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Team Penske

Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional auto racing organization, competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, and the FIA World Endurance Championship. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona,[1] the organization has also competed in various other types of professional racing such as Formula One, Can-Am, Trans Am, IMSA and Australian Supercars. Altogether, Team Penske has earned over 500 victories and over 40 championships in all of auto racing.[2] Team Penske is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske. The team president is Tim Cindric.

Team Penske
Owner(s)Roger Penske (Penske Corporation)
Principal(s)Tim Cindric
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesIndyCar Series
NASCAR Cup Series
FIA World Endurance Championship
Race driversIndyCar Series:
2. Josef Newgarden
3. Scott McLaughlin
12. Will Power
Cup Series:
2. Austin Cindric (R)
12. Ryan Blaney
22. Joey Logano
FIA World Endurance Championship:
5. Dane Cameron
Emmanuel Collard
Felipe Nasr
SponsorsIndyCar Series:
2. Hitachi, PPG, Shell
3. DEX Imaging, XPEL, Snap-On, Sonsio, Pennzoil, Gallagher Insurance, Odyssey Battery, Freightliner Trucks
12. Verizon
Cup Series:
2. Discount Tire, Menards (Quaker State, Knauf Insulation, Moen, Sylvania, Libman, Monster Energy, Cardell, Atlas Roofing, Duracell, Richmond Water Heaters, Maytag), AutoTrader.com, Freightliner Trucks, Keystone Light, Snap-On
12. Menards (Peak, Pennzoil, Maytag, Richmond Water Heaters, Dutch Boy Paint, Jack Links, Knauf Insulation, Libman, Duracell, Moen, Cardell, Tarkett), Würth, Bodyarmor, Advance Auto Parts, Wabash National, Dent Wizard, Discount Tire
22. Shell Pennzoil, AAA, Verizon, AutoTrader.com
FIA World Endurance Championship:
5. Penske Truck Rental
ManufacturerIndyCar: Chevrolet
NASCAR: Ford
FIA World Endurance Championship: Oreca
Career
DebutIndyCar Series:
1968 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Cup Series:
1972 Winston Western 500 (Riverside)
Xfinity Series:
1997 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 (Fontana)
Craftsman Truck Series:
1996 Craftsman 200 (Portland)
ARCA Racing Series:
2000 Flagstar 200 (Michigan)
Latest raceIndyCar Series:
2022 Honda Indy 200 (Mid-Ohio)

Cup Series:
2022 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)

Xfinity Series:
2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
Craftsman Truck Series:
1996 GM Goodwrench/AC Delco 300 (Phoenix)
ARCA Racing Series:
2016 AnywhereIsPossible 200 (Pocono)
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 41
USAC: 9
IndyCar Series: 6
CART: 9
Cup Series: 3
Xfinity Series: 2
IMSA (DPi): 2
ALMS (LMP2): 3
VASC: 3
Can-Am: 2
USRRC: 2
Indy 500 victories18 (1972, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2019)
Race victoriesIndyCar Series: 230
Cup Series: 138
Xfinity Series: 81
Pole positionsIndyCar Series: 293
Cup Series: 135
Xfinity Series: 74
Former logo used until 2013.
Team Penske No. 2 hauler set for parade down Las Vegas Strip – 2015

IndyCar Series

Team Penske currently fields three cars: the No. 2 Hitachi Dallara/Chevrolet for Josef Newgarden, the No. 3 DEX Imaging Dallara/Chevrolet driven by Scott McLaughlin, and the No. 12 Verizon Dallara/Chevrolet driven by Will Power. Notable past drivers include 4-time Indianapolis 500 winners Al Unser, Rick Mears, and Helio Castroneves. Prior to the 2022 race, Team Penske has won the Indy 500 a record 18 times. The team has won the series championship 16 times.[3]

The open-wheel racing portion of Penske Racing had been based in Reading, Pennsylvania since 1973 with the cars, during the Formula One and CART era, being constructed in Poole, Dorset, England, which was also the base for the F1 team.[4][5] On October 31, 2005, Penske Racing announced after the 2006 IRL season, they would consolidate IRL and NASCAR operations at the team's Mooresville North Carolina facility;[6] with the flooding in Pennsylvania in 2006, the team's operations were moved to Mooresville earlier than expected.

IndyCar history

Early days

 
Bobby Unser's Penske Indy car.

Roger Penske has been involved with IndyCar racing since 1968, when his team first fielded a stock block-powered Eagle with Mark Donohue. The organization first competed at Indianapolis in 1969, and within three years had become the team to beat, winning the race with Donohue in 1972. In 1978, Penske along with Pat Patrick, Dan Gurney, and several other team owners who had been participating in USAC events involving cars known as Champ Cars and IndyCars formed Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). As of June 27, 2018, Penske Racing has won the Indianapolis 500 17 times, won the Indianapolis 500 pole position 17 times, as well as 200 open wheel IndyCar wins in USAC, CART and IRL (as of May 19, 2018), 29 of which are in 500-Mile Races and 13 open-wheel championships. Penske Racing has 1,463 starts in IndyCar races, 231 pole positions, 71 wins from pole, 47 double wins of which 8 are 1–2–3 finishes from the Pocono race on June 26, 1977, to January 1, 2015.

Oldsmobile and Chevrolet engines era

In 2001, Team Penske marked its return to the Indy 500 after a five-year absence due to the open wheel split, after the 1995 PPG IndyCar World Series season with an Oldsmobile engines. Later, in 2001 Roger Penske announced he would leave CART for the 2002 IRL IndyCar Series season with Chevrolet engines.

Toyota works engines (2003–2005)

As Toyota confirmed defection from CART Champ Car to IRL IndyCar Series, the team switched to full-works Toyota engines from 2003 season onwards as it was announced on April 2, 2002.[7] The team's partnership with Toyota engines started well in 2003 including winning the 2003 Indianapolis 500 in the hands of Gil de Ferran. However, Team Penske's Toyota partnership started to decline in 2004 by scoring only two wins, five pole positions, and three fastest laps compared to 2003 due to driver errors and also incidents. The team also resurged slightly in 2005 with just only three wins and two pole positions.

Honda works engines (2006–2011)

On October 31, 2005, it was announced that Team Penske ended their engine deal with Toyota which included Toyota's exit from IndyCar Series and reforged their historical full-works partnership with Honda with an initial five-year deal as Honda increased its IndyCar Series partnership role to exclusive global engine partner.[8] Penske had collaborated with Honda engines in the 2000–2001 CART Champ Car season. After a prolonged period, the team announced Hélio Castroneves and Sam Hornish Jr. as their official race drivers. Despite the Honda partnership, Penske had a de facto direct Honda factory support, with engines coming straight from the Japanese company's racing division in Japan and the United States including tune-up support from Ilmor Engineering in Plymouth, Michigan. The partnership started well in 2006, winning the 2006 Indianapolis 500 and 2006 IndyCar Series titles at the hands of Sam Hornish Jr..

Penske retained their Castroneves - Hornish Jr. pair for the 2007 season. The second year of the renewed Honda partnership was much more promising than the first with the team coming close to defending their Indianapolis 500 victory, as well as their IndyCar Series driver and team titles. However, the team slumped, scoring only two victories due to driver errors and incidents. The team failed to win major IndyCar silverware for the first time since the 2005 season. On November 9, 2007, Sam Hornish Jr. announced he would depart from IndyCar Series to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving full-time for the 2008 season[9] with Team Penske American Le Mans Series confirming Porsche LMP2 driver Ryan Briscoe as Castroneves's new teammate for 2008 on November 13, 2007.[10]

Team Penske started the 2008 season poorly but Hélio Castroneves posted five top-four finishes (including two 2nd-place finishes) to start the year. Meanwhile, Ryan Briscoe was forced to adapt the Penske IndyCar car, as Briscoe was entering his first season with Team Penske after spending two years as an IndyCar part-timer whilst he raced in the Champ Car World Series in 2006 and later the American Le Mans Series in 2007. Ryan Briscoe finally scored his first win at the Milwaukee Mile while Castroneves claimed his first 2008 win in Infineon Raceway. Castroneves nearly won the championship at Chicagoland Speedway, but Scott Dixon finished in 2nd place to ensure his 2008 IndyCar Series driver's title.

For 2009, Verizon Wireless, joined ExxonMobil (McLaren's then fuel and lubricant partner) as associate sponsors, and the team was billed as Verizon Championship Racing. The third car was driven by Will Power (originally a substitute for Castroneves) and carried the No. 12 and featured primary sponsorship of both the Verizon Wireless brand and Roger Penske's truck rental business.

For the 2010 season, the team entered their fifth year of its Penske-Honda partnership with Will Power promoted to a full-time Penske seat alongside Castroneves and Briscoe. Team Penske became a three-car team for the first time since 1994, with the addition of a full-time team for Power. Team Penske started the 2010 season in style by winning the first three races of the season. Will Power challenged for the driver's title until suspension failure in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway robbed him of a shot at the championship. Penske ended up finishing the 2010 season with nine wins, thirteen pole positions, and six fastest laps (mostly by Will Power).

On 12 November 2010, Penske confirmed that they would end their partnership with Honda at the end of the 2011 season and use engines supplied by Chevrolet for the 2012 season. For the 2011 season, the team entered their sixth and final year of its Penske-Honda partnership. Penske's trio of Castroneves-Briscoe-Power remained for the second consecutive year while the team lost the ExxonMobil sponsorship to Stewart-Haas Racing's NASCAR team in favor of Shell and Pennzoil as their official motor oil partner. The team started well with two victories from Will Power in the first five races. Power captured his first oval win at Texas Motor Speedway and came into the season finale at Las Vegas 18 points behind leader Dario Franchitti. However, on lap 11 of the race, Power was collected in a fiery 15-car crash that killed defending Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon. The race was cut short in Wheldon's honor and the championship points stood as they had to enter Las Vegas, giving Franchitti his third consecutive driver's title (and fourth overall). Penske finished the 2011 season with six victories, all from Will Power, while Castroneves and Briscoe went winless.

Return to Chevrolet works engines (2012–present)

Roger Penske announced a switch to full-works General Motors-owned Chevrolet engines for the 2012 IndyCar Series season onwards and thus Team Penske earned a full-factory support from General Motors and Chevrolet and also Team Penske received free engines formally from Ilmor and Chevrolet as Roger Penske has a shares at Ilmor Engineering Ltd..[11] Once again, Penske would dominate the early portion of the season, winning 4 consecutive races, with Castroneves taking the season opener at St. Petersburg, and Power capturing wins at Barber, Long Beach, and São Paulo. Briscoe would have struggles throughout the season but managed to find victory lane at Sonoma. However, Power would come up short in the championship after a crash at the season finale. Briscoe left the team after 2012 for other opportunities.

In 2014, Will Power took the IndyCar Championship for Team Penske after 3 concurrent runner up finishes in 2010–2012.[12]

The 2015 season started well for Team Penske, Juan Pablo Montoya won the first race of the season, his second win for Penske since he arrived from NASCAR in 2014, with teammates Will Power, Helio Castroneves, and Simon Pagenaud (first season with the team) finishing 2nd, 4th, and 5th. Power got a win at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis in the 5th race of the season and just 2 weeks later, the Colombian Montoya won the Indy 500 leading again teammate Will Power. Juan Pablo Montoya would lose the championship in the final race on a tie-breaker to Scott Dixon.[13]

Team Penske would go on to dominate 2016, filling the top 3 positions in the final standings. Capping the season with a dominating race victory, Simon Pagenaud won his first IndyCar championship, becoming the ninth Penske driver to be crowned champion. Roger Penske's organization claimed its 14th such title and its second in three years (Power won in '14).[14]

In 2017 Team Penske signed Josef Newgarden from Ed Carpenter Racing and would secure back-to-back IndyCar championships with Newgarden winning his first in 2017. Newgarden won a second championship for the team in 2019 while Will Power and Simon Pagenaud respectively won back-to-back Indianapolis 500s in 2018 and 2019. In 2020 the team would win the most races of any team in the IndyCar series but did not win the Indianapolis 500 or secure the IndyCar championship, with Newgarden being unable to defend his title against Scott Dixon.

In 2021 Team Penske expanded again to four-time cars. The year also marked the arrival of three-time Supercars champion and former DJR Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin to the team, marking the first time Team Penske had signed a driver without any open-wheel experience to compete in their open-wheel racing program since Rick Mears signed to compete with the team in 1978. 2021 would be a difficult season for Team Penske. While McLaughlin was given time to adapt to IndyCar racing all three of the team's former champions would see their worst years with Team Penske. Both Will Power and Josef Newgarden recorded the lowest win totals of their Team Penske tenures in 2021 and had easy victories at Detroit and Road America taken away from them in the closing laps due to mechanical failures, while Simon Pagenaud was only able to record two third-place finishes as his best result of the year.[15][16] The team also recorded their worst Indianapolis 500 a performance in a nearly twenty years; none of Team Penske's drivers qualified inside the top fifteen, Will Power was almost bumped from the starting lineup, and their best result was a third-place via a late charge by Simon Pagenaud. A bright spot for the team was their partnership with all-female operated Paretta Autosport team for the 2021 Indianapolis 500; Team Penske prepped a chassis leased from Juncos Racing and helped the team qualify Simona De Silvestro at the last spot on the starting lineup, though De Silvestro and the Penske prepped car would fail to finish the race. Scott McLaughlin would be named both IndyCar and Indianapolis 500 Rookie Of The Year while Josef Newgarden was able to finish in second place in the championship for a second consecutive season.

For 2022 Simon Pagenaud departed the team for Meyer Shank Racing, bringing Team Penske back down to three full-time IndyCar entries. The team would forge a technical alliance with the newly rebranded Juncos Hollinger Racing, who would be competing in IndyCar for their first full-time season. The partnership with Juncos would be similar to the alliance between Andretti Autosport and the aforementioned Meyer Shank Racing, where Penske would provide parts and certain setup data to Juncos and potentially lease one of their chassis to Juncos on a part-time basis. The team would struggle again at the Indianapolis 500 but their overall form would be greatly improved, with the team winning four of the first seven races of the season and nine races overall in the season. Scott McLaughlin would take his first IndyCar win at the season opener in St. Petersburg while Will Power and Josef Newgarden would hold the championship points lead at different points in the season. Will Power would ultimately clinch his second IndyCar championship at the season finale.

1994 PPG IndyCar World Series

 
1994 Penske PC-23 Speedway Oval Package. The car displayed was driven by Al Unser Jr..

Penske's 1994 IndyCar World Series Championship was one of, if not the most dominating performance from a race team in the history of American open-wheel racing. Roger Penske had found the key to win but also found a way to run from the competition. The new Penske PC-23 chassis with the Ilmor- Indy V8 engine would power the Penske drivers of Al Unser Jr., Paul Tracy, and Emerson Fittipaldi. The team racked up 12 wins out of 16 races, collecting 10 poles and 28 podium finishes on their way to the championship. The team also dominated a controversial May at Indianapolis. Penske debuted a radical new Mercedes-Benz engine at Indy, the 500I. This engine used a provision in the rules intended for stock block pushrod engines such as the V-6 Buick engines that allowed an extra 650 cm³ and 10 inches (4.9 psi/33.8 kPa) of boost. This extra power (at least 900 horsepower, and rumored to be over 1000) allowed the Penskes to run significantly faster, giving them the pole and outside front row on the grid for the 78th Indianapolis 500. Al Unser Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi dominated the race, eventually lapping the field with 16 laps to go in the 200 lap race when Fittipaldi made contact with the wall coming out of Turn 4, giving Al Unser Jr. the lead and win. The only driver who finished on the lead lap was rookie Jacques Villeneuve. This one season gave Penske the Driver's Championship with Al Unser Jr., Constructor's Cup with the Penske PC-23, and Manufacturer's Cup with the Ilmor-Indy V8 engine. (In the 1995 Indy 500 Penske failed to qualify any cars for the race)

Drivers

 
Penske's No. 3 Dallara-Honda at the 2007 Indianapolis 500
 
Ryan Briscoe, Hélio Castroneves, and Roger Penske at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Miller Lite Carb Day in 2009.

Sponsorship

Cigarette brand Marlboro had been a sponsor with Team Penske since the 1989 Indianapolis 500, and primary sponsor of all Team Penske IndyCars since 1991. Late in 2005, Team Penske announced that Marlboro would not appear on the cars any longer following the instruction of Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement restricting cigarette advertising by name. In 2007, the IndyCar Series cars began to carry Team Penske insignia by removing Marlboro branding and sponsorship from Mobil 1 (although the cars remained painted in the Marlboro color scheme—in Formula 1 the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro and McLaren has a similar set up due to Marlboro partnership).

In 2010, Phillip Morris USA discontinued their relationship with Team Penske, ending a 19-year partnership. The team subsequently changed their livery to black and white with red trim, reflecting Verizon sponsorship (similar to McLaren Formula One team when they had a black-silver livery from 1997 to 2005 reflecting Mercedes-Benz engines and West sponsorship).

NASCAR

Sports car racing

  Team Penske
Founded1965
Team principal(s)Roger Penske (founder)
Tim Cindric (President)
Current seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
Former seriesRolex Sports Car Series, United States Road Racing Championship, Can-Am, Trans-Am series, American Le Mans Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Current drivers  Dane Cameron
  Emmanuel Collard
  Felipe Nasr
Drivers'
Championships
7 ('06, '07, '08 ALMS, '72, '73 Can-Am, '67, '68 USRRC)

Trans-Am Series

Penske first fielded a blue Sunoco 1967 Chevrolet Camaro driven by Mark Donohue in this series designed for Pony cars like the Ford Mustang. Penske-entered Camaros won the series championship in 1968 and 1969. Later they [17] switched to a red/white/blue American Motors backed 1970 AMC Javelin, and later the restyled 1971 AMC Javelin AMX which had an aerodynamic tail spoiler and other features suggested by Donohue. American Motors won the Over 2.5-liter title in 1971, after which Penske withdrew from the championship. Penske Racing also had an alliance with the pioneer Trans-Am team, Jocko's Racing which won the 1976 Trans-Am Series championship in a Penske-leased car.

Can-Am Series

Penske Racing entered a Lola T70 in the 1966 Can-Am Series for Mark Donohue, resulting in one win at Mosport. In 1967, Penske Racing entered two Lolas, one for Mark Donohue and one for George Follmer. 1968 saw Penske switch to a McLaren M6, which had won the series in 1967. Donohue won one race that year in Can-Am at Bridgehampton. With the McLaren domination of the Can-Am, Penske switched back to Lola Cars for his 1969 Can-Am efforts, but only entered the car in one race at Mid-Ohio.

From 1972 to 1974, Penske was Porsche's official partner in the CanAm Series. In late 1971, Penske and Mark Donohue helped to develop the turbocharged version of the Porsche 917. George Follmer won the series in 1972, and Donohue dominated CanAm in 1973 with the ultimate evolution of the 917, the 917/30. The rules were changed for 1974, and Penske raced only once this year.

 
Porsche 917/30, in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Museum

Endurance racing

A Lola T70 Mk IIIb entered by Penske was the surprise winner of the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona.

During the 1970 season, the competition between the 5-liter sportscars of Porsche and Ferrari turned to the advantage of the Porsche 917. In 1971, Ferrari decided to give up any official effort with the 5-liter Ferrari 512. To prepare for the 1972 season, the new works prototype Ferrari 312PB was presented and engaged by the factory in several races.

Roger Penske bought a used 512 M chassis that was dismantled and rebuilt. The car was specially tuned for long races receiving many unique features, among them were a large rear wing and aviation-inspired quick refueling system. The engine was tuned by CanAm V8 specialist Traco, and was probably able to deliver more than 600 hp (450 kW). As of today, it is unknown to what extent Penske's initiative was backed by Ferrari works. This 512M was painted in a blue and yellow livery and was sponsored by Sunoco and the Californian Ferrari dealer Kirk F. White. The car made the pole position for the 1971 24 Hours of Daytona and finished second despite an accident. For the 12 Hours of Sebring the "Sunoco" made the pole again but finished the race at the sixth position after making contact with Pedro Rodrigez's 917. Despite this misfortune, the car had proved to be a serious opponent for the 917. Not only this car was the fastest on track in Daytona and Sebring but it was also the car that had the shortest refueling time.

The presence of the 512 M "Sunoco" forced Porsche to pursue his effort of research and development on the 917: The 917K short tail was modified, and the 917 LH aerodynamics received further improvements. New Magnesium chassis were developed. An entirely new car, the 917/20 was built as a test-bed for future CanAm parts and aerodynamic "low-drag" concepts.

In Le Mans the "Sunoco" Ferrari was unable to break the 200 mph (320 km/h) barrier on the straight while the Porsche 917 LH were lightning-quick at speeds of over 240 mph (380 km/h). Mark Donohue qualified fourth anyway, which was the result of an aerodynamic configuration that favored downforce over drag, which helped in the twistier sections. The car did not have much luck in the race though.

American Le Mans Series

 
Both of Penske's RS Spyders at the 2007 Generac 500 where they scored an overall victory.

In April 2005, it was announced that Porsche would build an Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) sanctioned LMP2 Class Prototype that would be entered by Penske Racing in the American Le Mans Series and thus formally competed as DHL Porsche Penske Racing in a reference of Porsche Motorsport works team. The Porsche RS Spyder made its successful debut at the ALMS season final race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The "Porsche Junioren" factory drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr finished 1st in LMP2 Class and 5th Overall in the 4–Hour Endurance Race. The livery of the Penske Racing American Le Mans Series team was inspired by Jordan EJ12's DHL Formula 1 livery driven by Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato.

In 2006, Penske Motorsports fielded two LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder in the American Le Mans Series, but did not run the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. The Penske cars combined to win seven class victories and the overall win at Mid-Ohio. Penske Racing won the LMP2 team championship. Drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr tied for first place in the driver's championship, while Timo Bernhard finished fifth, Romain Dumas finished sixth, and Emmanuel Collard finished tenth.

2006 team lineup:

In 2007, Penske Motorsports fielded two LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo in the American Le Mans Series. Penske Motorsports for the 2nd year in a row did not compete in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. Penske's two cars combined for eleven class victories and eight overall victories during the twelve race season. Penske won the LMP2 team championship, and team drivers Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard finished tied for first in the LMP2 driver's championship, while Sascha Maassen and Ryan Briscoe tied for third place.

2007 team lineup:

Penske started their 2008 season with an overall win in the 12 Hours of Sebring. This was Porsche's first overall win in the race since 1988 in a Porsche 962.

2008 team lineup:

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series

On December 4, 2008, Roger Penske announced that the Team Penske officially shut down its participation in the American Le Mans Series and thus defected to ALMS's rival Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for the full 2009 season. The team utilized a Porsche-powered Riley with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas as their official drivers.[18] However, in late 2009, Roger Penske announced that the team would shut down its Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series operations and be turned into the new No. 12 Verizon sponsored IndyCar for Will Power to run full-time in 2010.

IMSA

 
Penske ran the Acura ARX-05 in the DPi class, to some successful results.

In 2017, it was announced that Penske Racing would make a comeback to sportscar racing in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the 2018 season. They will run 2 Acura ARX-05 DPis in the prototype (P) class. They ran the last race of 2017, the Petit Le Mans using the Oreca 07 LMP2 that the Acura DPi is based on, placing third.

2018 line-up:

2019-2020 line-up:

Formula One

Penske as a Formula One chassis constructor
BasePoole, United Kingdom
Founder(s)Roger Penske
Formula One World Championship career
EnginesFord
EntrantsPenske, F&S Properties, ATS, Interscope Racing
First entry1974 Canadian Grand Prix
Last entry1977 Canadian Grand Prix
Races entered41
Race victories1
Constructors' Championships0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Points23
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
 
A Penske PC3 being raced in a Historic Grand Prix at the Lime Rock Park circuit in 2009.

Penske entered the Formula One World Championship from 1974 to 1976. Although the cars were built at the British base in Poole,[19] the team held an American licence.[20] In 1971, Penske had sponsored the second McLaren entry in the 1971 Canadian and US GP, entering Mark Donohue, who took the car to a podium finish. The team returned three years later, in the 1974 Canadian GP, with their chassis, the PC1, a standard tub built around a Cosworth DFV engine and a Hewland gearbox. Donohue took the car to 12th place on its debut. In 1975, Roger Penske mounted a full season attack with the PC1, Donohue managing to score a fifth place in the Swedish GP. However, the car was retired after the French GP and Penske entered a March 751 for the next three races, scoring another fifth in the British GP. However, Donohue crashed the car in the final practice session of the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg and later died from his injuries. Penske missed the Italian race, returning only for the US GP, abandoning the March 751 in favor of the PC1 with Northern Irish driver John Watson.

For 1976, Penske signed a sponsorship deal with Citibank and entered a brand new PC3 for Watson. Despite a fifth-place score at the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, the PC3 was evolved into the PC4, which was much more competitive, allowing Watson to score two podiums in France and Britain. Then, in the Austrian Grand Prix, the team scored their only F1 win. So far this has been the last time an American constructor won an F1 race.[21][22] Still, at the end of the year, Penske decided to withdraw from the sport to concentrate solely on Indycar racing, selling the remains of his European operations to Günter Schmid of Germany.

For 1977, the car was entered by Schmidt's ATS Wheels business and run under the name of ATS Racing Team. The ATS-Penske PC4, now painted yellow, debuted in the 1977 United States Grand Prix West with Jean-Pierre Jarier at the wheel, where the Frenchman scored the team's single point of the season. A second PC4 was eventually entered for Hans Heyer (who started the 1977 German Grand Prix despite failing to qualify) and Hans Binder (3 races) but the team's fortunes sank and Schmidt quit after the Italian GP, before returning in 1978 with his chassis. A third PC4 was built by Penske for Interscope Racing, who entered the car in the United States and Canadian Grands Prix, driven by American Danny Ongais with no results.

In 1979 Penske designed and built the HR100 for wealthy Mexican 'gentleman driver' Héctor Rebaque. The car was entered for the final three races of the season, but either failed to qualify or to finish in each case.

Supercars Championship

In 2015, Team Penske entered the Australian V8 Supercars Championship, having purchased a 51% stake in Dick Johnson Racing in September 2014. The team was known as DJR Team Penske.[23] The team raced a single Ford Falcon FG X in 2015, initially with Marcos Ambrose driving car No. 17[24] and Scott Pye as a co-driver in the Endurance Cup. Following the Australian Grand Prix support race, Ambrose requested to step aside from driving to let Scott Pye become the main driver from Round 2 at Symmons Plains onwards. Ambrose then became the endurance co-driver in the Endurance Cup.[25]

In October 2015, DJR Team Penske announced a return to a two-car team in 2016 with Fabian Coulthard to drive car No. 12 and Scott Pye in car No. 17.[26] Roger Penske later confirmed that Ambrose elected not to continue as a co-driver in 2016.[27]

For the 2017 season, Scott McLaughlin joined the team and became the new driver for the No. 17 Ford Falcon FG X Supercar.[28] DJR Team Penske took out the 2017 Teams Championship, and in the following year Scott McLaughlin took out the 2018 Drivers Championship in the Australia Supercars Championship. In 2019 he took out his second Drivers Championship winning an Australian Touring Cars/Supercars record of 18 races and with co-driver Alex Premat, Scott McLaughlin won his first Bathurst 1000. In October 2020, Penske sold its shareholding in DJR Team Penske.[29]

Indianapolis 500 statistics

Penske Racing has the most Indianapolis 500 victories of any team in auto-racing history with 18 victories. In 1972, Penske driver Gary Bettenhausen led the most laps but lost an engine with 24 laps to go. His teammate Mark Donohue led the waning laps en route to Penske's first Indianapolis 500 victory. In 1979, Penske driver Bobby Unser led the most laps of the Indianapolis 500 while teammate Rick Mears won the race, from the pole.

Penske's next 500 victory was one of the most controversial finishes in IndyCar history. Penske driver Unser won the pole position and led most of the final 100 laps. On lap 140, Bobby Unser and former Penske driver Mario Andretti came out of the pits. Unser passed 11 cars under a yellow flag while Andretti passed 2 cars. Unser won the race but was stripped of the victory the next morning in favor of Andretti. After a lengthy appeal, Unser was reinstated the victory and was instead fined $40,000 ($104,000 in today's money). Unser retired from racing after the season was over in the fall-out of the controversy.

Penske's next Indy 500 win was with Rick Mears in 1984. Mears and former Penske driver Tom Sneva battled for the lead in the final 100 laps but after Sneva dropped out with a broken CV joint, Mears led the final 40 laps unchallenged to win by 2-laps ahead of the field. The next year, first-year Penske driver Danny Sullivan led the final 61 laps en route to his first Indianapolis 500 victory after winning a 4-lap shootout with Mario Andretti. In 1987, Penske driver Danny Ongais got taken out of the race due to injuries and former Penske driver Al Unser was tabbed as a temporary replacement. Unser won the race.

1988 was one of the most dominating performances by Penske Racing in the history of the Indianapolis 500. Penske's team members, Sullivan, Unser, and Mears qualified in the front row and proceeded to lead 192 of the race's 200 laps, 91 by Sullivan, 89 by Mears, and 12 by Unser. Mears won the race. In 1991, Mears won an 18-lap duel with Michael Andretti to win his 4th Indianapolis 500. Emerson Fittipaldi won the 500 in 1993 but angered American fans by drinking orange juice instead of the traditional milk.

In 1994, the Penske team, consisting of Al Unser Jr., Paul Tracy and Emerson Fittipaldi led 193 of the race's 200 laps, thanks to a new engine invented by Penske that went up to 1000 horsepower. The engine was later banned, which resulted in Penske Racing not qualifying a single car in the 1995 Indianapolis 500.

Due to the open-wheel split, Penske did not field a car at the Indianapolis 500 from 1996 to 2000. In 2001, Penske Racing crossed a picket-line by fielding the team in the 500, consisting of rookie Hélio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran. The duo proceeded to lead the most laps, en route to the victory, giving Penske Racing a 1-2 finish, the first time in the team's history. In a post-race interview, Roger Penske said that after the heartbreak in 1995, the win was the biggest of all his Indy 500 wins.

In 2002, Castroneves barely beat Paul Tracy to win his second consecutive Indy 500. Controversy overshadowed the race when videotapes appeared to have shown that Tracy was ahead of Castroneves at the moment of a final-lap caution. After a lengthy appeal, Castroneves' win was upheld on July 2. In 2003, Gil de Ferran won his first 500 and then retired when the season was over. Penske Racing has since proceeded to win the 500 in 2006, 2009, 2015, 2018, and 2019.

Penske Racing Museum

 
Penske and Dallara Indy cars on display at the Penske Racing Museum in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Opened in 2002, the Penske Racing Museum in Scottsdale, Arizona, is located within a complex of Penske Automotive Group car dealerships at the Scottsdale 101 Auto Collection. The two-story, 9,000-square-foot (840 m2) museum houses approximately 20 historically significant Penske Racing cars, along with trophies, artwork, engines, and other memorabilia dating from Penske Racing's earliest origins up to the present day. Displays are rotated regularly, but the museum focuses primarily on the team's successes in the Indy 500 and NASCAR, with lesser emphasis on F1 and sports car racing.

Racing results

USAC Championship Car results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
1968 HAN1 LVG PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 MOS LAN1 PIP CDR NAZ IRP LAN2 MTR SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE2 SAC MIC
HAN2
PHX2 RIV
Eagle 68 Offy 159 tc   Mark Donohue 12 6 4 21
1969 PHX1 HAN INDY MIL1 LAN PIP CDR NAZ TRE1 IRP MIL2 SPR DDIS DQSF ISF BRN TRE2 SAC KEN PHX2 RIV
Lola T152 4WD Offy 159 tc   Mark Donohue 66 7 DNQ 7 4 16 21
1970 PHX1 SON TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN CDR MIC IRP SPR MIL2 ONT DQSF ISF SED TRE2 SAC PHX2
Lola T154 Chevy V8   Mark Donohue 68 25 2
Ford DOHC tc 2 30
1971 RAF PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 POC MIC MIL2 ONT TRE2 PHX2
Lola T153 Ford DOHC tc   Mark Donohue 68 6 19
  David Hobbs 20
McLaren M16A Offy 159 tc   Mark Donohue 66 25 1 1 18 6 16
1972 PHX TRE INDY MIL MIC POC MIL ONT TRE PHX
McLaren M16A/B Offy 159 tc   Gary Bettenhausen 7 4 1 14 3 24 19
  Gordon Johncock 22
  Mark Donohue 66 17 19 1 2 2 16
  Mike Hiss 2
1973 TXS TRE INDY MIL POC MIC MIL ONT MIC TRE TXS PHX
McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc   Gary Bettenhausen 5 2 6 17 5 3 27 24 20 2 19 2 8 24 1
Eagle 72 Offy 159 tc 6
McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc   Bobby Allison 12 32
Eagle 72 Offy 159 tc   Mark Donohue 66 15 17 29
McLaren M16B   Al Loquasto (R) 86 DNQ
1974 ONT PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 POC MIC1 MIL2 MIC2 TRE2 TRE3 PHX2
McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc   Gary Bettenhausen 8 11 20 DNQ 32 2 31
Eagle 72 Offy 159 tc 14
McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc   Mike Hiss 7
68 31 14 4
1975 ONT PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 POC MIC1 MIL2 MIC2 TRE2 PHX2
McLaren M16C/D Offy Drake tc   Bobby Allison 16 6 32 25 27 17
  Tom Sneva 68 9 6 7 6 22 29 2 3 1 13 2
1976 PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 POC MIC1 TXS1 TRE2 MIL2 ONT MIC2 TXS2 PHX2
McLaren M16C/D Offy Drake tc   Mario Andretti 6 8 5
68 4 3
  Tom Sneva 17 3 6 13 7 6 16 3 13 26 5
1977 ONT1 PHX1 TXS1 TRE INDY MIL1 POC MOS MIC1 TXS2 MIL2 ONT2 MIC2 PHX2
McLaren M24 Cosworth DFX   Tom Sneva 8 14 16 1 10 2 2 1 3 18
Penske PC5/77 4 5 3 10 17
McLaren M24   Mario Andretti 9 DNQ 16 26 2 4 4
Penske PC5/77 20
1978 PHX1 ONT1 TXS1 TRE1 INDY MOS MIL1 POC MIC1 ATL TXS2 MIL2 ONT2 MIC2 TRE2 SIL BRH PHX2
Penske PC-6/78 Cosworth DFX   Tom Sneva 1 22 2 2 3 2 4 15 3 2 8 5 15 23 2 3 3 2 16
  Mario Andretti 7 DNS 15 5 13 12 23 DNS 20 1 7
  Mike Hiss Rpl1
  Rick Mears 5 2 1 22 1 9 2 9 2 1
71 23
  George Snider DNS
Source[30]

Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) results

(key)

Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pts Pos Pos
1979 PHX ATL INDY TRT MCH WGL TRT ONT MCH ATL PHX
Penske PC-6/7 Cosworth DFX   Rick Mears 9 2 5 2 1 5 7 4 5 2 1 2 3 1 3 1st 4,060
Penske PC-7   Bobby Unser 12 5 7 4 5 1 1 19 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2nd 3,820
  Bill Alsup (R) 68 DNQ 15th 400
  Mario Andretti 99 3 DNQ 11th 700
1980 ONT INDY MIL POC MDO MCH WGL MIL ONT MCH MXC PHX
Penske PC-7/9 Cosworth DFX   Rick Mears 1 21 5 5 12 9 4 2 2 3 3 1 7 4th 2,866
Penske PC-9   Bobby Unser 11 23 19 1 1 15 2 1 3 1 2 2 DNQ 2nd 3,714
  Mario Andretti 12 20 17 1 2 16th 580
Penske PC-7   Tom Gloy 61 6 5 9 14th 680
1981 PHX MIL ATL MCH RIV MIL MCH WGL MXC PHX
Penske PC-9B Cosworth DFX   Bobby Unser 3 2 21 13 6 16 9 3 7 17 15* 2 7th 99
  Rick Mears 6 4 1 1* 3 1* 2 1 1 1 8 1st 304
  Bill Alsup 7 8 8 4 3 11 4 5 17 2nd 175
1982 PHX ATL MIL CLE MCH MIL POC RIV ROA MCH PHX
Penske PC-10 Cosworth DFX   Rick Mears 1 1* 1* 3 4 15* 12* 1* 1* 5 25 2 1st 294
  Kevin Cogan 4 3 18 5 10* 14 5 2 10 25 22 4 6th 136
1983 ATL INDY MIL CLE MCH ROA POC RIV MDO MCH CPL LAG PHX
Penske PC-11/10B Cosworth DFX   Rick Mears 1 8* 3 7 4 17 3 19 9 1* 13 21 17 6th 92
2 3
  Al Unser 7 2 2 2 1* 2 3 11 11 4 5 4 11 4 1st 151
1984 LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA CLE MCH ROA POC MDO SAN MCH PHX LAG CPL
Penske PC-12
March 84C
Cosworth DFX   Al Unser 1 22 21 5 27 8 10 30 3 8 8 13 4 17 6 14 9th 76
2 3
  Rick Mears 6 21 18 1* 2 10 10 4 3 4 2 5* DNQ 4th 110
March 84C   Johnny Rutherford 5 14* 11 22nd 20
  Mike Thackwell 18 20 40th 0
1985 LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE MCH ROA POC MDO SAN MCH LAG PHX MIA
March 85C Cosworth DFX   Danny Sullivan 4 3 4 27 18 27 14 13 5 2 5 8 8 4 1 4th 126
5 1
  Rick Mears 1 21 10th 51
5 3 30 1 2
  Al Unser 5 4 3 3 7 27 13* 2 1* 4 1st 151
11 4 2* 3 12
1986 PHX LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC MDO SAN MCH ROA LAG PHX MIA
March 86C Chevrolet 265A
Cosworth DFX
  Rick Mears 1 19 3 16 4 8 12 8 17 8 3 20 8th 89
Penske PC-15 20 19 18 17 3
March 86C 4 3*
  Danny Sullivan 4 11 11 11 1 1* 2 25 16 3* 5 12 6 2 2 3rd 147
Penske PC-15 26
March 86C 1 9
Chevrolet 265A   Al Unser 11 14 20 15 41st 0
Penske PC-15 18 22
1987 LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC ROA MDO NAZ LAG MIA
Penske PC-16 Chevrolet 265A   Danny Sullivan 3 22 11 11 11 9th 87
March 86C 13 20 4 2 4 17 5 3 22 2 12
Penske PC-16   Rick Mears 8 9 20 21 3 18 7 5th 102
March 86C 23 10 21 1* 9 4 3 3 5
  Danny Ongais 25 Inj 42nd 0
Cosworth DFX   Al Unser 1 13th 39
6 2 15
Penske PC-16 Chevrolet 265A 9 DNQ
1988 PHX LBH INDY MIL POR CLE TOR MEA MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG MIA
Penske PC-17 Chevrolet 265A   Rick Mears 5 22 8 1 1 6 23 6 3 13 23 3 12 7 5 2 4th 129
  Danny Sullivan 9 23 13 23* 2 1 3 2 4 1 18 5 4 1 1 5 1st 182
  Al Unser 1 3 19th 23
60 9 13
1989 PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG
Penske PC-18 Chevrolet 265A   Danny Sullivan 1 3 8 28 10 24 8 3* 23 1 5 1 3 14 7th 107
  Geoff Brabham 14 39th 0
  Al Unser 10 16th 14
25 24 8 7
  Rick Mears 4 1 5 23 1 5 8 5 4 5 7 2 6 3 2 1 2nd 186
1990 PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG
Penske PC-19 Chevrolet 265A   Emerson Fittipaldi 1 5 2 3 3 7 9 3 6 20 17 18 6 12 2 1 6 5th 144
  Rick Mears 2 1 6 5 2 4 5 8 2 12 14 7 4 7 3 2 4 3rd 168
  Danny Sullivan 7 6 3 32 8 14 4 1 14 4 21 2 2 5 16 18 1 6th 139
1991 SFR LBH PHX INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG
Penske PC-20 Chevrolet 265A   Rick Mears 3 3 4 5 1 15 5 6 17 3 20 1 8 6 6 15 15 5 4th 145
  Emerson Fittipaldi 5 19 17 3 11 8 1 2 2 7 21 20 2 17 2 6 8 4 5th 140
Penske PC-19   Paul Tracy (R) 17 21 7 25 21st 6
1992 SFR PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG
Penske PC-21 Chevrolet 265B   Emerson Fittipaldi 5 1 3 3 24 8 2 4 21 19 13 1* 1* 19 1 7 19 4th 151
  Al Unser 4 12 16th 15
  Rick Mears 2 8 6 26 7 16 4 16 13th 47
  Paul Tracy 16 21 19 17 23 16 12th 59
Penske PC-20 Chevrolet 265A 7 4 20 2 2 3
1993 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG
Penske PC-22 Chevrolet 265C   Emerson Fittipaldi 4 2 14 13 1 3 23 1 2 2 13 3 5 7 1 5 2 2nd 183
  Paul Tracy 12 21 16 1 30 20 9 3 1 1 19 2 1 13 25 3 1 3rd 157
1994 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO NHA VAN ROA NAZ LAG
Penske PC-23 Ilmor 265D   Emerson Fittipaldi 2 2 1* 21 2 2 2 20 3 10 3 3* 9 3 3 4 2nd 178
Mercedes-Benz 500I 17*
Ilmor 265D   Paul Tracy 3 16 23 20 3 1 3 3 5 16 2* 2 20 18* 1* 1* 3rd 152
Mercedes-Benz 500I 23
Ilmor 265D   Al Unser Jr. 31 14 2 1* 1* 10* 1* 1* 29 8 1 1 1 2 2 20 1st 225
Mercedes-Benz 500I 1
1995 MIA SFR PHX LBH NAZ INDY MIL DET POR ROA TOR CLE MCH MDO NHA VAN LAG
Penske PC-24 Mercedes-Benz IC108B   Al Unser Jr. 1 15 6 8 1* 13 DNQ 2* 5 1* 28 26 18 2 1 3 1* 6 2nd 161
Lola T95/00 11 DNQ
Reynard 94i 21 DNQ
Penske PC-24   Emerson Fittipaldi 2 24 18 3* 20 1 DNQ 23 10 21 15 10 25 5 21 5 7 16 11th 67
Lola T95/00 9 DNQ
Penske PC-23 89 DNQ
1996 MIA RIO SFR LBH NAZ 500 MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG
Penske PC-25 Mercedes-Benz IC108C   Al Unser Jr. 2 8 2 9 3 3 8 2* 22 4 4 13 4 13 10* 5 16 4th 125
  Paul Tracy 3 23* 19 22 4 5 7 3 17 27 9 5 DNS 12 18 29 13th 60
  Jan Magnussen (R) 14 24th 5
1997 MIA SFR LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG FON
Penske PC-26 Mercedes-Benz IC108D   Al Unser Jr. 2 27 27 4 3 7 18 20 8 25 4 20 20 22 7 5 11 22 13th 67
  Paul Tracy 3 2 19* 7 1* 1 1 6 Wth 7 7 10 4 27 28 28 26 26 5th 121
1998 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG HOU SFR FON
Penske PC-27 Mercedes-Benz IC108E   Al Unser Jr. 2 22 2 29 15 16 19 3 24 5 17 17 22 6 27 5 6 7 22 27 11th 72
  Andre Ribeiro 3 17 9 22 DNS 22 20 18 16 15 22 23 28 10 25 7 14 17 13 28 22nd 13
1999 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL POR CLE ROA TOR MCH DET MDO CHI VAN LAG HOU SRF FON
Penske PC-27B Mercedes-Benz IC108E   Al Unser Jr. 2 26 24 12 13 15 22 7 21st 26
Lola B99/00 12 19 16 5 9 9 15 25 25 25 Wth
Penske PC-27B   Tarso Marques (R) 14 25 28th 4
3 9 26 18
Lola B99/00 24
Penske PC-27B   Alex Barron 18 24 27th 4
Lola B99/00   Gonzalo Rodríguez (R) 12 DNS 33rd 1
2000 MIA LBH RIO MOT NAZ MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAG GAT HOU SRF FON
Reynard 2Ki Honda HR-0   Gil de Ferran 2 6* 7* 17 9 1 12 9 1 14 6 18 3 2 25 5 2 8 3* 23 3 1st 168
  Hélio Castroneves 3 25 2 24 13 16 16 1 7* 21 16 5* 21 1* 9 20 1* 9 5 6 9 7th 129
2001 MTY LBH TEX NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SRF FON
Reynard 01i Honda HR-1   Gil de Ferran 1 2 3 C1 23 13 7 6 13 4 14* 24 3 2 5 2 8 1* 1* 3* 4 6 1st 199
  Hélio Castroneves 3 8 1* C1 11 2* 26 1* 17 12 19 8 7* 1* 7* 18 12 4 5 6 20 22 4th 141
  • Gonzalo Rodríguez was killed during qualifying for the Laguna Seca race.
  • 1 The Firestone Firehawk 600 was canceled after qualifying due to excessive g-forces on the drivers.

IndyCar Series results

(key)

Year Chassis Engine Drivers No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pos. Pts.
2001 PHX HMS ATL INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH KTY GAT CHI TXS
Dallara IR-01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8   Gil de Ferran 66 24 2 28th 46
  Hélio Castroneves 68 18 1* 24th 64
2002 HMS PHX FON NAZ INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MCH KTY GAT CHI TXS
Dallara IR-02 Chevrolet Indy V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 3 1 5 5 1 4 2 17 3 9 6 5 2* 4 2* 2nd 511
  Gil de Ferran 6 2 2 4 3* 10 16 1* 2* 5 2 5 21 1 23 3rd 443
  Max Papis 21 43rd 16
2003 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MCH GAT KTY NAZ CHI FON TXS
Dallara IR-03
G-Force GF09
Toyota Indy V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 3 2 22 2 7 12 2 2 3 17 1* 5 1* 20 6 13 3rd 484
  Gil de Ferran 6 2* 14 1 8 3 3 3* 1 7 3 9 4 12 15 1* 2nd 489
  Alex Barron 17 17th 216
2004 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR NAZ CHI FON TXS
Dallara IR-04 Toyota Indy V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 2* 6 3 9 12 3 7 3 12 10 12 6 5* 10 7* 1* 4th 446
  Sam Hornish Jr. 6 1 15 19 26 4 11 8 2 3 4 14 18 11 6 4 17 7th 387
2005 HMS PHX STP MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR SNM CHI WGL FON
Dallara IR-05 Toyota Indy V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 5 2 20 11 9 5 1* 8 5 16 21 5 4 21 2 12 9 6th 440
  Sam Hornish Jr. 6 2 1 15 7 23* 2 18 12 2 1* 5 7 2* 17 3 7 5 3rd 512
2006 HMS STP MOT INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY SNM CHI
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI6R V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 2 1* 1* 25 7 1 10 6 5 14 1 3 5 4 3rd 473
  Sam Hornish Jr. 6 3* 8 4 1 12 4 1* 1* 14 2 19 1 9 3 1st 475
2007 HMS STP MOT KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO MCH KTY SNM DET CHI
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 9 1* 7 3 3 16* 16 8 11 18 6 3* 17 9 2 14 4 6th 446
  Sam Hornish Jr. 6 3 7 5 6 4 9 1* 14 15 2 4 14 9 18 5 12 3* 5th 465
2008 HMS STP MOT LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF1
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI8R V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 4 2 2 4 4 5 2* 14* 2 16 3 2 2* 2 1* 2 1* 7 2nd 629
  Ryan Briscoe 6 19 23 9 7 23 1 3 7 15 12* 23 1* 6 7 2 9 3 1 5th 447
2009 STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI9R V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 7 2 1 11 1 7 17 4 18 2 4 12 18 20 10 5 4th 433
  Will Power 6 19th 215
12 2 5 3 1* 9 DNS
  Ryan Briscoe 6 1 13 4 15 2* 2* 2* 19 2 2 4 1 2 2 1* 18 2* 3rd 604
2010 SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI10R V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 9 4 1 7 4 9 20 2 9 24 10 3 5 6 1 1* 5 4th 531
  Ryan Briscoe 6 14 3 6 8 6 24 1* 4 2 18 4 6 4 11* 24 4 4 5th 482
  Will Power 12 1 1* 4 3 12 8 14 5 1* 1 2* 2 1* 16 8 3 25 2nd 597
2011 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO NHM SNM BAL MOT KTY LSV
Dallara IR-05 Honda HI11R V8   Hélio Castroneves 3 20 7 12 21 17 10 4 9 7 17 2 19 17 2 17 22 29 C2 11th 312
  Ryan Briscoe 6 18 21 2* 3 27 6 3 11 6 7 10 16 8 3 14 20 8 C2 6th 364
  Will Power 12 2 1* 10 1* 14 3 1* 4 21 24* 1* 14 5 1* 1* 2 19 C2 2nd 555
2012 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TEX MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FON
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   Ryan Briscoe 2 5 14 7 25 5 16 3 14 18 19 8 7 1 2 17 6th 370
  Hélio Castroneves 3 1 3 13 4 10 17 7 6 6* 6 1 16 6 10 5 4th 431
  Will Power 12 7 1 1 1* 28 4 8 12 23 15 3 2* 2* 6* 24 2nd 465
2013 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR MDO SNM BAL HOU FON
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   A. J. Allmendinger 2 19 23 7 25 25 16 27th 79
  Hélio Castroneves 3 2 3 10 13 6 5 8 1* 2 8 8 6 2 6 7 9 18 23 6 2nd 550
  Will Power 12 16 5 16 24 19 8 20 7 3 17 4 15* 18 4 1 18* 12 1* 1* 4th 498
2014 STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW TOR MDO MIL SNM FON
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   Juan Pablo Montoya 2 15 4 21 16 5 12 13 3 2 7 1 16 18 19 11 2 5 4* 4th 586
  Hélio Castroneves 3 3 11 19 3 2 5* 1* 8 9 21* 2 8 2 12* 19 11 18 14 2nd 609
  Will Power 12 1* 2 5 8 8 1 2 2* 14 11 10 14 10 3 6 1* 10* 9 1st 671
2015 STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MDO POC SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   Will Power 1 2* 7 20 4 1* 2 4 18 13 4* 19* 22 10 14 4 7 3rd 493
  Juan Pablo Montoya 2 1 5* 3 14 3 1 10 10* 4 7 4 4 24 11 3 6 2nd 556
  Hélio Castroneves 3 4 2 2 15 6 7 6 19 3 3 23 2 11 15 16 15 5th 453
  Simon Pagenaud 22 5 20 4 9 25 10 3 14 11 11 9 9 14 3 7 16 11th 384
2016 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW TOR MDO POC TXS WGL SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   Juan Pablo Montoya 2 1 9 4 5 8 33 3 20 7 20 20 11 8 9 13 3 8th 433
  Hélio Castroneves 3 4 11 3* 7 2 11 5 14 5 13 2 15 19 5 3 7 3rd 504
  Will Power 12 DNS 3 7 4 19 10 20 1 1* 2 1 2 1 8 20 20 2nd 532
  Oriol Servià 18 24th 72
  Simon Pagenaud 22 2* 2 1 1* 1* 19 13* 2* 13 4 9 1 18 4 7 1* 1st 659
2017 STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY DET TEX ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT WGL SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   Simon Pagenaud 1 2 5 3 1* 4 14 16 5 3 4 7 5 4 4 3 9 1* 2nd 629
  Josef Newgarden 2 8 3 1 9 11 19 4 2 13 2 6 1* 1* 2 1* 18 2 1st 642
  Hélio Castroneves 3 6 9 4 4 5 2 7 9 20 3 1* 8 7 7 4 4 5 4th 598
  Will Power 12 19 13 14* 2 1* 23 18 3 1* 5 4 21 2 1 20 6 3 5th 562
  Juan Pablo Montoya 22 10 6 24th 93
2018 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GAT POR SNM
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   Josef Newgarden 1 7 1 7 1* 11 8 9 15 13 1* 4* 9 4 5 7 10 8 5th 560
  Hélio Castroneves 3 6 27 32nd 40
  Will Power 12 10 22* 2 21 1* 1 7 2 18 23 6 18 3 2 1 21 3 3rd 582
  Simon Pagenaud 22 13 10 24 9 8 6 17 10 2 7 8 2 8 8 4 6 4 6th 492
2019 STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA TOR IOW MDO POC GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   Josef Newgarden 2 1* 2 4 2 15 4 1* 19 1 3 4 1* 14 5 7 5 8 1st 641
  Hélio Castroneves 3 21 18 29th 33
  Will Power 12 3 24* 11 7 7 5 18 3 9 2 18 15 4 1 22 1* 2 5th 550
  Simon Pagenaud 22 7 19 9 6 1 1* 6 17 6 9 1* 4 6 3* 5 7 4 2nd 616
2020 TXS IMS ROA IOW INDY GAT MDO IMS STP
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   Josef Newgarden 1 3 7 14* 9 5 1* 5 12 1 2 8 1* 4 1 2nd 521
  Hélio Castroneves 3 11 27th 57
  Scott McLaughlin 22 35th 8
  Will Power 12 13 20* 2 11 21 2 14 17 3 1* 6 7 1* 24 5th 396
  Simon Pagenaud 22 2 3 12 13 1* 4 22 19 16 18 6 16 10 6 8th 339
2021 ALA STP TXS IMS INDY DET ROA MDO NSH IMS GAT POR LAG LBH
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t   Josef Newgarden 2 23 2 6 2 4 12 10 2* 21* 1* 10 8 1* 5 7 2 2nd 511
  Scott McLaughlin 3 14 11 2 8 8 20 19 20 14 12 22 23 4 9 12 11 14th 305
  Will Power 12 2 8 14 13 11 30 20* 6 3 25 14 1* 3 13 26 10 9th 357
  Simon Pagenaud 22 12 3 10 6 6 3 12 8 18 14 21 16 8 21 8 5 8th 383
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Team Penske formerly Penske Racing is an American professional auto racing organization competing in the NTT IndyCar Series NASCAR Cup Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona 1 the organization has also competed in various other types of professional racing such as Formula One Can Am Trans Am IMSA and Australian Supercars Altogether Team Penske has earned over 500 victories and over 40 championships in all of auto racing 2 Team Penske is a division of Penske Corporation and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske The team president is Tim Cindric Team PenskeOwner s Roger Penske Penske Corporation Principal s Tim CindricBaseMooresville North CarolinaSeriesIndyCar SeriesNASCAR Cup SeriesFIA World Endurance ChampionshipRace driversIndyCar Series 2 Josef Newgarden3 Scott McLaughlin12 Will Power Cup Series 2 Austin Cindric R 12 Ryan Blaney22 Joey LoganoFIA World Endurance Championship 5 Dane CameronEmmanuel CollardFelipe NasrSponsorsIndyCar Series 2 Hitachi PPG Shell3 DEX Imaging XPEL Snap On Sonsio Pennzoil Gallagher Insurance Odyssey Battery Freightliner Trucks12 Verizon Cup Series 2 Discount Tire Menards Quaker State Knauf Insulation Moen Sylvania Libman Monster Energy Cardell Atlas Roofing Duracell Richmond Water Heaters Maytag AutoTrader com Freightliner Trucks Keystone Light Snap On12 Menards Peak Pennzoil Maytag Richmond Water Heaters Dutch Boy Paint Jack Links Knauf Insulation Libman Duracell Moen Cardell Tarkett Wurth Bodyarmor Advance Auto Parts Wabash National Dent Wizard Discount Tire22 Shell Pennzoil AAA Verizon AutoTrader comFIA World Endurance Championship 5 Penske Truck RentalManufacturerIndyCar ChevroletNASCAR FordFIA World Endurance Championship OrecaCareerDebutIndyCar Series 1968 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Cup Series 1972 Winston Western 500 Riverside Xfinity Series 1997 Kenwood Home amp Car Audio 300 Fontana Craftsman Truck Series 1996 Craftsman 200 Portland ARCA Racing Series 2000 Flagstar 200 Michigan Latest raceIndyCar Series 2022 Honda Indy 200 Mid Ohio Cup Series 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race Phoenix Xfinity Series 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race Phoenix Craftsman Truck Series 1996 GM Goodwrench AC Delco 300 Phoenix ARCA Racing Series 2016 AnywhereIsPossible 200 Pocono Drivers ChampionshipsTotal 41USAC 9IndyCar Series 6CART 9Cup Series 3Xfinity Series 2IMSA DPi 2ALMS LMP2 3VASC 3Can Am 2USRRC 2Indy 500 victories18 1972 1979 1981 1984 1985 1987 1988 1991 1993 1994 2001 2002 2003 2006 2009 2015 2018 2019 Race victoriesIndyCar Series 230Cup Series 138Xfinity Series 81Pole positionsIndyCar Series 293Cup Series 135Xfinity Series 74Former logo used until 2013 Team Penske No 2 hauler set for parade down Las Vegas Strip 2015 Contents 1 IndyCar Series 1 1 IndyCar history 1 1 1 Early days 1 1 2 Oldsmobile and Chevrolet engines era 1 1 3 Toyota works engines 2003 2005 1 1 4 Honda works engines 2006 2011 1 1 5 Return to Chevrolet works engines 2012 present 1 2 1994 PPG IndyCar World Series 1 3 Drivers 1 4 Sponsorship 2 NASCAR 3 Sports car racing 3 1 Trans Am Series 3 2 Can Am Series 3 3 Endurance racing 3 4 American Le Mans Series 3 5 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series 3 6 IMSA 4 Formula One 5 Supercars Championship 6 Indianapolis 500 statistics 7 Penske Racing Museum 8 Racing results 8 1 USAC Championship Car results 8 2 Championship Auto Racing Teams CART results 8 3 IndyCar Series results 8 4 Complete Formula One World Championship results 8 5 IMSA SportsCar Championship results 9 Championships and major wins 9 1 IndyCar champions 9 2 Indianapolis 500 victories 9 3 IndyCar wins 9 4 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship wins 9 5 NASCAR Cup Series champions 9 6 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion 9 7 Daytona 500 victories 9 8 Supercars champion 10 Notes 11 External linksIndyCar Series EditTeam Penske currently fields three cars the No 2 Hitachi Dallara Chevrolet for Josef Newgarden the No 3 DEX Imaging Dallara Chevrolet driven by Scott McLaughlin and the No 12 Verizon Dallara Chevrolet driven by Will Power Notable past drivers include 4 time Indianapolis 500 winners Al Unser Rick Mears and Helio Castroneves Prior to the 2022 race Team Penske has won the Indy 500 a record 18 times The team has won the series championship 16 times 3 The open wheel racing portion of Penske Racing had been based in Reading Pennsylvania since 1973 with the cars during the Formula One and CART era being constructed in Poole Dorset England which was also the base for the F1 team 4 5 On October 31 2005 Penske Racing announced after the 2006 IRL season they would consolidate IRL and NASCAR operations at the team s Mooresville North Carolina facility 6 with the flooding in Pennsylvania in 2006 the team s operations were moved to Mooresville earlier than expected IndyCar history Edit Early days Edit Will Power s car at the 2010 Indianapolis 500 Bobby Unser s Penske Indy car Roger Penske has been involved with IndyCar racing since 1968 when his team first fielded a stock block powered Eagle with Mark Donohue The organization first competed at Indianapolis in 1969 and within three years had become the team to beat winning the race with Donohue in 1972 In 1978 Penske along with Pat Patrick Dan Gurney and several other team owners who had been participating in USAC events involving cars known as Champ Cars and IndyCars formed Championship Auto Racing Teams CART As of June 27 2018 Penske Racing has won the Indianapolis 500 17 times won the Indianapolis 500 pole position 17 times as well as 200 open wheel IndyCar wins in USAC CART and IRL as of May 19 2018 29 of which are in 500 Mile Races and 13 open wheel championships Penske Racing has 1 463 starts in IndyCar races 231 pole positions 71 wins from pole 47 double wins of which 8 are 1 2 3 finishes from the Pocono race on June 26 1977 to January 1 2015 Oldsmobile and Chevrolet engines era Edit In 2001 Team Penske marked its return to the Indy 500 after a five year absence due to the open wheel split after the 1995 PPG IndyCar World Series season with an Oldsmobile engines Later in 2001 Roger Penske announced he would leave CART for the 2002 IRL IndyCar Series season with Chevrolet engines Toyota works engines 2003 2005 Edit As Toyota confirmed defection from CART Champ Car to IRL IndyCar Series the team switched to full works Toyota engines from 2003 season onwards as it was announced on April 2 2002 7 The team s partnership with Toyota engines started well in 2003 including winning the 2003 Indianapolis 500 in the hands of Gil de Ferran However Team Penske s Toyota partnership started to decline in 2004 by scoring only two wins five pole positions and three fastest laps compared to 2003 due to driver errors and also incidents The team also resurged slightly in 2005 with just only three wins and two pole positions Honda works engines 2006 2011 Edit On October 31 2005 it was announced that Team Penske ended their engine deal with Toyota which included Toyota s exit from IndyCar Series and reforged their historical full works partnership with Honda with an initial five year deal as Honda increased its IndyCar Series partnership role to exclusive global engine partner 8 Penske had collaborated with Honda engines in the 2000 2001 CART Champ Car season After a prolonged period the team announced Helio Castroneves and Sam Hornish Jr as their official race drivers Despite the Honda partnership Penske had a de facto direct Honda factory support with engines coming straight from the Japanese company s racing division in Japan and the United States including tune up support from Ilmor Engineering in Plymouth Michigan The partnership started well in 2006 winning the 2006 Indianapolis 500 and 2006 IndyCar Series titles at the hands of Sam Hornish Jr Penske retained their Castroneves Hornish Jr pair for the 2007 season The second year of the renewed Honda partnership was much more promising than the first with the team coming close to defending their Indianapolis 500 victory as well as their IndyCar Series driver and team titles However the team slumped scoring only two victories due to driver errors and incidents The team failed to win major IndyCar silverware for the first time since the 2005 season On November 9 2007 Sam Hornish Jr announced he would depart from IndyCar Series to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driving full time for the 2008 season 9 with Team Penske American Le Mans Series confirming Porsche LMP2 driver Ryan Briscoe as Castroneves s new teammate for 2008 on November 13 2007 10 Team Penske started the 2008 season poorly but Helio Castroneves posted five top four finishes including two 2nd place finishes to start the year Meanwhile Ryan Briscoe was forced to adapt the Penske IndyCar car as Briscoe was entering his first season with Team Penske after spending two years as an IndyCar part timer whilst he raced in the Champ Car World Series in 2006 and later the American Le Mans Series in 2007 Ryan Briscoe finally scored his first win at the Milwaukee Mile while Castroneves claimed his first 2008 win in Infineon Raceway Castroneves nearly won the championship at Chicagoland Speedway but Scott Dixon finished in 2nd place to ensure his 2008 IndyCar Series driver s title For 2009 Verizon Wireless joined ExxonMobil McLaren s then fuel and lubricant partner as associate sponsors and the team was billed as Verizon Championship Racing The third car was driven by Will Power originally a substitute for Castroneves and carried the No 12 and featured primary sponsorship of both the Verizon Wireless brand and Roger Penske s truck rental business For the 2010 season the team entered their fifth year of its Penske Honda partnership with Will Power promoted to a full time Penske seat alongside Castroneves and Briscoe Team Penske became a three car team for the first time since 1994 with the addition of a full time team for Power Team Penske started the 2010 season in style by winning the first three races of the season Will Power challenged for the driver s title until suspension failure in the season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway robbed him of a shot at the championship Penske ended up finishing the 2010 season with nine wins thirteen pole positions and six fastest laps mostly by Will Power On 12 November 2010 Penske confirmed that they would end their partnership with Honda at the end of the 2011 season and use engines supplied by Chevrolet for the 2012 season For the 2011 season the team entered their sixth and final year of its Penske Honda partnership Penske s trio of Castroneves Briscoe Power remained for the second consecutive year while the team lost the ExxonMobil sponsorship to Stewart Haas Racing s NASCAR team in favor of Shell and Pennzoil as their official motor oil partner The team started well with two victories from Will Power in the first five races Power captured his first oval win at Texas Motor Speedway and came into the season finale at Las Vegas 18 points behind leader Dario Franchitti However on lap 11 of the race Power was collected in a fiery 15 car crash that killed defending Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon The race was cut short in Wheldon s honor and the championship points stood as they had to enter Las Vegas giving Franchitti his third consecutive driver s title and fourth overall Penske finished the 2011 season with six victories all from Will Power while Castroneves and Briscoe went winless Return to Chevrolet works engines 2012 present Edit Roger Penske announced a switch to full works General Motors owned Chevrolet engines for the 2012 IndyCar Series season onwards and thus Team Penske earned a full factory support from General Motors and Chevrolet and also Team Penske received free engines formally from Ilmor and Chevrolet as Roger Penske has a shares at Ilmor Engineering Ltd 11 Once again Penske would dominate the early portion of the season winning 4 consecutive races with Castroneves taking the season opener at St Petersburg and Power capturing wins at Barber Long Beach and Sao Paulo Briscoe would have struggles throughout the season but managed to find victory lane at Sonoma However Power would come up short in the championship after a crash at the season finale Briscoe left the team after 2012 for other opportunities In 2014 Will Power took the IndyCar Championship for Team Penske after 3 concurrent runner up finishes in 2010 2012 12 The 2015 season started well for Team Penske Juan Pablo Montoya won the first race of the season his second win for Penske since he arrived from NASCAR in 2014 with teammates Will Power Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud first season with the team finishing 2nd 4th and 5th Power got a win at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis in the 5th race of the season and just 2 weeks later the Colombian Montoya won the Indy 500 leading again teammate Will Power Juan Pablo Montoya would lose the championship in the final race on a tie breaker to Scott Dixon 13 Team Penske would go on to dominate 2016 filling the top 3 positions in the final standings Capping the season with a dominating race victory Simon Pagenaud won his first IndyCar championship becoming the ninth Penske driver to be crowned champion Roger Penske s organization claimed its 14th such title and its second in three years Power won in 14 14 In 2017 Team Penske signed Josef Newgarden from Ed Carpenter Racing and would secure back to back IndyCar championships with Newgarden winning his first in 2017 Newgarden won a second championship for the team in 2019 while Will Power and Simon Pagenaud respectively won back to back Indianapolis 500s in 2018 and 2019 In 2020 the team would win the most races of any team in the IndyCar series but did not win the Indianapolis 500 or secure the IndyCar championship with Newgarden being unable to defend his title against Scott Dixon In 2021 Team Penske expanded again to four time cars The year also marked the arrival of three time Supercars champion and former DJR Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin to the team marking the first time Team Penske had signed a driver without any open wheel experience to compete in their open wheel racing program since Rick Mears signed to compete with the team in 1978 2021 would be a difficult season for Team Penske While McLaughlin was given time to adapt to IndyCar racing all three of the team s former champions would see their worst years with Team Penske Both Will Power and Josef Newgarden recorded the lowest win totals of their Team Penske tenures in 2021 and had easy victories at Detroit and Road America taken away from them in the closing laps due to mechanical failures while Simon Pagenaud was only able to record two third place finishes as his best result of the year 15 16 The team also recorded their worst Indianapolis 500 a performance in a nearly twenty years none of Team Penske s drivers qualified inside the top fifteen Will Power was almost bumped from the starting lineup and their best result was a third place via a late charge by Simon Pagenaud A bright spot for the team was their partnership with all female operated Paretta Autosport team for the 2021 Indianapolis 500 Team Penske prepped a chassis leased from Juncos Racing and helped the team qualify Simona De Silvestro at the last spot on the starting lineup though De Silvestro and the Penske prepped car would fail to finish the race Scott McLaughlin would be named both IndyCar and Indianapolis 500 Rookie Of The Year while Josef Newgarden was able to finish in second place in the championship for a second consecutive season For 2022 Simon Pagenaud departed the team for Meyer Shank Racing bringing Team Penske back down to three full time IndyCar entries The team would forge a technical alliance with the newly rebranded Juncos Hollinger Racing who would be competing in IndyCar for their first full time season The partnership with Juncos would be similar to the alliance between Andretti Autosport and the aforementioned Meyer Shank Racing where Penske would provide parts and certain setup data to Juncos and potentially lease one of their chassis to Juncos on a part time basis The team would struggle again at the Indianapolis 500 but their overall form would be greatly improved with the team winning four of the first seven races of the season and nine races overall in the season Scott McLaughlin would take his first IndyCar win at the season opener in St Petersburg while Will Power and Josef Newgarden would hold the championship points lead at different points in the season Will Power would ultimately clinch his second IndyCar championship at the season finale 1994 PPG IndyCar World Series Edit 1994 Penske PC 23 Speedway Oval Package The car displayed was driven by Al Unser Jr Penske s 1994 IndyCar World Series Championship was one of if not the most dominating performance from a race team in the history of American open wheel racing Roger Penske had found the key to win but also found a way to run from the competition The new Penske PC 23 chassis with the Ilmor Indy V8 engine would power the Penske drivers of Al Unser Jr Paul Tracy and Emerson Fittipaldi The team racked up 12 wins out of 16 races collecting 10 poles and 28 podium finishes on their way to the championship The team also dominated a controversial May at Indianapolis Penske debuted a radical new Mercedes Benz engine at Indy the 500I This engine used a provision in the rules intended for stock block pushrod engines such as the V 6 Buick engines that allowed an extra 650 cm and 10 inches 4 9 psi 33 8 kPa of boost This extra power at least 900 horsepower and rumored to be over 1000 allowed the Penskes to run significantly faster giving them the pole and outside front row on the grid for the 78th Indianapolis 500 Al Unser Jr and Emerson Fittipaldi dominated the race eventually lapping the field with 16 laps to go in the 200 lap race when Fittipaldi made contact with the wall coming out of Turn 4 giving Al Unser Jr the lead and win The only driver who finished on the lead lap was rookie Jacques Villeneuve This one season gave Penske the Driver s Championship with Al Unser Jr Constructor s Cup with the Penske PC 23 and Manufacturer s Cup with the Ilmor Indy V8 engine In the 1995 Indy 500 Penske failed to qualify any cars for the race Drivers Edit Penske s No 3 Dallara Honda at the 2007 Indianapolis 500 Ryan Briscoe Helio Castroneves and Roger Penske at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Miller Lite Carb Day in 2009 Mark Donohue 1968 1975 David Hobbs 1971 Gary Bettenhausen 1972 1974 Gordon Johncock 1972 Mike Hiss 1972 1974 Bobby Allison 1973 1975 Tom Sneva 1975 1978 Mario Andretti 1976 1980 Rick Mears 1978 1992 Bobby Unser 1979 1981 Bill Alsup 1981 Kevin Cogan 1982 Al Unser 1983 1989 Johnny Rutherford 1984 injury replacement Mike Thackwell 1984 injury replacement Danny Sullivan 1985 1990 Geoff Brabham 1989 injury replacement Emerson Fittipaldi 1990 1996 Paul Tracy 1991 1994 1996 1997 Al Unser Jr 1994 1999 Jan Magnussen 1996 injury replacement Andre Ribeiro 1998 Alex Barron 1999 2003 2003 as injury replacement Gonzalo Rodriguez 1999 killed at Laguna Seca Raceway Tarso Marques 1999 injury replacement Gil de Ferran 2000 2003 Helio Castroneves 2000 2020 Max Papis 2002 injury replacement Sam Hornish Jr 2004 2007 Ryan Briscoe 2008 2012 Will Power 2009 present legal replacement 1 race two other races in No 12 in 2009 full time in 2010 beyond A J Allmendinger 2013 Juan Pablo Montoya 2014 2017 Simon Pagenaud 2015 2021 Oriol Servia 2016 injury replacement Josef Newgarden 2017 present Scott McLaughlin 2017 present Note This does not include Greg Moore who in mid 1999 signed a contract with Penske Racing to join the team for the 2000 season Moore was killed in a crash on Lap 10 of the Marlboro 500 at the Auto Club Speedway in the last race of the 1999 season while in his last race for Forsythe Championship Racing Castroneves who had been driving for Hogan Racing which shut down after the 1999 season was tapped to fill that seat Sponsorship Edit Cigarette brand Marlboro had been a sponsor with Team Penske since the 1989 Indianapolis 500 and primary sponsor of all Team Penske IndyCars since 1991 Late in 2005 Team Penske announced that Marlboro would not appear on the cars any longer following the instruction of Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement restricting cigarette advertising by name In 2007 the IndyCar Series cars began to carry Team Penske insignia by removing Marlboro branding and sponsorship from Mobil 1 although the cars remained painted in the Marlboro color scheme in Formula 1 the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro and McLaren has a similar set up due to Marlboro partnership In 2010 Phillip Morris USA discontinued their relationship with Team Penske ending a 19 year partnership The team subsequently changed their livery to black and white with red trim reflecting Verizon sponsorship similar to McLaren Formula One team when they had a black silver livery from 1997 to 2005 reflecting Mercedes Benz engines and West sponsorship NASCAR EditMain article Team Penske NASCAR Sports car racing Edit Team PenskeFounded1965Team principal s Roger Penske founder Tim Cindric President Current seriesFIA World Endurance ChampionshipFormer seriesRolex Sports Car Series United States Road Racing Championship Can Am Trans Am series American Le Mans Series WeatherTech SportsCar ChampionshipCurrent drivers Dane Cameron Emmanuel Collard Felipe NasrDrivers Championships7 06 07 08 ALMS 72 73 Can Am 67 68 USRRC Trans Am Series Edit Penske first fielded a blue Sunoco 1967 Chevrolet Camaro driven by Mark Donohue in this series designed for Pony cars like the Ford Mustang Penske entered Camaros won the series championship in 1968 and 1969 Later they 17 switched to a red white blue American Motors backed 1970 AMC Javelin and later the restyled 1971 AMC Javelin AMX which had an aerodynamic tail spoiler and other features suggested by Donohue American Motors won the Over 2 5 liter title in 1971 after which Penske withdrew from the championship Penske Racing also had an alliance with the pioneer Trans Am team Jocko s Racing which won the 1976 Trans Am Series championship in a Penske leased car Can Am Series Edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2008 Penske Racing entered a Lola T70 in the 1966 Can Am Series for Mark Donohue resulting in one win at Mosport In 1967 Penske Racing entered two Lolas one for Mark Donohue and one for George Follmer 1968 saw Penske switch to a McLaren M6 which had won the series in 1967 Donohue won one race that year in Can Am at Bridgehampton With the McLaren domination of the Can Am Penske switched back to Lola Cars for his 1969 Can Am efforts but only entered the car in one race at Mid Ohio From 1972 to 1974 Penske was Porsche s official partner in the CanAm Series In late 1971 Penske and Mark Donohue helped to develop the turbocharged version of the Porsche 917 George Follmer won the series in 1972 and Donohue dominated CanAm in 1973 with the ultimate evolution of the 917 the 917 30 The rules were changed for 1974 and Penske raced only once this year Porsche 917 30 in Stuttgart Zuffenhausen Museum Endurance racing Edit A Lola T70 Mk IIIb entered by Penske was the surprise winner of the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona During the 1970 season the competition between the 5 liter sportscars of Porsche and Ferrari turned to the advantage of the Porsche 917 In 1971 Ferrari decided to give up any official effort with the 5 liter Ferrari 512 To prepare for the 1972 season the new works prototype Ferrari 312PB was presented and engaged by the factory in several races Roger Penske bought a used 512 M chassis that was dismantled and rebuilt The car was specially tuned for long races receiving many unique features among them were a large rear wing and aviation inspired quick refueling system The engine was tuned by CanAm V8 specialist Traco and was probably able to deliver more than 600 hp 450 kW As of today it is unknown to what extent Penske s initiative was backed by Ferrari works This 512M was painted in a blue and yellow livery and was sponsored by Sunoco and the Californian Ferrari dealer Kirk F White The car made the pole position for the 1971 24 Hours of Daytona and finished second despite an accident For the 12 Hours of Sebring the Sunoco made the pole again but finished the race at the sixth position after making contact with Pedro Rodrigez s 917 Despite this misfortune the car had proved to be a serious opponent for the 917 Not only this car was the fastest on track in Daytona and Sebring but it was also the car that had the shortest refueling time The presence of the 512 M Sunoco forced Porsche to pursue his effort of research and development on the 917 The 917K short tail was modified and the 917 LH aerodynamics received further improvements New Magnesium chassis were developed An entirely new car the 917 20 was built as a test bed for future CanAm parts and aerodynamic low drag concepts In Le Mans the Sunoco Ferrari was unable to break the 200 mph 320 km h barrier on the straight while the Porsche 917 LH were lightning quick at speeds of over 240 mph 380 km h Mark Donohue qualified fourth anyway which was the result of an aerodynamic configuration that favored downforce over drag which helped in the twistier sections The car did not have much luck in the race though American Le Mans Series Edit Both of Penske s RS Spyders at the 2007 Generac 500 where they scored an overall victory In April 2005 it was announced that Porsche would build an Automobile Club de l Ouest ACO sanctioned LMP2 Class Prototype that would be entered by Penske Racing in the American Le Mans Series and thus formally competed as DHL Porsche Penske Racing in a reference of Porsche Motorsport works team The Porsche RS Spyder made its successful debut at the ALMS season final race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca The Porsche Junioren factory drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr finished 1st in LMP2 Class and 5th Overall in the 4 Hour Endurance Race The livery of the Penske Racing American Le Mans Series team was inspired by Jordan EJ12 s DHL Formula 1 livery driven by Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato In 2006 Penske Motorsports fielded two LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder in the American Le Mans Series but did not run the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans in June The Penske cars combined to win seven class victories and the overall win at Mid Ohio Penske Racing won the LMP2 team championship Drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr tied for first place in the driver s championship while Timo Bernhard finished fifth Romain Dumas finished sixth and Emmanuel Collard finished tenth 2006 team lineup LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder No 6 Sascha Maassen Lucas Luhr with Emmanuel Collard for endurance events LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder No 7 Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas with Patrick Long for endurance events In 2007 Penske Motorsports fielded two LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo in the American Le Mans Series Penske Motorsports for the 2nd year in a row did not compete in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in June Penske s two cars combined for eleven class victories and eight overall victories during the twelve race season Penske won the LMP2 team championship and team drivers Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard finished tied for first in the LMP2 driver s championship while Sascha Maassen and Ryan Briscoe tied for third place 2007 team lineup LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder No 6 Sascha Maassen Ryan Briscoe with Emmanuel Collard for endurance events LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder No 7 Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas with Helio Castroneves Sebring only and Patrick Long Road Atlanta only for endurance events Penske started their 2008 season with an overall win in the 12 Hours of Sebring This was Porsche s first overall win in the race since 1988 in a Porsche 962 2008 team lineup LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder No 5 Helio Castroneves Ryan Briscoe Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca only LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder No 6 Sascha Maassen Patrick Long LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder No 7 Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas with Emmanuel Collard for endurance events Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series Edit On December 4 2008 Roger Penske announced that the Team Penske officially shut down its participation in the American Le Mans Series and thus defected to ALMS s rival Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series for the full 2009 season The team utilized a Porsche powered Riley with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas as their official drivers 18 However in late 2009 Roger Penske announced that the team would shut down its Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series operations and be turned into the new No 12 Verizon sponsored IndyCar for Will Power to run full time in 2010 IMSA Edit Penske ran the Acura ARX 05 in the DPi class to some successful results In 2017 it was announced that Penske Racing would make a comeback to sportscar racing in IMSA s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the 2018 season They will run 2 Acura ARX 05 DPis in the prototype P class They ran the last race of 2017 the Petit Le Mans using the Oreca 07 LMP2 that the Acura DPi is based on placing third 2018 line up No 6 Acura ARX 05 Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron full season Simon Pagenaud endurance No 7 Acura ARX 05 Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor full season Graham Rahal endurance 2019 2020 line up No 6 Acura ARX 05 Juan Pablo Montoya Dane Cameron Simon Pagenaud No 7 Acura ARX 05 Helio Castroneves Ricky Taylor Alexander RossiFormula One EditPenske as a Formula One chassis constructorBasePoole United KingdomFounder s Roger PenskeFormula One World Championship careerEnginesFordEntrantsPenske F amp S Properties ATS Interscope RacingFirst entry1974 Canadian Grand PrixLast entry1977 Canadian Grand PrixRaces entered41Race victories1Constructors Championships0Drivers Championships0Points23Pole positions0Fastest laps0 A Penske PC3 being raced in a Historic Grand Prix at the Lime Rock Park circuit in 2009 Penske entered the Formula One World Championship from 1974 to 1976 Although the cars were built at the British base in Poole 19 the team held an American licence 20 In 1971 Penske had sponsored the second McLaren entry in the 1971 Canadian and US GP entering Mark Donohue who took the car to a podium finish The team returned three years later in the 1974 Canadian GP with their chassis the PC1 a standard tub built around a Cosworth DFV engine and a Hewland gearbox Donohue took the car to 12th place on its debut In 1975 Roger Penske mounted a full season attack with the PC1 Donohue managing to score a fifth place in the Swedish GP However the car was retired after the French GP and Penske entered a March 751 for the next three races scoring another fifth in the British GP However Donohue crashed the car in the final practice session of the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg and later died from his injuries Penske missed the Italian race returning only for the US GP abandoning the March 751 in favor of the PC1 with Northern Irish driver John Watson For 1976 Penske signed a sponsorship deal with Citibank and entered a brand new PC3 for Watson Despite a fifth place score at the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami the PC3 was evolved into the PC4 which was much more competitive allowing Watson to score two podiums in France and Britain Then in the Austrian Grand Prix the team scored their only F1 win So far this has been the last time an American constructor won an F1 race 21 22 Still at the end of the year Penske decided to withdraw from the sport to concentrate solely on Indycar racing selling the remains of his European operations to Gunter Schmid of Germany For 1977 the car was entered by Schmidt s ATS Wheels business and run under the name of ATS Racing Team The ATS Penske PC4 now painted yellow debuted in the 1977 United States Grand Prix West with Jean Pierre Jarier at the wheel where the Frenchman scored the team s single point of the season A second PC4 was eventually entered for Hans Heyer who started the 1977 German Grand Prix despite failing to qualify and Hans Binder 3 races but the team s fortunes sank and Schmidt quit after the Italian GP before returning in 1978 with his chassis A third PC4 was built by Penske for Interscope Racing who entered the car in the United States and Canadian Grands Prix driven by American Danny Ongais with no results In 1979 Penske designed and built the HR100 for wealthy Mexican gentleman driver Hector Rebaque The car was entered for the final three races of the season but either failed to qualify or to finish in each case Supercars Championship EditMain article Dick Johnson Racing In 2015 Team Penske entered the Australian V8 Supercars Championship having purchased a 51 stake in Dick Johnson Racing in September 2014 The team was known as DJR Team Penske 23 The team raced a single Ford Falcon FG X in 2015 initially with Marcos Ambrose driving car No 17 24 and Scott Pye as a co driver in the Endurance Cup Following the Australian Grand Prix support race Ambrose requested to step aside from driving to let Scott Pye become the main driver from Round 2 at Symmons Plains onwards Ambrose then became the endurance co driver in the Endurance Cup 25 In October 2015 DJR Team Penske announced a return to a two car team in 2016 with Fabian Coulthard to drive car No 12 and Scott Pye in car No 17 26 Roger Penske later confirmed that Ambrose elected not to continue as a co driver in 2016 27 For the 2017 season Scott McLaughlin joined the team and became the new driver for the No 17 Ford Falcon FG X Supercar 28 DJR Team Penske took out the 2017 Teams Championship and in the following year Scott McLaughlin took out the 2018 Drivers Championship in the Australia Supercars Championship In 2019 he took out his second Drivers Championship winning an Australian Touring Cars Supercars record of 18 races and with co driver Alex Premat Scott McLaughlin won his first Bathurst 1000 In October 2020 Penske sold its shareholding in DJR Team Penske 29 Indianapolis 500 statistics EditPenske Racing has the most Indianapolis 500 victories of any team in auto racing history with 18 victories In 1972 Penske driver Gary Bettenhausen led the most laps but lost an engine with 24 laps to go His teammate Mark Donohue led the waning laps en route to Penske s first Indianapolis 500 victory In 1979 Penske driver Bobby Unser led the most laps of the Indianapolis 500 while teammate Rick Mears won the race from the pole Penske s next 500 victory was one of the most controversial finishes in IndyCar history Penske driver Unser won the pole position and led most of the final 100 laps On lap 140 Bobby Unser and former Penske driver Mario Andretti came out of the pits Unser passed 11 cars under a yellow flag while Andretti passed 2 cars Unser won the race but was stripped of the victory the next morning in favor of Andretti After a lengthy appeal Unser was reinstated the victory and was instead fined 40 000 104 000 in today s money Unser retired from racing after the season was over in the fall out of the controversy Penske s next Indy 500 win was with Rick Mears in 1984 Mears and former Penske driver Tom Sneva battled for the lead in the final 100 laps but after Sneva dropped out with a broken CV joint Mears led the final 40 laps unchallenged to win by 2 laps ahead of the field The next year first year Penske driver Danny Sullivan led the final 61 laps en route to his first Indianapolis 500 victory after winning a 4 lap shootout with Mario Andretti In 1987 Penske driver Danny Ongais got taken out of the race due to injuries and former Penske driver Al Unser was tabbed as a temporary replacement Unser won the race 1988 was one of the most dominating performances by Penske Racing in the history of the Indianapolis 500 Penske s team members Sullivan Unser and Mears qualified in the front row and proceeded to lead 192 of the race s 200 laps 91 by Sullivan 89 by Mears and 12 by Unser Mears won the race In 1991 Mears won an 18 lap duel with Michael Andretti to win his 4th Indianapolis 500 Emerson Fittipaldi won the 500 in 1993 but angered American fans by drinking orange juice instead of the traditional milk In 1994 the Penske team consisting of Al Unser Jr Paul Tracy and Emerson Fittipaldi led 193 of the race s 200 laps thanks to a new engine invented by Penske that went up to 1000 horsepower The engine was later banned which resulted in Penske Racing not qualifying a single car in the 1995 Indianapolis 500 Due to the open wheel split Penske did not field a car at the Indianapolis 500 from 1996 to 2000 In 2001 Penske Racing crossed a picket line by fielding the team in the 500 consisting of rookie Helio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran The duo proceeded to lead the most laps en route to the victory giving Penske Racing a 1 2 finish the first time in the team s history In a post race interview Roger Penske said that after the heartbreak in 1995 the win was the biggest of all his Indy 500 wins In 2002 Castroneves barely beat Paul Tracy to win his second consecutive Indy 500 Controversy overshadowed the race when videotapes appeared to have shown that Tracy was ahead of Castroneves at the moment of a final lap caution After a lengthy appeal Castroneves win was upheld on July 2 In 2003 Gil de Ferran won his first 500 and then retired when the season was over Penske Racing has since proceeded to win the 500 in 2006 2009 2015 2018 and 2019 Penske Racing Museum Edit Penske and Dallara Indy cars on display at the Penske Racing Museum in Scottsdale Arizona Opened in 2002 the Penske Racing Museum in Scottsdale Arizona is located within a complex of Penske Automotive Group car dealerships at the Scottsdale 101 Auto Collection The two story 9 000 square foot 840 m2 museum houses approximately 20 historically significant Penske Racing cars along with trophies artwork engines and other memorabilia dating from Penske Racing s earliest origins up to the present day Displays are rotated regularly but the museum focuses primarily on the team s successes in the Indy 500 and NASCAR with lesser emphasis on F1 and sports car racing Racing results EditUSAC Championship Car results Edit key Results in bold indicate pole position results in italics indicate fastest lap Year Chassis Engine Drivers No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 281968 HAN1 LVG PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 MOS LAN1 PIP CDR NAZ IRP LAN2 MTR SPR MIL2 DQSF ISF TRE2 SAC MIC HAN2 PHX2 RIVEagle 68 Offy 159 tc Mark Donohue 12 6 4 211969 PHX1 HAN INDY MIL1 LAN PIP CDR NAZ TRE1 IRP MIL2 SPR DDIS DQSF ISF BRN TRE2 SAC KEN PHX2 RIVLola T152 4WD Offy 159 tc Mark Donohue 66 7 DNQ 7 4 16 211970 PHX1 SON TRE1 INDY MIL1 LAN CDR MIC IRP SPR MIL2 ONT DQSF ISF SED TRE2 SAC PHX2Lola T154 Chevy V8 Mark Donohue 68 25 2Ford DOHC tc 2 301971 RAF PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 POC MIC MIL2 ONT TRE2 PHX2Lola T153 Ford DOHC tc Mark Donohue 68 6 19 David Hobbs 20McLaren M16A Offy 159 tc Mark Donohue 66 25 1 1 18 6 161972 PHX TRE INDY MIL MIC POC MIL ONT TRE PHXMcLaren M16A B Offy 159 tc Gary Bettenhausen 7 4 1 14 3 24 19 Gordon Johncock 22 Mark Donohue 66 17 19 1 2 2 16 Mike Hiss 21973 TXS TRE INDY MIL POC MIC MIL ONT MIC TRE TXS PHXMcLaren M16C Offy Drake tc Gary Bettenhausen 5 2 6 17 5 3 27 24 20 2 19 2 8 24 1Eagle 72 Offy 159 tc 6McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc Bobby Allison 12 32Eagle 72 Offy 159 tc Mark Donohue 66 15 17 29McLaren M16B Al Loquasto R 86 DNQ1974 ONT PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 POC MIC1 MIL2 MIC2 TRE2 TRE3 PHX2McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc Gary Bettenhausen 8 11 20 DNQ 32 2 31Eagle 72 Offy 159 tc 14McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc Mike Hiss 768 31 14 41975 ONT PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 POC MIC1 MIL2 MIC2 TRE2 PHX2McLaren M16C D Offy Drake tc Bobby Allison 16 6 32 25 27 17 Tom Sneva 68 9 6 7 6 22 29 2 3 1 13 21976 PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 POC MIC1 TXS1 TRE2 MIL2 ONT MIC2 TXS2 PHX2McLaren M16C D Offy Drake tc Mario Andretti 6 8 568 4 3 Tom Sneva 17 3 6 13 7 6 16 3 13 26 51977 ONT1 PHX1 TXS1 TRE INDY MIL1 POC MOS MIC1 TXS2 MIL2 ONT2 MIC2 PHX2McLaren M24 Cosworth DFX Tom Sneva 8 14 16 1 10 2 2 1 3 18Penske PC5 77 4 5 3 10 17McLaren M24 Mario Andretti 9 DNQ 16 26 2 4 4Penske PC5 77 201978 PHX1 ONT1 TXS1 TRE1 INDY MOS MIL1 POC MIC1 ATL TXS2 MIL2 ONT2 MIC2 TRE2 SIL BRH PHX2Penske PC 6 78 Cosworth DFX Tom Sneva 1 22 2 2 3 2 4 15 3 2 8 5 15 23 2 3 3 2 16 Mario Andretti 7 DNS 15 5 13 12 23 DNS 20 1 7 Mike Hiss Rpl1 Rick Mears 5 2 1 22 1 9 2 9 2 171 23 George Snider DNSSource 30 1 Mike Hiss was hired by Penske to qualify Mario Andretti s 7 car for the 1978 Indianapolis 500 while Andretti was racing in Formula One Andretti would then drive the car on race day Championship Auto Racing Teams CART results Edit key Year Chassis Engine Drivers No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pts Pos Pos1979 PHX ATL INDY TRT MCH WGL TRT ONT MCH ATL PHXPenske PC 6 7 Cosworth DFX Rick Mears 9 2 5 2 1 5 7 4 5 2 1 2 3 1 3 1st 4 060Penske PC 7 Bobby Unser 12 5 7 4 5 1 1 19 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2nd 3 820 Bill Alsup R 68 DNQ 15th 400 Mario Andretti 99 3 DNQ 11th 7001980 ONT INDY MIL POC MDO MCH WGL MIL ONT MCH MXC PHXPenske PC 7 9 Cosworth DFX Rick Mears 1 21 5 5 12 9 4 2 2 3 3 1 7 4th 2 866Penske PC 9 Bobby Unser 11 23 19 1 1 15 2 1 3 1 2 2 DNQ 2nd 3 714 Mario Andretti 12 20 17 1 2 16th 580Penske PC 7 Tom Gloy 61 6 5 9 14th 6801981 PHX MIL ATL MCH RIV MIL MCH WGL MXC PHXPenske PC 9B Cosworth DFX Bobby Unser 3 2 21 13 6 16 9 3 7 17 15 2 7th 99 Rick Mears 6 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 8 1st 304 Bill Alsup 7 8 8 4 3 11 4 5 17 2nd 1751982 PHX ATL MIL CLE MCH MIL POC RIV ROA MCH PHXPenske PC 10 Cosworth DFX Rick Mears 1 1 1 3 4 15 12 1 1 5 25 2 1st 294 Kevin Cogan 4 3 18 5 10 14 5 2 10 25 22 4 6th 1361983 ATL INDY MIL CLE MCH ROA POC RIV MDO MCH CPL LAG PHXPenske PC 11 10B Cosworth DFX Rick Mears 1 8 3 7 4 17 3 19 9 1 13 21 17 6th 922 3 Al Unser 7 2 2 2 1 2 3 11 11 4 5 4 11 4 1st 1511984 LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA CLE MCH ROA POC MDO SAN MCH PHX LAG CPLPenske PC 12March 84C Cosworth DFX Al Unser 1 22 21 5 27 8 10 30 3 8 8 13 4 17 6 14 9th 762 3 Rick Mears 6 21 18 1 2 10 10 4 3 4 2 5 DNQ 4th 110March 84C Johnny Rutherford 5 14 11 22nd 20 Mike Thackwell 18 20 40th 01985 LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE MCH ROA POC MDO SAN MCH LAG PHX MIAMarch 85C Cosworth DFX Danny Sullivan 4 3 4 27 18 27 14 13 5 2 5 8 8 4 1 4th 1265 1 Rick Mears 1 21 10th 515 3 30 1 2 Al Unser 5 4 3 3 7 27 13 2 1 4 1st 15111 4 2 3 121986 PHX LBH INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC MDO SAN MCH ROA LAG PHX MIAMarch 86C Chevrolet 265A Cosworth DFX Rick Mears 1 19 3 16 4 8 12 8 17 8 3 20 8th 89Penske PC 15 20 19 18 17 3March 86C 4 3 Danny Sullivan 4 11 11 11 1 1 2 25 16 3 5 12 6 2 2 3rd 147Penske PC 15 26March 86C 1 9Chevrolet 265A Al Unser 11 14 20 15 41st 0Penske PC 15 18 221987 LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC ROA MDO NAZ LAG MIAPenske PC 16 Chevrolet 265A Danny Sullivan 3 22 11 11 11 9th 87March 86C 13 20 4 2 4 17 5 3 22 2 12Penske PC 16 Rick Mears 8 9 20 21 3 18 7 5th 102March 86C 23 10 21 1 9 4 3 3 5 Danny Ongais 25 Inj 42nd 0Cosworth DFX Al Unser 1 13th 396 2 15Penske PC 16 Chevrolet 265A 9 DNQ1988 PHX LBH INDY MIL POR CLE TOR MEA MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAG MIAPenske PC 17 Chevrolet 265A Rick Mears 5 22 8 1 1 6 23 6 3 13 23 3 12 7 5 2 4th 129 Danny Sullivan 9 23 13 23 2 1 3 2 4 1 18 5 4 1 1 5 1st 182 Al Unser 1 3 19th 2360 9 131989 PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH POC MDO ROA NAZ LAGPenske PC 18 Chevrolet 265A Danny Sullivan 1 3 8 28 10 24 8 3 23 1 5 1 3 14 7th 107 Geoff Brabham 14 39th 0 Al Unser 10 16th 1425 24 8 7 Rick Mears 4 1 5 23 1 5 8 5 4 5 7 2 6 3 2 1 2nd 1861990 PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAGPenske PC 19 Chevrolet 265A Emerson Fittipaldi 1 5 2 3 3 7 9 3 6 20 17 18 6 12 2 1 6 5th 144 Rick Mears 2 1 6 5 2 4 5 8 2 12 14 7 4 7 3 2 4 3rd 168 Danny Sullivan 7 6 3 32 8 14 4 1 14 4 21 2 2 5 16 18 1 6th 1391991 SFR LBH PHX INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAGPenske PC 20 Chevrolet 265A Rick Mears 3 3 4 5 1 15 5 6 17 3 20 1 8 6 6 15 15 5 4th 145 Emerson Fittipaldi 5 19 17 3 11 8 1 2 2 7 21 20 2 17 2 6 8 4 5th 140Penske PC 19 Paul Tracy R 17 21 7 25 21st 61992 SFR PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAGPenske PC 21 Chevrolet 265B Emerson Fittipaldi 5 1 3 3 24 8 2 4 21 19 13 1 1 19 1 7 19 4th 151 Al Unser 4 12 16th 15 Rick Mears 2 8 6 26 7 16 4 16 13th 47 Paul Tracy 16 21 19 17 23 16 12th 59Penske PC 20 Chevrolet 265A 7 4 20 2 2 31993 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAGPenske PC 22 Chevrolet 265C Emerson Fittipaldi 4 2 14 13 1 3 23 1 2 2 13 3 5 7 1 5 2 2nd 183 Paul Tracy 12 21 16 1 30 20 9 3 1 1 19 2 1 13 25 3 1 3rd 1571994 SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO NHA VAN ROA NAZ LAGPenske PC 23 Ilmor 265D Emerson Fittipaldi 2 2 1 21 2 2 2 20 3 10 3 3 9 3 3 4 2nd 178Mercedes Benz 500I 17 Ilmor 265D Paul Tracy 3 16 23 20 3 1 3 3 5 16 2 2 20 18 1 1 3rd 152Mercedes Benz 500I 23Ilmor 265D Al Unser Jr 31 14 2 1 1 10 1 1 29 8 1 1 1 2 2 20 1st 225Mercedes Benz 500I 11995 MIA SFR PHX LBH NAZ INDY MIL DET POR ROA TOR CLE MCH MDO NHA VAN LAGPenske PC 24 Mercedes Benz IC108B Al Unser Jr 1 15 6 8 1 13 DNQ 2 5 1 28 26 18 2 1 3 1 6 2nd 161Lola T95 00 11 DNQReynard 94i 21 DNQPenske PC 24 Emerson Fittipaldi 2 24 18 3 20 1 DNQ 23 10 21 15 10 25 5 21 5 7 16 11th 67Lola T95 00 9 DNQPenske PC 23 89 DNQ1996 MIA RIO SFR LBH NAZ 500 MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAGPenske PC 25 Mercedes Benz IC108C Al Unser Jr 2 8 2 9 3 3 8 2 22 4 4 13 4 13 10 5 16 4th 125 Paul Tracy 3 23 19 22 4 5 7 3 17 27 9 5 DNS 12 18 29 13th 60 Jan Magnussen R 14 24th 51997 MIA SFR LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG FONPenske PC 26 Mercedes Benz IC108D Al Unser Jr 2 27 27 4 3 7 18 20 8 25 4 20 20 22 7 5 11 22 13th 67 Paul Tracy 3 2 19 7 1 1 1 6 Wth 7 7 10 4 27 28 28 26 26 5th 1211998 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO ROA VAN LAG HOU SFR FONPenske PC 27 Mercedes Benz IC108E Al Unser Jr 2 22 2 29 15 16 19 3 24 5 17 17 22 6 27 5 6 7 22 27 11th 72 Andre Ribeiro 3 17 9 22 DNS 22 20 18 16 15 22 23 28 10 25 7 14 17 13 28 22nd 131999 MIA MOT LBH NAZ RIO GAT MIL POR CLE ROA TOR MCH DET MDO CHI VAN LAG HOU SRF FONPenske PC 27B Mercedes Benz IC108E Al Unser Jr 2 26 24 12 13 15 22 7 21st 26Lola B99 00 12 19 16 5 9 9 15 25 25 25 WthPenske PC 27B Tarso Marques R 14 25 28th 43 9 26 18Lola B99 00 24Penske PC 27B Alex Barron 18 24 27th 4Lola B99 00 Gonzalo Rodriguez R 12 DNS 33rd 12000 MIA LBH RIO MOT NAZ MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAG GAT HOU SRF FONReynard 2Ki Honda HR 0 Gil de Ferran 2 6 7 17 9 1 12 9 1 14 6 18 3 2 25 5 2 8 3 23 3 1st 168 Helio Castroneves 3 25 2 24 13 16 16 1 7 21 16 5 21 1 9 20 1 9 5 6 9 7th 1292001 MTY LBH TEX NAZ MOT MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH CHI MDO ROA VAN LAU ROC HOU LAG SRF FONReynard 01i Honda HR 1 Gil de Ferran 1 2 3 C1 23 13 7 6 13 4 14 24 3 2 5 2 8 1 1 3 4 6 1st 199 Helio Castroneves 3 8 1 C1 11 2 26 1 17 12 19 8 7 1 7 18 12 4 5 6 20 22 4th 141 Gonzalo Rodriguez was killed during qualifying for the Laguna Seca race 1 The Firestone Firehawk 600 was canceled after qualifying due to excessive g forces on the drivers IndyCar Series results Edit key Year Chassis Engine Drivers No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pos Pts 2001 PHX HMS ATL INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH KTY GAT CHI TXSDallara IR 01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 Gil de Ferran 66 24 2 28th 46 Helio Castroneves 68 18 1 24th 642002 HMS PHX FON NAZ INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MCH KTY GAT CHI TXSDallara IR 02 Chevrolet Indy V8 Helio Castroneves 3 3 1 5 5 1 4 2 17 3 9 6 5 2 4 2 2nd 511 Gil de Ferran 6 2 2 4 3 10 16 1 2 5 2 5 21 1 23 3rd 443 Max Papis 21 43rd 162003 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH MCH GAT KTY NAZ CHI FON TXSDallara IR 03G Force GF09 Toyota Indy V8 Helio Castroneves 3 3 2 22 2 7 12 2 2 3 17 1 5 1 20 6 13 3rd 484 Gil de Ferran 6 2 14 1 8 3 3 3 1 7 3 9 4 12 15 1 2nd 489 Alex Barron 17 17th 2162004 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR NAZ CHI FON TXSDallara IR 04 Toyota Indy V8 Helio Castroneves 3 2 6 3 9 12 3 7 3 12 10 12 6 5 10 7 1 4th 446 Sam Hornish Jr 6 1 15 19 26 4 11 8 2 3 4 14 18 11 6 4 17 7th 3872005 HMS PHX STP MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPIR SNM CHI WGL FONDallara IR 05 Toyota Indy V8 Helio Castroneves 3 5 2 20 11 9 5 1 8 5 16 21 5 4 21 2 12 9 6th 440 Sam Hornish Jr 6 2 1 15 7 23 2 18 12 2 1 5 7 2 17 3 7 5 3rd 5122006 HMS STP MOT INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY SNM CHIDallara IR 05 Honda HI6R V8 Helio Castroneves 3 2 1 1 25 7 1 10 6 5 14 1 3 5 4 3rd 473 Sam Hornish Jr 6 3 8 4 1 12 4 1 1 14 2 19 1 9 3 1st 4752007 HMS STP MOT KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO MCH KTY SNM DET CHIDallara IR 05 Honda HI7R V8 Helio Castroneves 3 9 1 7 3 3 16 16 8 11 18 6 3 17 9 2 14 4 6th 446 Sam Hornish Jr 6 3 7 5 6 4 9 1 14 15 2 4 14 9 18 5 12 3 5th 4652008 HMS STP MOT LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF1Dallara IR 05 Honda HI8R V8 Helio Castroneves 3 4 2 2 4 4 5 2 14 2 16 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 7 2nd 629 Ryan Briscoe 6 19 23 9 7 23 1 3 7 15 12 23 1 6 7 2 9 3 1 5th 4472009 STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMSDallara IR 05 Honda HI9R V8 Helio Castroneves 3 7 2 1 11 1 7 17 4 18 2 4 12 18 20 10 5 4th 433 Will Power 6 19th 21512 2 5 3 1 9 DNS Ryan Briscoe 6 1 13 4 15 2 2 2 19 2 2 4 1 2 2 1 18 2 3rd 6042010 SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY MOT HMSDallara IR 05 Honda HI10R V8 Helio Castroneves 3 9 4 1 7 4 9 20 2 9 24 10 3 5 6 1 1 5 4th 531 Ryan Briscoe 6 14 3 6 8 6 24 1 4 2 18 4 6 4 11 24 4 4 5th 482 Will Power 12 1 1 4 3 12 8 14 5 1 1 2 2 1 16 8 3 25 2nd 5972011 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO NHM SNM BAL MOT KTY LSVDallara IR 05 Honda HI11R V8 Helio Castroneves 3 20 7 12 21 17 10 4 9 7 17 2 19 17 2 17 22 29 C2 11th 312 Ryan Briscoe 6 18 21 2 3 27 6 3 11 6 7 10 16 8 3 14 20 8 C2 6th 364 Will Power 12 2 1 10 1 14 3 1 4 21 24 1 14 5 1 1 2 19 C2 2nd 5552012 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TEX MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FONDallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Ryan Briscoe 2 5 14 7 25 5 16 3 14 18 19 8 7 1 2 17 6th 370 Helio Castroneves 3 1 3 13 4 10 17 7 6 6 6 1 16 6 10 5 4th 431 Will Power 12 7 1 1 1 28 4 8 12 23 15 3 2 2 6 24 2nd 4652013 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR MDO SNM BAL HOU FONDallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t A J Allmendinger 2 19 23 7 25 25 16 27th 79 Helio Castroneves 3 2 3 10 13 6 5 8 1 2 8 8 6 2 6 7 9 18 23 6 2nd 550 Will Power 12 16 5 16 24 19 8 20 7 3 17 4 15 18 4 1 18 12 1 1 4th 4982014 STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW TOR MDO MIL SNM FONDallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Juan Pablo Montoya 2 15 4 21 16 5 12 13 3 2 7 1 16 18 19 11 2 5 4 4th 586 Helio Castroneves 3 3 11 19 3 2 5 1 8 9 21 2 8 2 12 19 11 18 14 2nd 609 Will Power 12 1 2 5 8 8 1 2 2 14 11 10 14 10 3 6 1 10 9 1st 6712015 STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MDO POC SNMDallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Will Power 1 2 7 20 4 1 2 4 18 13 4 19 22 10 14 4 7 3rd 493 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 1 5 3 14 3 1 10 10 4 7 4 4 24 11 3 6 2nd 556 Helio Castroneves 3 4 2 2 15 6 7 6 19 3 3 23 2 11 15 16 15 5th 453 Simon Pagenaud 22 5 20 4 9 25 10 3 14 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