) list and produced the most pole positions (69) in team history entering 2025
• Crowned Australian Supercars Champion in 2018, 2019 and 2020
• Won 56 races and 76 poles while producing 106 podium finishes during Supercars career
• Established Supercars former single-season record 18 wins en route to the 2019 series title
• Earned Team Penske's first win in the legendary Bathurst 1000 race in 2019, winning from the pole
• Captured the 2013 Mike Kable Young Gun Award presented to the top rookie racer after finishing 10th in his first Supercars Championship season
• Awarded the coveted Barry Sheene Medal in 2014, 2016 and 2020 recognizing leadership, character and fan appeal in the Supercars Championship
• Made NTT INDYCAR SERIES debut in the 2020 season finale in St. Petersburg