Roger Penske is not only the most recognizable name in American motorsports, but a man who commands respect in the international racing community as well.
The "Captain" has been racing and winning in the United States since 1958 and has scored victories in every series where he has competed.
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. However, racing remained a key element in Penske's overall business plan. He fielded Corvettes in the 1966 endurance races at Daytona and Sebring prior to joining forces with driver Mark Donohue to campaign a Lola T70 in the USRRC and Can-Am sports car series. Team Penske quickly found success with Donohue, winning two consecutive USRRC championships and three SCCA Trans-Am titles.
Penske made its NASCAR debut in 1972, the same season the team earned its first Indy 500 victory with Donohue at the wheel.
Following a 10-year hiatus from NASCAR competition, Team Penske South was established in 1991 with Wallace and long-time Penske business associate Don Miller as the team's co-owners.
For 16 straight years, Wallace won at least one NASCAR race each season, tying him for third on the all-time list for the most consecutive seasons with at least one victory. He also finished in the top 10 in the series standings in 12 of his 15 seasons driving for Team Penske. By the end of the 2005 season, 37 of Wallace's 55 career victories had come under the Team Penske banner.
A milestone was achieved in 2012 as Team Penske earned its first-ever NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. Keselowski and the No. 2 Miller Lite team scored three victories during the regular season.
Team Penske returned to Ford in 2013, which also coincided with the hiring of Joey Logano in the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Fusion. Since then, the organization has won 31 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races and claimed the NASCAR XFINITY Series owner’s championship four times in the last five years.
In 2018, the duo of Keselowski and Logano will be joined by Ryan Blaney as Team Penske debuts a three-team operation for the first time.
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