![]() They used a Porsche-powered Riley with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas driving. In 2009, Penske suspended his participation in the ALMS, switching to ALMS's rival Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for the full season. The car was run in conjunction with Wayne Taylor's SunTrust Racing. Penske also ran a Pontiac Riley Daytona Prototype in the 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona, with Kurt Busch, Ryan Briscoe, and Hélio Castroneves driving. Roger Penske was inaugurated into the Wall of Fame at Sonoma Raceway in 2015 His team scored an overall victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2008. The Penske Porsches took center stage in 2006, winning immediately, including victories at Mid-Ohio finishing 1-2 ahead of Audi (competing in a higher classification) and the annual Petit Le Mans, a 10-hour showcase event held at Road Atlanta. In 2005, Porsche set the stage to make a comeback in sports car racing in the United States and chose Penske Racing to run in the LMP2 class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). Penske, would later win another Daytona 500 in 2015 with Logano behind the wheel. After many years of trying, his team won the Daytona 500 in 2008 with Ryan Newman driving. Previously, Penske Racing ran cars in the CART series that included some of the best drivers of the time, including Gary Bettenhausen, Tom Sneva, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Al Unser, Al Unser Jr., Emerson Fittipaldi, Rick Mears, Danny Sullivan, Paul Tracy, Helio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran. Penske Racing now operates an Ind圜ar Series team composed of Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, and Will Power, and a NASCAR team with drivers Austin Cindric, Joey Logano, and Ryan Blaney. He closed his European-based Formula One business in 1977. His teams have won many races in the subsequent years. His team first competed in the Indianapolis 500 in 1969, winning that event in 1972 with driver Mark Donohue, and their first NASCAR win was in 1973. Penske Racing debuted in 1966 at the 24 Hours of Daytona, after Penske had retired from race driving. Penske continued racing until 1965, when he retired as a driver, to concentrate on his first Chevrolet dealership in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Rookie Mario Andretti stepped in for Penske to take that test. He never ran the Indianapolis 500: he was offered a rookie test at Indianapolis with the Dean Van Lines team, but turned it down for business reasons. He competed in two Formula One Grands Prix, and won a NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model race at Riverside in 1963. Penske was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 by President Donald Trump.īy 1960, he was a well-known race car driver ( Sports Illustrated SCCA Driver of the Year). ![]() He has an estimated net worth of $1.83 billion as of 2018. He was previously on the board of The Home Depot and Delphi Automotive before resigning to chair the Detroit Super Bowl Committee. Penske is a corporate director at General Electric and was chairman of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan. In 2019, Penske purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NTT Ind圜ar Series from Hulman & Company for an undisclosed sum. In addition, Penske also served as a race strategist for his Ind圜ar team, most recently for driver Will Power. He is known by his nickname of "The Captain". He is the most successful owner in the Indianapolis 500 with 18 victories. After retiring from driving a few years later, he created one of the most successful teams in Ind圜ar Series and NASCAR racing. ![]() Sports Illustrated named him Sports Car Club of America Driver of the Year in 1961. He is most famous for his ownership of Team Penske, DJR Team Penske, the Penske Corporation, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ind圜ar, and other automotive-related businesses. Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American businessman and entrepreneur involved in professional auto racing and a retired professional auto racing driver. ![]()
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