Team Penske

Team Penske is an American racing car team owned by Roger Penske in 1967. He owns his team after he retired from motorsport racing.

Team Penske has won the Indianapolis 500 multiple times, with their last Indy 500 win coming in 2015, with Juan Pablo Montoya winning it. Team Penske has won three of the last four IndyCar championships (2014, 2016 and 2017), with Power, Pagenaud and Newgarden. Josef Newgarden won the 2017 IndyCar Series championship in his first year driving for Penske after replacing Juan Pablo Montoya after the 2016 season concluded. Newgarden is the first IndyCar champion not 30 by the time the season started since Scott Dixon in 2008 and was the youngest IndyCar champion since Sam Hornish, Jr. in 2003.

In the 2012 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Brad Keselowski gave Penske Racing it's first NASCAR Cup championship. Ever since, they had been close in 2016, when Joey Logano finished behind Jimmie Johnson; with the best Homestead result of the championship top four contenders winning the title.

In 2017, they announced a return to IMSA in 2018, with Acura DPis. Dane Cameron who was set to leave Action Express Racing after the 2017 Petit Le Mans was announced on August 15, 2017 as well as Juan Pablo Montoya. At the 2017 Petit Le Mans, Penske will use the race as a usage of Penskes returning to sports car racing full time in 2018. Penske drivers Josef Newgarden and Will Power as well as Celebrity Family Feud defending champion Pee Saderd who was at Andretti Autosport in the 2017 IndyCar Series will also be part of the Prototype.

Notable players

 * Hélio Castroneves (2000-2017?)
 * Dragonite (2014-)
 * 🇫🇷 Gilles Marini (2015-)
 * Josef Newgarden (2017-)
 * Nidoking (2000-2017?)
 * 🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud (2015-)
 * 🇦🇺 Will Power (2009-)
 * 🇦🇺 Wario (2009-)

Trivia

 * Hélio Castroneves won the 2009 Indy 500 despite undergoing legal issues that forced him to miss St. Petersburg.
 * Pee Saderd will play for Penske at the 2017 Petit Le Mans despite being an Andretti Autosport player.