Team Penske

Team Penske
Owner(s)Roger Penske (Penske Corporation)
Principal(s)Tim Cindric
BaseMooresville, North Carolina
SeriesIndyCar Series
NASCAR Cup Series
IMSA SportsCar Championship
FIA World Endurance Championship
Race driversIndyCar Series:
2. Josef Newgarden
3. Scott McLaughlin
12. Will Power
Cup Series:
2. Austin Cindric
12. Ryan Blaney
22. Joey Logano
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship:
6. Kévin Estre
Mathieu Jaminet
Nick Tandy
Laurens Vanthoor
7. Dane Cameron
Matt Campbell
Felipe Nasr
Josef Newgarden
FIA World Endurance Championship:
5. Matt Campbell
Michael Christensen
Frédéric Makowiecki
6. Kévin Estre
André Lotterer
Laurens Vanthoor
SponsorsIndyCar Series:
2. PPG, Hitachi, Snap-On, Shell, Astemo, Tire Rack
3. DEX Imaging, XPEL, Odyssey Battery, Good Ranchers, Sonsio, Pennzoil, Gallagher Insurance, Freightliner Trucks
12. Verizon
Cup Series:
2. Discount Tire, Menards (Knauf Insulation, Duracell, Libman, Richmond Water Heaters, Quaker State, Moen, Tarkett, Monster Energy, Sylvania, Cardell), Snap-On, Freightliner Trucks, AutoTrader.com, Keystone Light
12. Menards (Peak, Pennzoil, Dutch Boy Paint, Jack Links, Duracell, Knauf Insulation, Cardell, Maytag, Richmond Water Heaters, Moen, Ideal Door, Atlas Roofing, Great Stuff), Bodyarmor, Advance Auto Parts, Wabash National, Würth, Dent Wizard, Discount Tire
22. Shell Pennzoil, Hunt Brothers Pizza, AAA, AutoTrader.com
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship:
6. Porsche
7. Porsche
FIA World Endurance Championship:
5. Porsche
6. Porsche
ManufacturerIndyCar: Chevrolet
NASCAR: Ford
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Porsche
FIA World Endurance Championship: Porsche
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:
2024 Music City Grand Prix
(Nashville Superspeedway)

Cup Series:
2024 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: 42
USAC: 9
IndyCar Series: 6
CART: 9
Cup Series: 5
Xfinity Series: 2
IMSA (DPi): 2
WEC (Hypercar): 1
ALMS (LMP2): 3
VASC: 3
Can-Am: 2
USRRC: 2
Indy 500 victories20 (1972, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024
Race victoriesIndyCar Series: 243
Cup Series: 149
Xfinity Series: 81
Pole positionsIndyCar Series: 302[citation needed]
Cup Series: 141[citation needed]
Xfinity Series: 74[citation needed]
Former logo used until 2013
Team Penske No. 2 hauler set for parade down Las Vegas Strip – 2015

Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional auto racing organization, competing in the IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship and 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, and Australia's Supercars Championship. 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.

IndyCar Series

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Team Penske currently fields three cars: the No. 2 Hitachi Dallara/Chevrolet for Josef Newgarden, the No. 3 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. At the 2024 race, Team Penske won the Indy 500 for a record 20th time.[3] The team has won the series championship 16 times.[4]

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.[5][6] 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;[7] with the flooding in Pennsylvania in 2006, the team's operations were moved to Mooresville earlier than expected.

IndyCar history

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Early days

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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, where Donohue was named rookie of the year. In 1971, Donohue scored the first win for Team Penske in IndyCar at the Pocono 500. Donohue won the team's first Indianapolis 500 in May 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 May 28, 2023, Team Penske has won the Indianapolis 500 19 times,[8] won the Indianapolis 500 pole position 18 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. Team Penske 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

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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 engines (2003–2005)

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As Toyota confirmed defection from CART Champ Car to IRL IndyCar Series, the team switched to Toyota engines from 2003 season onwards as it was announced on April 2, 2002.[9] 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 engines (2006–2011)

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On October 31, 2005, it was announced that Team Penske ended their engine deal with Toyota and switched to Honda with an initial five-year deal.[10] 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[11] with Team Penske American Le Mans Series confirming Porsche LMP2 driver Ryan Briscoe as Castroneves's new teammate for 2008 on November 13, 2007.[12]

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 engines (2012–present)

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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. as well as Chevrolet official team vehicles, financial support and also Chevrolet and Ilmor staff would work with the team at their Mooresville base.[13] 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.[14]

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.[15]

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).[16]

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.[17][18] 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 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.

For 2023, Team Penske would return to the winner's circle at Indianapolis, with Josef Newgarden clinching the 107th Indianapolis 500, becoming the first American driver to win the race since 2016. 2023 was otherwise a difficult season for the team; only one of their drivers finishing in the top three of the IndyCar points standings, only winning one road course event, and Will Power recorded no wins for the first time in sixteen seasons.

Team Penske garage at the 2024 Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s

In 2024, Team Penske incurred controversy when Josef Newgarden was disqualified from his season opening win at St. Petersburg for having illegally manipulated ECU software to allow for push to pass to be used on the race restarts, marking the first time the team had been stripped of an IndyCar win since Al Unser Jr.'s 1995 win at Portland. Unlike that race, Penske elected not to appeal the loss of the win and Tim Cindric was banned from the Penske paddock for several races. The team however did have a strong start to the season, with all three of their drivers picking up wins in the first seven races and Newgarden becoming the first driver since Helio Castroneves to win back to back Indianapolis 500s, giving Penske their 20th Indianapolis 500 win.

1994 PPG IndyCar World Series

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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

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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

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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

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Sports car racing

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

Trans-Am Series

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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 [19] 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

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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

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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

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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

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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.[20] 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

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

In 2017, it was announced that Team Penske would make a comeback to sportscar racing in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in a 3-year partnership with Acura, starting in the 2018 season, running 2 Acura ARX-05 DPis in the prototype (P) class. To prepare their debut in 2018 season, Team Penske took part in the last race of 2017, the Petit Le Mans using the Oreca 07 LMP2 (same framework that the Acura DPi was based on), placing third.

2018 line-up:

2019–2020 line-up:

In 2019 Team Penske won the drivers championship with Juan Pablo Montoya and Dane Cameron, while Hélio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor finished 3rd on the championship. In 2020 Team Penske won again the drivers championship, this time with Hélio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor. In the end of that season Penske left IMSA as the 3-year partnership with Acura reached its end.[21]

Penske would return to Endurance and IMSA in a partnership with Porsche for the new LMDh regulations. For the 2023 season, the team was the only one that fielded the Porsche 963 at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona. With the No. 6 Porsche retiring due to a gearbox issue and No. 7 finishing in 7th place.[22]

Return with Porsche 963

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The No. 5 Penske-entered Porsche 963 competing at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

In May 2021 Porsche announced its return to FIA World Endurance Championship new category LMDh with Penske running their factory team.[23][24] They announced their return to both WEC and IMSA for 2023 season running two new Porsche 963 in each competition.[25] To prepare their return to WEC, Penske took part in WEC 2022 season with one Oreca 07-Gibson in LMP2 class.[26][27] Former Team Penske lubricant partner and supplier Mobil 1 rejoined as official team's lubricant partner and supplier from 2023 season onwards due to the Porsche partnership.

2023 line-up:

Formula One

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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 competed in the Formula One World Championship as a chassis constructor from 1974 to 1977 and as a works team from 1974 to 1976. Although the cars were built at the British base in Poole,[28] the works team held an American licence.[29] Excluding the Indianapolis 500, Penske is, along with the All American Racers, one of only two American constructors to have achieved a win in a Formula One race.

In 1971 Penske had sponsored the McLaren car entered in the 1971 Canadian Grand Prix by the White Racing privateer team[30] and in the 1971 United States Grand Prix by the Kirk White privateer team.[31] At the Canadian Grand Prix Mark Donohue took the Penske-sponsored McLaren car to a podium finish. Penske returned three years later, in the 1974 Canadian Grand Prix, with their own works team as well as own chassis, the Penske 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 car, Donohue managing to score a fifth place in the Swedish Grand Prix. However, the car was retired after the French Grand Prix and Penske entered a March 751 car for the next three races, scoring another fifth in the British Grand Prix. However, Donohue crashed the car in the final practice session of the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg and later died from his injuries. Penske missed the Italian Grand Prix, returning only for the United States Grand Prix, abandoning the March 751 car in favor of the PC1 car with Northern Irish driver John Watson.

For the 1976 season, Penske signed a sponsorship deal with Citibank and entered a brand new Penske PC3 car for Watson. Despite a fifth-place score at the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, the PC3 car was evolved into the PC4 car, 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 Formula One win. So far this has been the last time an American-licensed constructor won a Formula One race.[32][33][34] 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 the 1977 season, the car was entered by Schmid's ATS Wheels business and run by his privateer team ATS Racing Team. The ATS-Penske PC4, now painted yellow, debuted in the 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 German Grand Prix despite failing to qualify) and Hans Binder (3 races) but the team's fortunes sank and Schmid quit after the Italian Grand Prix, before returning in the 1978 season with his own chassis. A third PC4 car was built by Penske for the Interscope Racing team, who entered the car in the United States and Canadian Grands Prix, driven by American Danny Ongais with no results.

In the 1979 season Penske designed and built the Rebaque HR100 car 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

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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.[35] The team raced a single Ford Falcon FG X in 2015, initially with Marcos Ambrose driving car No. 17[36] 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.[37]

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.[38] Roger Penske later confirmed that Ambrose elected not to continue as a co-driver in 2016.[39]

For the 2017 season, Scott McLaughlin joined the team and became the new driver for the No. 17 Ford Falcon FG X Supercar.[40] 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 back its shareholding in DJR Team Penske.[41]

Indianapolis 500 statistics

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Team Penske has the most Indianapolis 500 victories of any team in auto-racing history with 20 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, 2019, 2023, and 2024

Penske Racing Museum

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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

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USAC Championship Car results

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(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 United States 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States Mark Donohue 68 6 19
United Kingdom David Hobbs 20
McLaren M16A Offy 159 tc United States 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 United States Gary Bettenhausen 7 4 1 14 3 24 19
United States Gordon Johncock 22
United States Mark Donohue 66 17 19 1 2 2 16
United States Mike Hiss 2
1973 TXS TRE INDY MIL POC MIC MIL ONT MIC TRE TXS PHX
McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc United States 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 United States Bobby Allison 12 32
Eagle 72 Offy 159 tc United States Mark Donohue 66 15 17 29
McLaren M16B United States Al Loquasto (R) 86 DNQ
1974 ONT PHX1 TRE1 INDY MIL1 POC MIC1 MIL2 MIC2 TRE2 TRE3 PHX2
McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc United States Gary Bettenhausen 8 11 20 DNQ 32 2 31
Eagle 72 Offy 159 tc 14
McLaren M16C Offy Drake tc United States 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 United States Bobby Allison 16 6 32 25 27 17
United States 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 United States Mario Andretti 6 8 5
68 4 3
United States 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 United States Tom Sneva 8 14 16 1 10 2 2 1 3 18
Penske PC5/77 4 5 3 10 17
McLaren M24 United States 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 United States Tom Sneva 1 22 2 2 3 2 4 15 3 2 8 5 15 23 2 3 3 2 16
United States Mario Andretti 7 DNS 15 5 13 12 23 DNS 20 1 7
United States Mike Hiss Rpl1
United States Rick Mears 5 2 1 22 1 9 2 9 2 1
71 23
United States George Snider DNS
Source[42]

Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) results

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(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 United States Rick Mears 9 2 5 2 1 5 7 4 5 2 1 2 3 1 3 1st 4,060
Penske PC-7 United States Bobby Unser 12 5 7 4 5 1 1 19 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2nd 3,820
United States Bill Alsup (R) 68 DNQ 15th 400
United States 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 United States Rick Mears 1 21 5 5 12 9 4 2 2 3 3 1 7 4th 2,866
Penske PC-9 United States Bobby Unser 11 23 19 1 1 15 2 1 3 1 2 2 DNQ 2nd 3,714
United States Mario Andretti 12 20 17 1 2 16th 580
Penske PC-7 United States Tom Gloy 61 6 5 9 14th 680
1981 PHX MIL ATL MCH RIV MIL MCH WGL MXC PHX
Penske PC-9B Cosworth DFX United States Bobby Unser 3 2 21 13 6 16 9 3 7 17 15* 2 7th 99
United States Rick Mears 6 4 1 1* 3 1* 2 1 1 1 8 1st 304
United States 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 United States Rick Mears 1 1* 1* 3 4 15* 12* 1* 1* 5 25 2 1st 294
United States 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 United States Rick Mears 1 8* 3 7 4 17 3 19 9 1* 13 21 17 6th 92
2 3
United States 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 United States Al Unser 1 22 21 5 27 8 10 30 3 8 8 13 4 17 6 14 9th 76
2 3
United States Rick Mears 6 21 18 1* 2 10 10 4 3 4 2 5* DNQ 4th 110
March 84C United States Johnny Rutherford 5 14* 11 22nd 20
New Zealand 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 United States Danny Sullivan 4 3 4 27 18 27 14 13 5 2 5 8 8 4 1 4th 126
5 1
United States Rick Mears 1 21 10th 51
5 3 30 1 2
United States 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
United States 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*
United States 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 United States 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 United States 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 United States Rick Mears 8 9 20 21 3 18 7 5th 102
March 86C 23 10 21 1* 9 4 3 3 5
United States Danny Ongais 25 Inj 42nd 0
Cosworth DFX United States 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 United States Rick Mears 5 22 8 1 1 6 23 6 3 13 23 3 12 7 5 2 4th 129
United States Danny Sullivan 9 23 13 23* 2 1 3 2 4 1 18 5 4 1 1 5 1st 182
United States 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 United States Danny Sullivan 1 3 8 28 10 24 8 3* 23 1 5 1 3 14 7th 107
Australia Geoff Brabham 14 39th 0
United States Al Unser 10 16th 14
25 24 8 7
United States 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 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 1 5 2 3 3 7 9 3 6 20 17 18 6 12 2 1 6 5th 144
United States Rick Mears 2 1 6 5 2 4 5 8 2 12 14 7 4 7 3 2 4 3rd 168
United States 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 United States Rick Mears 3 3 4 5 1 15 5 6 17 3 20 1 8 6 6 15 15 5 4th 145
Brazil 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 Canada 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 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 5 1 3 3 24 8 2 4 21 19 13 1* 1* 19 1 7 19 4th 151
United States Al Unser 4 12 16th 15
United States Rick Mears 2 8 6 26 7 16 4 16 13th 47
Canada 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 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 4 2 14 13 1 3 23 1 2 2 13 3 5 7 1 5 2 2nd 183
Canada 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 Brazil 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 Canada 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 United States 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 United States 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 Brazil 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 United States Al Unser Jr. 2 8 2 9 3 3 8 2* 22 4 4 13 4 13 10* 5 16 4th 125
Canada Paul Tracy 3 23* 19 22 4 5 7 3 17 27 9 5 DNS 12 18 29 13th 60
Denmark 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 United States Al Unser Jr. 2 27 27 4 3 7 18 20 8 25 4 20 20 22 7 5 11 22 13th 67
Canada 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 United States 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
Brazil 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 United States 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 Brazil Tarso Marques (R) 14 25 28th 4
3 9 26 18
Lola B99/00 24
Penske PC-27B United States Alex Barron 18 24 27th 4
Lola B99/00 Uruguay 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 Brazil 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
Brazil 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 Brazil 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
Brazil 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

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(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 Brazil Gil de Ferran 66 24 2 28th 46
Brazil 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 3 1 5 5 1 4 2 17 3 9 6 5 2* 4 2* 2nd 511
Brazil Gil de Ferran 6 2 2 4 3* 10 16 1* 2* 5 2 5 21 1 23 3rd 443
Italy 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 3 2 22 2 7 12 2 2 3 17 1* 5 1* 20 6 13 3rd 484
Brazil Gil de Ferran 6 2* 14 1 8 3 3 3* 1 7 3 9 4 12 15 1* 2nd 489
United States 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 2* 6 3 9 12 3 7 3 12 10 12 6 5* 10 7* 1* 4th 446
United States 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 5 2 20 11 9 5 1* 8 5 16 21 5 4 21 2 12 9 6th 440
United States 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 2 1* 1* 25 7 1 10 6 5 14 1 3 5 4 3rd 473
United States 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 9 1* 7 3 3 16* 16 8 11 18 6 3* 17 9 2 14 4 6th 446
United States 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 4 2 2 4 4 5 2* 14* 2 16 3 2 2* 2 1* 2 1* 7 2nd 629
Australia 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 7 2 1 11 1 7 17 4 18 2 4 12 18 20 10 5 4th 433
Australia Will Power 6 19th 215
12 2 5 3 1* 9 DNS
Australia 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 9 4 1 7 4 9 20 2 9 24 10 3 5 6 1 1* 5 4th 531
Australia Ryan Briscoe 6 14 3 6 8 6 24 1* 4 2 18 4 6 4 11* 24 4 4 5th 482
Australia 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 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 20 7 12 21 17 10 4 9 7 17 2 19 17 2 17 22 29 C2 11th 312
Australia Ryan Briscoe 6 18 21 2* 3 27 6 3 11 6 7 10 16 8 3 14 20 8 C2 6th 364
Australia 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 Australia Ryan Briscoe 2 5 14 7 25 5 16 3 14 18 19 8 7 1 2 17 6th 370
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 1 3 13 4 10 17 7 6 6* 6 1 16 6 10 5 4th 431
Australia 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 United States A. J. Allmendinger 2 19 23 7 25 25 16 27th 79
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 2 3 10 13 6 5 8 1* 2 8 8 6 2 6 7 9 18 23 6 2nd 550
Australia 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 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 2 15 4 21 16 5 12 13 3 2 7 1 16 18 19 11 2 5 4* 4th 586
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 3 11 19 3 2 5* 1* 8 9 21* 2 8 2 12* 19 11 18 14 2nd 609
Australia 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 Australia Will Power 1 2* 7 20 4 1* 2 4 18 13 4* 19* 22 10 14 4 7 3rd 493
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 2 1 5* 3 14 3 1 10 10* 4 7 4 4 24 11 3 6 2nd 556
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 4 2 2 15 6 7 6 19 3 3 23 2 11 15 16 15 5th 453
France 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 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 2 1 9 4 5 8 33 3 20 7 20 20 11 8 9 13 3 8th 433
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 4 11 3* 7 2 11 5 14 5 13 2 15 19 5 3 7 3rd 504
Australia Will Power 12 DNS 3 7 4 19 10 20 1 1* 2 1 2 1 8 20 20 2nd 532
Spain Oriol Servià 18 24th 72
France 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 France Simon Pagenaud 1 2 5 3 1* 4 14 16 5 3 4 7 5 4 4 3 9 1* 2nd 629
United States Josef Newgarden 2 8 3 1 9 11 19 4 2 13 2 6 1* 1* 2 1* 18 2 1st 642
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 6 9 4 4 5 2 7 9 20 3 1* 8 7 7 4 4 5 4th 598
Australia Will Power 12 19 13 14* 2 1* 23 18 3 1* 5 4 21 2 1 20 6 3 5th 562
Colombia 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 United States Josef Newgarden 1 7 1 7 1* 11 8 9 15 13 1* 4* 9 4 5 7 10 8 5th 560
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 6 27 32nd 40
Australia Will Power 12 10 22* 2 21 1* 1 7 2 18 23 6 18 3 2 1 21 3 3rd 582
France 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 United States Josef Newgarden 2 1* 2 4 2 15 4 1* 19 1 3 4 1* 14 5 7 5 8 1st 641
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 21 18 29th 33
Australia Will Power 12 3 24* 11 7 7 5 18 3 9 2 18 15 4 1 22 1* 2 5th 550
France 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 United States Josef Newgarden 1 3 7 14* 9 5 1* 5 12 1 2 8 1* 4 1 2nd 521
Brazil Hélio Castroneves 3 11 27th 57
New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 22 35th 8
Australia Will Power 12 13 20* 2 11 21 2 14 17 3 1* 6 7 1* 24 5th 396
France 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 United States Josef Newgarden 2 23 2 6 2 4 12 10 2* 21* 1* 10 8 1* 5 7 2 2nd 511
New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 3 14 11 2 8 8 20 19 20 14 12 22 23 4 9 12 11 14th 305
Australia Will Power 12 2 8 14 13 11 30 20* 6 3 25 14 1* 3 13 26 10 9th 357
France Simon Pagenaud 22 12 3 10 6 6 3 12 8 18 14 21 16 8 21 8 5 8th 383
2022 STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IMS NSH GAT POR LAG
Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t United States Josef Newgarden 2 16 1 1* 14 25 13 4 1* 7 10 1* 24* 5 6 1 8 2 2nd 544