Siegel apologizes for WWTR outburst

Nolan Siegel looks like a youth pastor but can curse like a sailor.

We know this to be true after the 20-year-old let his unfiltered feelings be known Sunday night at World Wide Technology Raceway after receiving a drive-through penalty for blocking Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin.

The blatant effort to impede the Penske driver followed an unpleasant exchange at the previous race in Detroit, where McLaughlin hit Siegel from behind and ended the Arrow McLaren’s drivers day. McLaughlin also received a drive-through penalty and went on to finish 12th to Siegel’s 19th.

“Bull****. F****** bull****. Absolutely not. Absolutely not,” Siegel said over the radio while his No. 6 Chevy’s in-car camera feed was being live streamed after the penalty was issued. “He f****** takes me out at the last race and gets to f****** continue? No. F*** that s***. Tell Penske to go f*** themselves. I want you to talk to them about that penalty. That’s f****** bull****.”

On Wednesday, Siegel issued an apology.

“What happened on Sunday, I had an outburst on the radio that should not have happened,” he said. “So I just want to apologize to everyone at Arrow McLaren, everyone on the 6 car, all of our partners, all of our fans that are here to support us. And that was not a proud moment for me. It's something I regret, and it was a mistake. I have a lot of respect for Scott, for Team Penske, for everyone at IndyCar that are doing their jobs to the best of their ability and doing a really good job.

“And, yeah, it's a pressure cooker in IndyCar. It's an extremely stressful situation. It was frustrating, and I let that get to me when I shouldn't have. I'm human. I make mistakes. I made a mistake, and unfortunately, in a series like IndyCar, we're on a big stage, and that happened to be on live TV, and it's not something I'm proud of. I think we all make mistakes. I made one on Sunday, and I'm going to learn from it, and I'm going to move forward."