Penske has a long tradition of motorsports and Roger Penske was one of America’s most successful young road racers before electing to retire from driving in 1965 to focus on his first business – a Philadelphia Chevrolet dealership.
The Penske family is proud to mention the recent win of Brad Keselowski at the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway on July 9th, 2016.
According to a recent article in USA today, Keselowski passed Kevin Harvick on a restart with less than 70 laps to go and notched his third career win at the 1.5-mile track. Keselowski also won at Kentucky in 2012 and 2014, meaning he now has victories in half of the Sprint Cup races run here. It also was the Team Penske driver’s fourth win of the season; he visited victory lane at Las Vegas, Talladega and last week at Daytona.
Even though Team Penske is legendary in open-wheel racing, it hasn’t confined its endeavors to that form of motorsports.
Penske made its NASCAR debut in 1972, the same season the team earned its first Indy 500 victory with Donohue at the wheel.
Continuing to compete in NASCAR, the Can-Am Series and in Indy cars, Penske Racing also debuted its Formula 1 car in 1970s. With legendary racers Tom Sneva, Mario Andretti, Rick Mears and Bobby Unser, Al Unser and Danny Sullivan competing for the team, Penske Racing established itself as an Indy car powerhouse throughout the 70s and 80s.
Read more about Team Penske Racing history here.
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