Biography
Roger Penske was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in 1937. He began in motorsport with hillclimbs and then raced Porsches on road courses as a member of the Philadelphia Region of the Sports Car Club of America. In 1961 Sports Illustrated named him SCCA Driver of the Year.
In Formula One he started two Grands Prix, driving a Cooper in 1961 and a Lotus in 1962. In 1963 he won a NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model race at Riverside. He never competed in the Indianapolis 500. He retired as a driver in 1965.
As a team owner, Penske Racing made its debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1966. In 2012 the team won the NASCAR Cup championship with Brad Keselowski, and in 2018 Keselowski gave Penske his 500th race win as an owner across all series. In 2019 the Supercars team DJR Team Penske won the Bathurst 1000.
Source: Wikipedia, “Roger Penske”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rates
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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.