Roger penske racing12/15/2023 That meant Penske’s Zerex Special met the letter of the regulations precisely. There was a small - but legal - second seat under an access panel. When the Zerex Special showed up at Riverside, CA that October for the LA Times Grand Prix everyone cried “foul.” But the car was legal even though the driver sat in the center, not in the usual position for a two-seat sports car. In 1962 he created his Zerex Special sports racer from the remains of a Formula 1 Cooper that had crashed in the first US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. Sports Illustrated named him “Driver of the Year”, but there was more to come as in 1962 he changed American road racing, leaving his mark on motorsport forever. He won his first national championship - SCCA D Modified - in 1961 racing a Maserati T61 and a Cooper Monaco. He also finished in the top five in another 60 races, a record that stands with even the greatest drivers. Roger started 130 races in seven seasons and won 51 of them. Just four years later he won the professional USAC Road Racing Championship title. It began at an SCCA drivers’ school at Marlboro Raceway in Maryland with a fuel-injected Corvette. Roger Penske’s name is synonymous with motorsport excellence and success, yet few appreciate his on-track accomplishments as a driver in the years (1958-64) before the creation of Team Penske. The team also races in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, in a partnership with Dick Johnson Racing, as DJR Team Penske. Team Penske currently competes in the NTT Ind圜ar Series, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The team has earned 17 Indianapolis 500 victories, two Daytona 500 wins, overall victories in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring plus a Formula 1 win in the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix. Cars owned and prepared by Team Penske have produced more than 500 major race wins, 590 pole positions and 34 championships in open-wheel, stock car and sports car racing competition. Now in its 53rd season, Team Penske is one of the most successful racing teams in history. Famed racer, team owner and international businessman Roger Penske will be the Honoree of the Silver Anniversary Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance on March 5-8, 2020.
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