Roger Penske
Nationality  American
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1961 - 1962
Teams	Non-works Cooper and Lotus
Races	2
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1961 United States Grand Prix
Last race	1962 United States Grand Prix

1994 Indy 500 winning Penske PC23 driven by Al Unser, Jr. The FIA Super Licence is a qualification allowing the Licence holder to take part in Formula One Grands Prix as a driver The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Season summary The first year of the 15 litre formula was dominated by a well-prepared Ferrari team The 1962 Formula One season included the 13th FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on May 20, 1962, and ended on December The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. 1950s Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering Ltd in 1952 at Hornsey, UK. The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One The term " pole position " comes from the Horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race The 1961 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 8, 1961 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course The 1962 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 7, 1962 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course

Roger Penske (born February 20, 1937 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is the owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shaker Heights is a City in the US state of Ohio. As of the 2000 Census, the city population was 29405 and was the tenth-largest city in Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It Penske Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR.

He also is one of the corporate directors at General Electric and was chairman of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan. Super Bowl XL featured the American Football Conference (AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC champion Seattle He was previously on the board of Home Depot and Delphi Automotive before resigning to chair the Detroit Super Bowl Committee. He is a 1959 graduate of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania where he was also a member of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. Lehigh University is a private, co-educational University located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Origins of Phi Gamma Delta Historical sketch of Jefferson College In 1803 only a small percentage of Americans attended college

Penske family

Roger Penske has five children with wife Kathy: Roger Penske Jr, Gregory Penske, Blair Penske, Mark Penske, and Jay Penske. Roger S Penske Jr, is the son of Roger Penske, was once majority owner and director of Orange 21 INC a sunglasses and goggles manufacturer Gregory Penske (born in Philadelphia) is President and Director of El Monte California 's Penske Motor Group. Jay Penske is an American media and technology entrepreneur currently based in Los Angeles.

Racing career

Starting in 1958, Penske purchased, raced and sold race cars, and was very successful both financially and on the track. Penske made his first professional racing start at the now-abandoned Marlboro Motor Raceway in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Marlboro Motor Raceway (MMR is a now-defunct motorsports park located in Upper Marlboro Maryland Upper Marlboro is a town in and the county seat of Prince George's County Maryland, United States.

By 1960, he was a well known race car driver (Sports Illustrated SCCA Driver of the Year), winning prestigious races until 1965, when he retired as a driver, to concentrate on his first Cadillac dealership in Philadelphia, PA. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. He subsequently began his now famous Penske Racing in 1965 as well. Interestingly enough, although Penske competed in two Formula One Grand Prix, and won a NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model race at Riverside in 1963, he never ran the Indy 500. In fact, he was offered a rookie test at Indianapolis but turned it down for business reasons. Rookie Mario Andretti stepped in for Penske to take that test at Indianapolis.

His team first competed in the Indianapolis 500 in 1969, winning that event 14 times between 1972 with driver Mark Donohue and 2006, and their first NASCAR win was in 1973. The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, and historically known simply as "The 500" is an American The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. His teams have won many races in the subsequent years. He closed his European-based Formula One business in 1977. In 1982, he became the Chairman of the Penske Truck Leasing business.

Penske Racing now operates a NASCAR team comprising Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, and Sam Hornish, Jr.. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978 in Las Vegas Nevada) is a professional American Race car driver Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977 in South Bend, Indiana) is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Samuel Jon Hornish Jr (born July 2, 1979 in Bryan Ohio) is an American race car driver They also operate an Indy Racing League team composed of Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe. The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based Open-wheel racing series. Hélio Castroneves (born Hélio Castro Neves on May 10, 1975 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian Auto racing Ryan Briscoe (born September 24, 1981 in Sydney) is an Australian Auto racing driver who has raced open wheel and sports Previously, they ran cars in the CART series that included some of the best drivers of the time, including Gary Bettenhausen, Tom Sneva, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, Al Unser, Al Unser, Jr., Emerson Fittipaldi, Rick Mears, Danny Sullivan, Paul Tracy and Gil de Ferran. Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades primarily for use in the Indianapolis Gary Bettenhausen (born November 18, 1941) is a retired American auto racing driver Tom Sneva (born Thomas E Sneva: June 1, 1948) is a former Indy Car driver that was named to the prestigious Motorsports Hall of Fame of Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an Italian American former racecar driver and one of the most successful Americans in the Robert William "Bobby" Unser (born February 20, 1934 in Colorado Springs Colorado) is a retired U Alfred Unser (born May 29, 1939 in Albuquerque New Mexico) is a former American automobile racing driver the younger brother of Bobby Alfred Unser Jr (born April 19 1962 in Albuquerque New Mexico) nicknamed " Little Al " " Al Junior " or simply " Junior Emerson Fittipaldi (born December 12, 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a highly successful Brazilian automobile racing driver winning world championships Rick Ravon Mears (born December 3, 1951 in Wichita Kansas) is a retired American race car driver Daniel John "Danny" Sullivan III (Born March 9, 1950 in Louisville Kentucky) is a former racing driver from the United States. Paul Tracy (born December 17, 1968 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a professional automobile racer who competed Gil de Ferran (born November 11, 1967 in Paris, France) to Brazilian parents is a racing driver After many years of trying his team won the Daytona 500 in 2008 with Ryan Newman driving. The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977 in South Bend, Indiana) is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

In 2005, Porsche set the stage to make a comeback in sports car racing in the United States and chose Penske Racing to run in the LMP2 class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The American Le Mans Series ( ALMS) is a Sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. The Penske Porsches took center stage in 2006 winning immediately, including victories at Mid-Ohio finishing 1-2 ahead of Audi (competing in a higher classification) and the annual Petit Le Mans, a 10-hour showcase event held at Road Atlanta. The Petit Le Mans ( French for little Le Mans) is a sports car endurance race held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton Georgia Road Atlanta is a 254-mile (4088 km road course located in Braselton Georgia, USA, (Across the road from Lanier Raceway His team scored an overall victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2008.

Penske recently purchased the old Matsushita air conditioning plant in Mooresville, NC and reconditioned it to consolidate his racing empire. Now, all of Penske's racing operations are under one massive roof with his IRL, NASCAR, and ALMS teams sharing over 424,000 square feet (39,400 m²) of space encompassing 105 acres (42 ha). The shop includes all the necessary pieces to compete on the highest level in all of his racing endeavors, including a state of the art, in-house, wind tunnel. To complete the facilities, Penske imported over one million tons (250,000 pieces) of Italian marble.

Roger Penske is also an avid car collector, and owns many rare American and European automobiles, including a Ferrari FXX, of which only 30 were made. The Ferrari FXX is a car developed as part of an unusual development program by Automobile manufacturer Ferrari in Maranello, Italy.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Racing awards

• In 1998, Penske was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. Season summary The first year of the 15 litre formula was dominated by a well-prepared Ferrari team The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump and speciality Engine manufacturer The straight-4 or inline-4 engine (often abbreviated I4 or L4) is a four cylinder Internal combustion engine with all four cylinders The 1961 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on May 14, 1961 on the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, The 1961 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 22 May 1961 at Zandvoort. The 1961 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 18 June 1961 at Spa-Francorchamps. The 1961 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 2 July 1961 at Reims-Gueux. The 1961 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 15 July 1961 at the Aintree Circuit, near Liverpool. The 1961 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 6 August 1961 at Nürburgring. The 1961 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 10 September 1961 at Monza. The 1961 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 8, 1961 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course The 1962 Formula One season included the 13th FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on May 20, 1962, and ended on December 1950s Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering Ltd in 1952 at Hornsey, UK. The Lotus 24 was a Formula One Racing car designed by Team Lotus for the 1962 Formula One season. Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump and speciality Engine manufacturer A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of four cylinders in most cases set at a right angle to each other The 1962 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 20 May 1962 at Zandvoort. Results from the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on June 3, 1962. Results from the 1962 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 17, 1962. Results from the 1962 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Rouen-Les-Essarts on July 8, 1962. Results from the 1962 Formula One British Grand Prix held at Aintree on July 21, 1962. Results from the 1962 Formula One German Grand Prix held at Nürburgring on August 5, 1962 Classification Results from the 1962 Formula One Italian Grand Prix held at Monza on September 16, 1962. The 1962 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 7, 1962 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Results from the Formula One South African Grand Prix held at East London on December 29, 1962. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to Auto racing either as a driver owner
• He was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1995. The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is a Hall of Fame and museum in Novi Michigan for American motorsports legends

Business Interests

• Penske Racing - Marlboro Team Penske (IRL), Penske South (NASCAR), Penske Motorsports (ALMS)
• Penske Automotive Group - (UAG:NYSE - a 40+% stake) 151 United States Car Dealerships and 101 International Car Dealerships. Penske Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, ALMS, and NASCAR. Penske Automotive Group ( headquartered in Bloomfield Hills Michigan, is the world's second largest automotive dealership group It is the second largest dealership group in the world.
• Penske Motor Group - Owns and operates automobile dealerships in California. Penske Motor Group is an El Monte California based wholly owned division of the Penske Corporation, the owner of seven Automobile dealerships that just
• Penske Truck Leasing - Joint venture with GE Equipment Management
• Penske Logistics - Transportation Logistics
• VM Motori S.p.A. - Owns 51% stake and 49% DaimlerChrysler Group, Truck-Lite, and Davco (transportation component manufacturing). Penske Truck Leasing Co LP headquartered in Reading PA, is a joint venture among Penske Corporation, Penske Automotive Group and General Electric VM Motori SpA is a Diesel engine manufacturing company in Cento, Italy, which is the heart of Emilia Romagna and also home to Ferrari
• Truck-Lite - Lighting Manufacturer for Heavy trucks (18 Wheelers)
• QEK Global Solutions - QEK Global Solutions is a provider of a wide range of integrated support services to vehicle manufacturers, their tier-one suppliers, and other businesses outside the automotive sector.
• Davco - Manufacturer of Class 8 Heavy Duty Diesel powered truck fuel/heater water separators and filter systems.
• Ilmor - Engine builder
• Deer Valley Ski Resort - Part owner
• Universal Technical Institute - Board of Directors. Ilmor, founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan in 1984 is a British independent high-performance autosport engineering company Universal Technical Institute Inc (UTI is a nationwide provider of technical education training for students seeking careers as professional automotive diesel collision repair Nationwide provider of technical education training for students seeking careers as professional automotive, diesel, collision repair, motorcycle and marine technicians. NASCAR Technical Institute is located in Mooresville, North Carolina.
• FER Fahrzeugelektrik GmbH - Lighting Manufacturer

See also

• Penske Truck Leasing (Penske Truck Leasing is a joint venture with General Electric, a company on whose board Roger Penske sits). Penske Truck Leasing Co LP headquartered in Reading PA, is a joint venture among Penske Corporation, Penske Automotive Group and General Electric

External links

• Penske Corporation
• Penske Racing
• Roger @ The International Motorsports Hall of Fame
• Penske Automotive Group
• Velocity Services Inc
• Penske Truck Leasing
• Penske Motor Group
• VM Motori S.p.A.
• Truck-Lite
• Davco
• Penske Racing
• Penske profile @ Hoovers
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