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. Supercars Championship:(as DJR Team Penske):12. In order to prepare the 1972 season, the new works prototype Ferrari 312PB was presented and engaged by the factory in several races. As terrible as milk sounds as a refreshment after hours of racing, Castroneves, a three-time Indy 500 winner, recently told Sporting News the milk is good simply because it represents victory. 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. 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. Penske ended up finishing the 2010 season with nine wins, thirteen pole positions and six fastest laps (mostly by Will Power). Brian Barnhart, in Race Control, made the initial call at the moment, stating "yellow, yellow, yellow, three is your leader" ("three" being Castroneves car number) over the director's radio channel, and such was repeated by his assistant Mel Harder over the teams' race control radio channel. [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. His teammate Mark Donohue led the waning laps en route to Penske's first Indianapolis 500 victory. Later they [15] 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. Penske first fielded a blue Sunoco 1967 Chevrolet Camaro driven by Mark Donohue in this series designed for Pony cars like the Ford Mustang. 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 announced in late 2009 that the ALMS teams would be dissolved and turned into the new No. 12 and Scott Pye in car No. 6 and No. Penske Racing has since proceeded to win the 500 in 2006, 2009, 2015, 2018, and 2019. Castroneves has won the Indianapolis 500 three times (2001, 2002and 2009), as well as other CART and IRL races with Team Penske. In 1979, Penske driver Bobby Unser led the most laps of the Indianapolis 500 while teammate Rick Mears won the race, from the pole. Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional motorsports organization which has teams involved in open wheel, stock car, sports car, and touring car racing. 22 Penske Truck Rental Dallara/Chevrolet driven by Simon Pagenaud. This 512M was painted in a blue and yellow livery and was sponsored by Sunoco and the Californian Ferrari dealer Kirk F. White. (In the 1995 Indy 500 Penske failed to qualify any cars for the race). Penske driver Unser won the pole position and led the most of the final 100 laps. In 1979 Penske designed and built the HR100 for wealthy Mexican 'gentleman driver' Héctor Rebaque. 2002 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results Previous at … 3, currently used by Penske Racing’s Hélio Castroneves, has been to victory lane at Indianapolis 11 times. Among active IndyCar drivers, Castroneves has the most career Indy 500 wins with three. Roger Penske had found the key to win but also found a way to run from the competition. 12 Verizon Wireless Dallara/Chevrolet driven by Will Power, and the No. Of the last six Indy 500 winners, five are in the field for the 2019 edition of the race, meaning the chances of getting a repeat Indy 500 winner are high. In late 1971, Penske and Mark Donohue helped to develop the turbocharged version of the Porsche 917. The Penske cars combined to win seven class victories and the overall win at Mid-Ohio. 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 as associate sponsors, and the team was billed as Verizon Championship Racing. 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. In spite of a fifth place scored 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. The race was cut short in Wheldon's honor and the championship points stood as they had entering Las Vegas, giving Franchitti his third consecutive driver's title (and fourth overall). During the 1970 season the competition between the 5-liter sportscars of Porsche and Ferrari turned to the advantage of the Porsche 917. Capping the season with a dominating race victory, Simon Pagenaud won his first IndyCar championship, becoming the ninth Penske driver to be crowned champion. Austin Cindric Penske finished the 2011 season with six victories, all from Will Power, while Castroneves and Briscoe went winless. [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. As for the car number with the most Indy 500 wins, the No. Roger Penske's organization claimed its 14th such title and its second in three years (Power won in '14). (Indy 500 records via Indianapolis Motor Speedway), Indy 500 winners: A complete list of all-time race champions, records, most wins. Team Penske started the 2010 season in style by winning the first three races of the season. 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. They will run 2 Acura ARX-05 DPis in the prototype (P) class. 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. American Motors won the Over 2.5 liter title in 1971, after which Penske withdrew from the championship. 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. Joey Logano 17 Ford Falcon FG X Supercar. The livery of Penske Racing American Le Mans Series team was inspired by Jordan EJ12's DHL Formula 1 livery driven by Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato. 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. From 1972 to 1974, Penske was Porsche's official partner in the CanAm Series. [23] Roger Penske later confirmed that Ambrose elected not to continue as a co-driver in 2016.[24]. Penske-entered Camaros won the series championship in 1968 and 1969. 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. 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. Donohue won one race that year in Can-Am at Bridgehampton. 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. Castroneves (2001-2002) is also one of five drivers who have won the Indy 500 in consecutive years; the others are Wilbur Shaw (1939-40), Mauri Rose (1947-48), Bill Vukovich (1953-54) and Unser (1970-71). New Magnesium chassis were developed. With Team Green, Tracy returned to the Indianapolis 500 in 2002 for the first time since 1995. 12 Indycar, driven by Will Power in five races. 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 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. Below is the all-time list of Indy 500 winners. Team Penske became a three-car team for the first time since 1994, with the addition of a full-time team for Power. Mears won the Indy 500 in 1979, 1984, 1988 and 1991. Penske's next Indy 500 win was with Rick Mears in 1984. Castroneves, who was slated to start the 2019 Indy 500 in 12th, is one Indy 500 win away from tying the all-time record. This extra power (at least 900 horsepower, and rumored to be in excess of 1000) allowed the Penskes to run significantly faster, giving them the pole and outside front row on the grid for the 78th Indianapolis 500.