News on Roger Penske

Aussie Power takes IndyCar pole

2011-08-27T21:30:10Z

Australian Will Power captured his sixth pole position of the IndyCar season on Saturday, leading a 1-2-3 sweep by the Roger Penske team in qualifying for Sunday's IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma.

Power, who won the event last year from the pole, will start on the inside of the front row on the famed 2.22-mile, 12-turn road course after a lap at 1min 18.6017secs.

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Penske adds 3rd new sponsor to IndyCar team

2010-12-06T09:00:19Z

Penske Racing signs Izod as another new sponsor to help with 3-car IndyCar team

Roger Penske's team has added Izod as a new sponsor on its three-car IndyCar team.

Team officials say the deal will give Izod the primary sponsorship on the No. 6 car driven by Ryan Briscoe out of Indy 500 following crash coming out of Turn 4

Ryan Briscoe is out of the Indy 500 after a wreck in turn four.

The Penske driver had just re-entered the track following a pit stop when he failed to negotiate the final turn on the 2.5-mile oval.

The 28-year-old Australian qualified fourth and entered the pits with th...

Job secure, Power eyeing Indy 500 breakthrough

2010-05-27T01:30:13Z

Power's Play: Points leader Will Power eyeing breakthrough at Indy 500

A year ago, Will Power came to the Indy 500 hoping to simply finish.

His mental checklist before the race went something like this: Don't take any unnecessary chances; keep the car intact; don't give Roger Penske a reason to look elsewhere for a third driver.

Check...

Keselowski wins at Talladega

2010-04-25T20:00:06Z

Keselowski needs 2-lap overtime to win Nationwide race at Talladega

Brad Keselowski was minutes away from being benched for the Nationwide Series race. He was involved in a late wreck in the earlier Cup race, sending his carbon monoxide level soari...

Busch signs contract extension with Penske Racing

2010-04-23T16:00:12Z

Kurt Busch signs long-term extension with Penske Racing

Kurt Busch is staying put with Penske Racing.

Busch signed a contract extension to continue driving for Penske Racing in the same week the former Cup champion got a new sponsor. Busch said team owner Roger Penske held an option on 2011 that...

Power earns St. Pete IndyCar pole

2010-03-27T16:15:28Z

Australian Will Power, winner of the IndyCar series opener in Brazil, put himself on pole for the second race of the season on Saturday.

Power was the best in every practice session Friday and Saturday, and had the fastest lap time in the final round by more than a quarter-second over Brazilian Tony Kanaan.

"We've been v...

Allgaier holds off Keselowski for 1st win

2010-03-20T16:30:08Z

Allgaier wins 1st NASCAR race and gives Penske 1-2 Nationwide finish

Roger Penske casually leaned against the railing along the spotter stand at Bristol Motor Speedway, showing no emotion as he watched his two young drivers race each other for a win.

If he was nervous, he didn't show i...

Pain subsides as Power looks ahead to recovery

2010-04-16T10:31:41Z

Pain free: Penske's Power looking ahead as pain subsides, rehab begins after ugly crash

IndyCar driver Will Power looks at 2009 as a success.

He drove for Roger Penske, won the race at Edmonton and demonstrated his versatility with strong finishes on road courses and ovals. Even the frightening cr...

Keselowski to move to Penske Racing in 2010

2010-06-12T02:22:42Z

Brad Keselowski will drive Penske's No. 12 Dodge for full Sprint Cup schedule in 2010

Brad Keselowski's long courtship with Penske Racing ended Tuesday when he finally took an offer to move to the Sprint Cup Series.

Keselowski, who had been hoping to move into a...

Teamwork the name of the game for Team Penske

2010-04-16T11:37:55Z

Team Penske teammates work to avoid turmoil and keep both cars up front in IndyCar Series

When Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti wound up dueling side-by-side — then feuding afterward — during an IndyCar Series race at Less than 2 months after winning tax case, Helio Castroneves wins his third Indy 500

Helio Castroneves can stop looking back now. He's gone from accused to acquitted. He's gone from a courthouse to Victory Lane — at the Indianapolis 500, no less. It's time for No. 3 to start working on No. 4. Castroneves joined a very exclusive club Sun...

All clear for Castroneves at Indy 500

2010-04-16T12:09:10Z

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Two months ago charismatic Brazilian Helio Castroneves was more worried about losing a legal battle than winning a third Indy 500.

Cleared of tax evasion charges that could have l...

Castroneves grabs pole at Indy 500

2010-04-16T12:23:59Z

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Brazilian Helio Castroneves went from the courthouse to center stage on Saturday grabbing the pole for the Indianapolis 500.

It marks the third time Castroneves has started the 50...

Briscoe holds off Hunter-Reay to win Honda GP

2010-04-16T15:44:24Z

Penske's Ryan Briscoe holds off Ryan Hunter-Reay to win IndyCar season-opening Honda GP

Ryan Briscoe was thinking about settling for a second-place finish when he suddenly saw opportunity ahead of him on the track.

Getting ready for a restart with just 14 laps remaining, Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman and Penske Racing parting ways at end of 2008 season

Ryan Newman, projected as a possible teammate for Tony Stewart on the two-time NASCAR champion's new team, will leave ...

Briscoe gives Penske victory

2010-04-16T16:46:08Z

Pit strategy leads to second IndyCar victory for Briscoe

Ryan Briscoe took advantage of a surprising pit strategy on the way to a victory in Sunday's Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car course.

Team owner Roger Penske...

The Captain: A frank conversation with Roger Penske

2010-09-10T21:22:00Z

Roger Penske's two passoins are racing and business. He has integrated them masterfully for 40 years, and has been incredibly successful at both. Penske retired from an outstanding career as a driver in 1964 to become owner of a Chevrolet dealership in Philadelphia. Today, the privately held ...

An American In Europe

2010-09-10T21:11:09Z

Tyler Alexander is a rare bird. He's by far the most experienced and accomplished American ever to compete in Formula 1. Over more than 40 years, cars prepared or seriously influenced by Alexander have won more than 170 major races in Formula 1, USAC, CART, Can-Am, international sports-car racing and the old Tasman Series. Included in this re...

Newman captures pole for Coca-Cola 600

2010-09-08T22:19:02Z

Ryan Newman Captures His 39th Career Pole for Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway

Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch gave Penske Racing a grip on the front row for the Coca-Cola...

Castroneves wins Indianapolis 500 pole

2010-09-08T19:18:04Z

Helio Castroneves Wins Pole Position at Indianapolis 500 Under New Qualifying Procedure

Roger Penske made the right call Saturday and Helio Castroneves rewarded his car owner with another Indianapolis 500 pole.

Penske, whose elite team has won 14 poles and 14 races at the

IRL Sonoma Auto Racing

2010-08-22T18:30:23Z

IndyCar driver Will Power of Australia, left, is congratulated by team owner Roger Penske, center, and Bud Denker, a Penske associate, after winning the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010 at Infineon Raceway in S...

NASCAR Bristol Auto Racing

2010-03-26T14:48:07Z

Driver Brad Keselowski, right, talks with team owner Roger Penske, left, during practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Food City 500 auto race at Bristol Motor Spee...

Kobalt Tools 500

2010-03-26T23:20:03Z

ATLANTA - MARCH 07: Kurt Busch (C), driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, and team owner Roger Penske (R) celebrate in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 at

Toyota Road to Recalls

2010-10-22T10:11:05Z

This photo taken Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, Yoshi Inaba, president of Toyota Motor North America and chairman of Toyota Motor Sales USA, right, and Jim Lentz, head of North American sales, center, greeting Roger Penske, left, at the Roger Penske, left, greets Chairman of Toyota Motors Sales Yoshi Inada at the North American International Auto Show Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)