[CurtEgerer]

"We acknowledge and accept the penalty issued for being 1.8 lbs. under the required driver ballast weight," read a statement issued by the team. This was an unintentional oversight, and we take full responsibility for the mistake. Our car was, in fact, 10 lbs. over the minimum total weight, and the discrepancy in ballast was not intended to gain a competitive advantage."

I think Indycar may have taken into account the fact that the car was 10lbs overweight in deciding not to remove the 2nd place finish because obviously they were not trying to gain a weight advantage.