The Team
Key Personnel |
Rick Mears - Team Advisor |
Tim Cindric - President |
Kyle Moyer - General Manager |
Ron Ruzewski - Managing Director |
Ben Bretzman - McLaughlin Race Engineer |
Luke Mason - Newgarden Race Engineer |
David Faustino - Power Race Engineer |
Gavin Ward
Race Engineer, No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet
With
a strong and diverse background in international open-wheel racing,
Gavin Ward joined Team Penske as a race engineer in early 2018. Ward
worked with Brian Campe, who served as lead engineer for the No. 2
Hitachi Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet driven by Josef Newgarden, just
months after the team’s IndyCar Series championship in 2017. Since he
joined joining the team, Ward has been a part of 11 wins for the car
raced by Newgarden. The 2021 season will mark Ward’s third year guiding
the team’s program as lead race engineer.
Prior to joining Team
Penske, the Toronto native served as an aerodynamicist for three seasons
at Red Bull Racing in Formula One. Prior to that, he spent nearly a
decade working as an F1 engineer with drivers including David Coulthard,
Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo, as he was part of
three constructors’ titles. Ward also contributed to Ricciardo's F1 win
at Ward's home Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal during the 2014 season,
as well as the team's four drivers’ titles.
Ward joined the Red
Bull team as an intern and within just six months, he was brought
onboard full time as he worked in various roles, including trackside
control systems engineer, tire & vehicle dynamics engineer and as a
race engineer.
Ward began his journey in motorsports by
volunteering for a Formula Ford team headquartered just down the road
from his hometown of Toronto at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The track
was conveniently located next to his grandmother’s house. Ward went on
to attend Oxford Brookes – a prestigious school where many F1 engineers
learn their trade. While at the school, he earned the opportunity for
the internship at Red Bull Racing, which opened up the door to his
career in motorsports.
Ward resides in Davidson, N.C.