Team Penske
Team Penske, formerly known as Penske Racing, is a professional racing organization that competes in the IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, and FIA World Endurance Championship. Throughout its history, which dates back to 1966, it has also competed in other series, including Formula One.
Team Penske is part of Penske Corporation, is owned and chaired by Roger Penske, and is represented by Tim Cindric as the team president.
Successful throughout its history, Team Penske has racked up 39 drivers’ championships, including five in IndyCar and two apiece on the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. It has 18 victories at the Indy 500 and over 100 across the Cup Series.
Notable drivers under the Penske umbrella include Ryan Blaney, Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Ryan Newman, and Rusty Wallace, among many others.
No matter how you slice it, Sunday night’s Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium was a major success for NASCAR. Not only did fans pack the stands and the sport’s most popular driver score a popular win, but the participants got to sleep in their own beds — which rarely happens over the lengthy […]
Welcome to the new year and the unofficial start of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Before the season gets officially underway with the Daytona 500 on February 16, here’s a handful of bold predictions about what’s going to unfold between now and early November. 1. Brad Keselowski Will Finally Win The Daytona 500 Keselowski […]
Over the past four seasons, one NASCAR Cup Series driver has stood tall above the rest in the win category. That driver is Kyle Larson, wheelman of the No. 5 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. So, while a Team Penske driver has claimed the champion’s mantle in each of the three previous Cup Series seasons, Larson […]
While Team Penske is enjoying a three-year stranglehold on the NASCAR Cup Series championship, 2025 could be the year that a driver with another organization breaks through. While former champions such as Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott are arguably the most likely to dethrone Penske, the two Hendrick Motorsports teammates are hardly the only drivers […]
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After a lackluster night at Bristol finishing 22nd, Ryan Blaney showed his frustration when he pushed a veteran reporter on pit road. He later apologized.
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Ryan Blaney admitted to reporters in Chicago that he suffered concussion-like symptoms this week following his nasty crash into an unprotected concrete wall at Nashville.