Planet Penske in figures!
1937 The year of birth of Roger Penske, who was born on 20 February. Nicknamed The Captain, he is now 85 years old but still at the head of the empire of the same name, in which department is only a small one.
4 The number of Penske Corporation divisions: Penske Transportation Solutions (which includes Penske Truck Leasing, Penske Logistics, Epes Transport Systems and Penske Vehicle Services), Penske Automotive Group, Inc, Penske Performance, Inc and Penske Entertainment Corp.
37 Billions US dollars in annual sales generated by Penske Corporation (almost as much as Porsche).
3,200 The number of locations where Penske Corporation operates.
67,000 The number of employees at Penske Corporation.
400,000 The number of Penske Corporation trucks on the road in South and North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
6 The number of private long-haul airplanes owned by Penske Corporation.
2004 was the year Roger Penske centralized his racing programs on 42 acres of land in Mooresville, an Iredell County town located about 50 miles from Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina (USA). In addition to owning an IMSA, IndyCar Series and Nascar racing team, The Captain owns the IndyCar Series and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
43 The number of titles Team Penske has won since its inception, most recently in the 2022 season, when the American team won in Nascar and IndyCar - the two major categories in the US - with Joey Logano and Will Power respectively. IMSA, ALMS, Supercars, USAC, CART, CanAm... nothing has stood in its way!
600 Since its inception, Penske Performance Inc. has clinched more than 600 victories and 670 pole positions. Of these, 18 have been at the Indy 500 (a record). The first was in 1972 (Mark Donohue) and the last in 2019 (Simon Pagenaud). There were 3 victories in the Daytona 500 (the most important Nascar race), 1 in Formula 1 as a manufacturer (Austrian Grand Prix 1976 by John Watson), 1 in the 12 Hours of Sebring (2008), 1 in the Bathurst 1000 (2019) or 1 in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1969). We don't have enough space to list them all... and we wouldn't be able to do it.
2 The number of times Penske Racing has competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1971 with a Ferrari 512 M driven by Marko Donohue-David Hobbs and in 2022 with an Oreca 07 driven by Dane Cameron-Emmanuel Collard-Felipe Nasr. As a driver, Roger Penske took part in the French race once. That was in 1963 with a Ferrari 330 TR shared with Pedro Rodriguez.
5 The number of titles Roger Penske won as a driver between 1958 and 1965. That year he decided to hang up his helmet and concentrate on his business.
0 Zero, the number of victories Penske Racing has achieved in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. We couldn't end with any other number! The Captain believes that this is the only line missing from his team's record. He dreams about it, he is obsessed with it...
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