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  Roger Penske - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roger Penske (born February 20, 1937 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is the owner of a very successful automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses.
Starting in 1958, Penske purchased, raced and sold race cars, and was very successful both financially and on the track.
Penske Racing now operates a NASCAR team comprising Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, and his development driver Billy Wease.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roger_Penske   (541 words)

  
 Penske Racing : Penske Racing History
Additionally, Penske Racing wins the SCCA Can-Am Championship for Porsche with George Follmer driving as a substitute for the injured Mark Donohue.
Penske Racing introduces the Porsche RS Spyder in the final American Le Mans Series event at Laguna Seca, Calif. Continuing its heritage of success, Penske and Porsche win the pole position and the race in the LMP2 class with drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr.
Penske also announces it will field the new Porsche RS Spyder exclusively in its first full season of competition in the American Le Mans Series in 2006.
www.penskeracing.com /content09.asp   (2201 words)

  
 Penske's legacy
Penske won the contest with Smith to purchase the Rockingham oval, from the De Witt family.
Penske was one of the benefactors, purchasing approximately half the circuit, in partnership, with the France family's International Speedway Corporation (ISC).
Penske is more or less forced into continuing to build his own cars or close the operation, in England, that has existed since the early 1970's, when Penske began his Formula One program.
www.bjwor.com /980705.html   (1256 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Penske Racing
An aluminum salesman, Roger Penske began racing in the late 1950s and enjoyed considerable success as a sportscar driver in the United States.
At the end of the year Penske announced that the team would not be continuing in 1977.
The cars were sold to Gunther Schmid's ATS team and the Penske factory in Poole began producing Indycar chassis.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-pensk.html   (502 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Penske has 115 open wheel victories
Penske was impressed with Saturday night's crowd of 50,000 at Richmond International Raceway -- deep in the heart of NASCAR country -- and believes that is a very positive sign for the IRL.
Penske's IRL team is set with Marlboro as its sponsor through 2006, when the final part of the Master Tobacco Settlement between States Attorneys General comes into effect and all tobacco sponsorship will have to cease.
Penske is aware that he will need to find a replacement sponsor over the next three years and has already begun exploratory searches with potential sponsors.
espn.go.com /rpm/irl/2003/0703/1576265.html   (1202 words)

  
 WJLA - Respect Fuels Penske-Ganassi Rivalry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Penske driver Helio Castroneves leads the IRL IndyCar Series points standings after winning two of the first three races of the season, and teammate Sam Hornish Jr.
Penske Racing heads into the 90th running of the 500 with a record 13 victories.
Penske, a top notch sports car driver before he became a team owner, never drove at Indy, so Ganassi, the fastest rookie in 1982 and a veteran of five Indy races, has an edge there.
www.wjla.com /headlines/0506/330012.html   (782 words)

  
 Penske Corp. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Penske Corporation is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based company, with auto racing legend Roger Penske (Lehigh University Class of 1959) as Owner, son Travis Penske as CEO.
Penske Corporation is a closely held diversified transportation services company, whose subsidiaries include:
Penske Truck Leasing (joint venture with GE Equipment Management)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penske   (114 words)

  
 Penske, Ganassi shift rivalry into overdrive - The Boston Globe
IndyCar Series car owners Roger Penske and Chip Ganassi will watch today as their drivers rattle sabres at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, taking their shots at the pole position for the 90th Indianapolis 500.
Now that it is May, and the stakes have been raised considerably, you can guarantee Penske and Ganassi will be shifting into overdrive to win not just the pole but, more importantly, the May 28 race.
The result is that the Penske boys have seemingly gained a leg up on the Ganassi gang, with Hornish topping the speed charts in the first three practice days at the Brickyard and Castroneves winning the last two IndyCar Series races, at St. Petersburg, Fla., and Motegi, Japan.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/autoracing/articles/2006/05/13/penske_ganassi_shift_rivalry_into_overdrive   (1269 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Penske power
Come Sunday, Penske cars will be 1-2 on the 33-car grid for the 90th running of what is still – though barely – the world's greatest motorsports event.
But Penske is the one man in open-wheel racing who all sides seem willing to listen to.
Penske is the best man in open-wheel racing – Chip Ganassi would be No. 2 – to keep both sides together and re-interest corporate America and race fans in a merged series.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20060525-9999-lz1s25penske.html   (719 words)

  
 Roger Penske - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee
While Ohio native Roger Penske would go on to become one of the best known and most successful car and track owners in the history of motorsports, his driving record is also worthy of Hall of Fame status.
Penske bought an old RS Porsche in 1958 and raced it twice, but at Sebring in 1959, he realized it was outdated.
Penske won F Modified in 1960, and bought a Cooper and a Maserati in 1961, got Zerex as a sponsor, and won three nationals in a row His first win was at Vineland, NJ, in a Maserati dubbed the Telar Special.
www.motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1998/Roger_Penske_main.htm   (395 words)

  
 Penske Racing Museum Cars
Roger Penske drove a 1963 Catalina owned by Nichels Engineering to victory at the NASCAR Riverside 250 on May 16, 1963.
Penske Racing hit a milestone that had never been reached by any Indy Car Team.
Penske Racing's 12th Indy 500 win and Helio Castroneves' 2nd, also marked the first time a driver won the Indianapolis 500 in his first two Indy 500 starts.
www.penskeracingmuseum.com /PenskeRacingMuseumCars.html   (459 words)

  
 Ryan Newman Fan Club: Roger S. Penske
Penske Auto Center LLC is the largest independent tire dealer in the United States with over 630 locations nationwide and more than 4,000 employees.
Penske Racing, Inc. is the most successful Indy car racing team history with 110 race wins, highlighted by a record 11 Indianapolis 500 mile race victories, 11 National Championships, and 135 pole positions.
Penske, 65, resides in Bloomfield, Mich., with his wife, Kathryn, and is the father of four sons and a daughter.
www.ryan12newman.com /team/rogerpenske.htm   (752 words)

  
 Penske Corporation - Home
Unique in its heritage and formidable in its national and international scope, Penske Corporation is a closely held transportation services company that encompasses retail automotive sales and services, truck leasing, supply chain logistics management, transportation components manufacturing, and high-performance racing.
PENSKE TRUCK LEASING - Penske provides complete fleet management services including full service leasing, logistics, truck rentals for families and business, used trucks for sale and fleet services for utility & transit companies and municipalities.
PENSKE RACING – During 37 years of operation, Penske Racing has become one of the most successful teams in the history of professional sports.
www.penske.com   (715 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Roger Penske
Penske Racing has dominated Indy car racing for over three decades, and Roger Penske, the man behind the magic, shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.
Roger Penske is one of the most successful racing car and track owners in the world of motorsports, first gaining fame as a racer in his own right in the late 1950s.
Penske was named 1961's SCCA Driver of the Year by Sports Illustrated, and retired from driving a few years later to create one of the winningest franchises in the history of competitive sports.
www.askmen.com /men/business_politics_60/71_roger_penske.html   (498 words)

  
 Barnett v. Penske Truck Leasing
During discovery, Penske submitted requests that appellant admit that there was no defect in the lift gate and that Penske did not cause the accident or appellant' s injuries.
Penske moved for expenses, including attorney fees, for appellant' s failure to admit facts contained in Penske' s requests for admissions pursuant to section 2033, subdivision (o).
Penske stated in declaration testimony that it incurred $1,362.83 in expert witness fees and $6,874 in attorney fees in connection with preparation and arguing the summary judgment motion.
www.law.com /regionals/ca/opinions/jul/b140195.shtml   (1375 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Penske taking drivers with him   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The IRL said Penske's defection was another indication that its form of American oval racing -- as opposed to CART's globe-hopping mixture of ovals, road courses and street courses -- will continue to gain in popularity.
Penske also fields stock cars for Rusty Wallace and rookie Ryan Newman in the NASCAR Winston Cup series.
Penske, who has 110 victories and 135 poles in open-wheel racing, will later announce his choices for engine, chassis and tire combinations.
espn.go.com /rpm/2001/1206/1291080.html   (663 words)

  
 Penske Seals Rollins Deal
In addition, Penske Truck Leasing received Notices of Guaranteed Delivery with respect to approximately 915,000 shares -- some 1.6% of the outstanding shares -- that have not yet been validly tendered.
Penske intends to complete the transaction by acquiring the remaining outstanding shares of common stock of Rollins through a merger.
Penske, with annual revenues of approximately $2.7 billion, will merge its fleet of 144,000 heavy-, medium-, and light-duty trucks and network of 750 locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America and Europe, with Rollins’ 53,000 vehicle fleet and 270 U.S. and Canadian locations.
driversmag.com /ar/fleet_penske_seals_rollins   (201 words)

  
 SI.com - Racing - De FerranĀ to retire, Hornish to join Penske - Monday August 25, 2003 2:34PM
Penske moved the team to the IRL last season.
He is also in the hunt this year, trailing Castroneves by just 25 points with three races remaining, again despite missing a race, this time due to a concussion and a back injury from a crash in Phoenix.
Besides the Penske duo, Tony Kanaan and Hornish remain in the championship battle, trailing Castroneves by 32 and 81 points, respectively.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2003/racing/08/25/penske.hornish.ap/index.html   (762 words)

  
 Penske buys Southern NationaLease
Penske Truck Leasing of Reading, PA, has acquired the assets of Southern NationaLease, Inc., a truck rental and leasing company based in Birmingham, AL, with additional operations in Montgomery, Huntsville, Bessemer and Pell City, AL.
Penske said Southern NationaLease served more than 35 customers in 5 locations in northern Alabama and that the acquisition added over 200 tractors, straight trucks and trailers to Penske’s fleet.
Penske Truck Leasing is a joint venture of Penske Corp. and GE Capital that operates some 206,000 heavy-, medium-, and light-duty trucks from more than 1,000 locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America and Europe.
driversmag.com /ar/fleet_penske_buys_southern   (112 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Penske Racing Shocks were successfully developed and tested in 1985.
Additionally, the International Race of Champions (IROC), The Barber Dodge Pro Series, and the SCCA Spec Racer Ford Series have chosen Penske Racing Shocks as the shock of choice to run in their competition series, proving their dependability and repeatability.
Should any part of a Penske Racing Shock become damaged, that part can be replaced by the owner rather than requiring complete replacement of the shock.
www.penskeshocks.com /home.htm   (463 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Roger Penske pics
In 1960, Penske won F Modified, and with his notorious car, known as the Zerex Special, he won three nationals in a row in 1961.
During the Bahamas Speed Week of 1964, Penske won the Nassau Tourist Trophy, beating out top drivers such as AJ Foyt and Bruce McLaren, while his win in the Governor's Trophy race established his reputation as one of the world's best racers.
Penske, along with other founding members and team owners in the established CART series, boycotted the race over the next few years.
www.askmen.com /men/business_politics_60/71c_roger_penske.html   (962 words)

  
 Ford kent Penske twee Q1-awards toe - Persberichten - Penske Logistiek Nieuwsroom - Penske Logistics.com
Penske Logistics President Vince Hartnett, Senior Vice President of Automotive Ed Cumbo, and Vice President of Operations for Automotive Jim Erdman accepted the Q1 awards.
Penske's solution has streamlined Ford's inbound network and increased visibility of supplies down to the part level, while significantly reducing inventory and lowering Ford's transportation and freight costs.
Penske Logistics is a wholly owned subsidiary of Penske Truck Leasing, a joint venture of Penske Corporation and General Electric.
www.penskelogistics.com /dutch/newsroom/pr0422_2004.html   (473 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Roger Penske
Penske grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and was a keen American Football player until he was seriously hurt when hit by a car while riding a motorcycle when he was 16.
He established Penske Racing in 1966 with engineer-driver Mark Donohue and the team won its first CanAm race at Mosport Park with a Lola.
Penske Racing has won a string of Indycar titles and Indianapolis 500 victories and ran an F1 team between 1974 and 1977 - the team winning a race in Austria in 1977.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-penrog.html   (551 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Indy offers high-noon setting for Penske-Ganassi showdown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Penske driver Helio Castroneves leads the IRL IndyCar Series standings after winning two of the first three races of the season, and teammate Sam Hornish Jr.
The pole by Hornish also was a record 13th for Penske, and with his drivers starting one-two, Penske, known as The Captain, has had a total of 33 front-row starters.
Penske said he has plenty of admiration for Ganassi, whose team won an unprecedented four consecutive championships in CART from 1996-99.
www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/irl/indy500/2006-05-22-penske-ganassi_x.htm   (668 words)

  
 Penske Porsche on ALMS Pole at Mid-Ohio; www.TheRaceSite.com
Penske Motorsports nearly swept the front row for Sunday's American Le Mans Series race at Mid-Ohio, but the record-setting day for the team resulted in some bad news, as well.
The fast time should have been an overall pole position for the No. 7 Penske Porsche RS Spyder, but in post-qualifying technical inspection the Porsche was found to be four pounds underweight.
Maassen had set the second-quickest time with a 1:12.815, and he inherited the pole when Dumas and the No. 7 Porsche were sent to the back of the starting grid for their infraction.
www.theracesite.com /index.cfm?pagetype=2&form_article=11594   (299 words)

  
 Penske
The combination of data learned through the technology at Penske Technology Group and the experience of the practical application at the track has been a huge factor in our growth and success.
While Penske Racing continues to focus its efforts on the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series and the IRL IndyCar Series, the formalized Penske Technology Group association with Crawford Race Cars and Howard-Boss Motorsports is the organization's second endorsement of the Rolex Sports Car Series within the past few weeks.
Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace--the 1989 NEXTEL Cup champion--recently remarked that he has strong interest in competing in the Rolex 24 At Daytona in 2006 as he winds down his full-time participation in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series this year.
www.daytona24hr.com /24hr2005/penske.html   (637 words)

  
 Penske's Back
Marlboro Team Penske will return to the Indy 500 in 2001 and will also enter the Copper World 200 from Phoenix International Raceway in March in preparation for the "500".
The Penske team tested in July with a G Force chassis and in October and November with the Dallara/Olds that will be the set-up for their return to IRL competition.
Team Penske has a long and storied tradition at Indy, dating back to their first win in 1972 with the late Mark Donahue in the cockpit.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/irl/58609   (442 words)

  
 InternetWeek | The Business and Technology of the Internet | http://internetweek.cmp.com
Penske serves more than 250 major customers and their suppliers in North America, ferrying cargo among suppliers, manufacturers and distribution centers.
Penske also polls the trucks nightly to get engine performance statistics, which are gathered and tracked by Qualcomm's SensorTrack software on an IBM AS/400 machine.
WebIntelligence is being used by 11 of Penske's customers on the extranet, and Penske estimates that some data that used to be available to customers within three days is now accessible within two hours.
internetweek.cmp.com /ebizapps01/ebiz091001.htm   (798 words)

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