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Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski Summit Ends in Smiles

Motorsports FanHouse - Found 10 hours ago
Edwards, Keselowski and their car owners, Jack Roush and Roger Penske, met for about 40 minutes Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway with top...
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR; Nascar's 190-M.P.H. Beanball - New York Times
Notebook: Montoya says Keselowski will learn - Sporting News
Allgaier nips Keselowski for first Nationwide win - Sporting News
Justin Allgaier Holds Off Teammate Brad Keselowski for First NASCAR ... - Motorsports FanHouse
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Motorsports FanHouse

Posted on March 21, 2010, 5:55 am

Edwards, Keselowski settle feud

NASCAR news - autosport.com - Found Mar. 20, 2010
Their team bosses Jack Roush and Roger Penske were also part of the meeting. "Everything went really well," Edwards said about the meeting.
Edwards, Keselowski patch things up, 'laughed, cried' - CBSSports
Waiting for Godot? No, just Edwards and Keselowski - NASCAR
Edwards and Roush Comment on Meeting - SpeedwayMedia.com
Carl Edwards-Kevin Harvick feud reignites at Bristol - USA Today
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Lebanon Daily News

Posted on March 20, 2010, 10:55 am

Allgaier holds off teammate Keselowski to earn first career victory

Nascar - Found Mar. 20, 2010
Bristol since Aug., 2007. Keselowski, the pole-sitter who led 73 laps, finished second to give team owner Roger Penske his first 1-2 finish in...
Allgaier holds off teammate Keselowski to earn first career victory - NASCAR
Lap By Lap: Justin Allgaier wins NASCAR Scott's Turf Builder 300, ... - BleacherReport Nascar
Allgaier holds off Keselowski at Bristol for first Nationwide win - USA Today
Justin Allgaier beats Brad Keselowski for first career victory - ESPN Nascar
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Lebanon Daily News

Posted on March 20, 2010, 4:35 am

Even after crash, Keselowski won't change his approach

USA Today - Found Mar. 19, 2010
... scheduled a sit-down this weekend with Edwards (who drew a three-race probation) and Keselowski and team owners Jack Roush and Roger Penske.

Posted on March 19, 2010, 7:30 am

Bristol Could Deliver a Knockout Punch to Teams In and Out Of The ...

BleacherReport Nascar - Found Mar. 18, 2010
His Stewart-Haas team will be ready to fight for another one. The same can?t be said for Roger Penske's duo.

Posted on March 18, 2010, 8:10 am

Foyt team back on podium with special start to season in Brazil

USA Today - Found Mar. 17, 2010
... my old friend Roger Penske in victory lane. Ryan Hunter-Reay drove a great race for Michael Andretti to finish second. Penske, Andretti, Foyt...

Posted on March 17, 2010, 1:44 pm

Nascar Driver Kurt Busch Waits to Race in Gatornationals

International Herald Tribune - Found Mar. 14, 2010
The caller? His Nascar team owner, Roger Penske. ?He keeps checking in, saying: ?How you doing? How are things going?
NASCAR Guys Seek Speed at NHRA Drag Racing Event - BleacherReport Nascar
Kurt Busch eliminated early in drag racing debut - ESPN.com
Kurt Busch eliminated in NHRA drag-racing debut - Dallas Morning News
Busch still waiting to make drag-racing debut - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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BleacherReport Nascar

Posted on March 14, 2010, 12:15 pm

Keselowski vows not to change after AMS dust-up

Nascar - Found Mar. 14, 2010
... the whispers, but remains unapologetic for anything he's done that's gotten him to his prime-time Cup ride with auto racing icon Roger Penske.
Keselowski vows not to change after AMS dust-up - NASCAR
Keselowski vows not to change after Edwards crash - Greater Milwaukee Today
Brad Keselowski says he isn't going to back down after Carl Edwards ... - Sympatico
Keselowski vows not to change after Edwards crash - Lancaster Eagle Gazette
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Greater Milwaukee Today

Posted on March 14, 2010, 11:35 am

Nascar Driver Kurt Busch Waits to Race in Gatornationals

New York Times - Found Mar. 13, 2010
The caller? His Nascar team owner, Roger Penske. ?He keeps checking in, saying: ?How you doing? How are things going?
Kurt Busch's drag-racing debut delayed by rain - ESPN.com
Rain again halts Kurt Busch's drag-racing debut - CNN Nascar
Kurt Busch waiting on his NHRA drag-racing debut - Detroit News
Kurt Busch still waiting to make drag-racing debut - San Jose Mercury News
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TSN

Posted on March 13, 2010, 1:40 pm

Roush satisfied with NASCAR action

Denver Post - Found Mar. 12, 2010
Roush said he looked forward to a NASCAR-called meeting next weekend at Bristol between the two drivers and Keselowski car owner Roger Penske.
Are Ratings Woes Making NASCAR Too Reckless? - Time
Keselowski believes Edwards rift goes deeper - ESPN.com
Brad Keselowski says his aggressive driving is excuse for others to ... - ESPN.com
Are Ratings Woes Making NASCAR Too Reckless? - Time
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Slate Magazine

Posted on March 12, 2010, 11:31 am

Roger Penske Biography

Roger Penske
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Roger Penske
Roger Penske 2009 Indy 500 Carb Day.JPG
Roger Penske at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Carb Day for the 2009 Indianapolis 500.
Nationality United States American
Formula One World Championship career
Active years 1961 - 1962
Teams Non-works Cooper and Lotus
Races 2
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 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.
Roger Penske in 2005.

Roger S. Penske (born February 20, 1937) is the owner of the automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses. A winning racer in the late 1950s, Penske was named 1961's Sports Car Club of America Driver of the Year by Sports Illustrated. Retiring from driving a few years later he created one of the most successful teams in IndyCar Series and NASCAR racing.

He also is one of the corporate directors at General Electric and was chairman of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, Michigan. 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 Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

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Early life

Penske's father was a corporate executive for a metal fabrication company and encouraged his son to become an entrepreneur.1 As a teenager he bought older cars, repair them and sell them at a profit from his family's home in Cleveland, Ohio. In 10 years, Penske raced and sold about 32 cars.2

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.

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. He subsequently began his now famous Penske Racing in 1965 as well. Interestingly enough, although Penske competed in two Formula One Grands 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 15 times between 1972 with driver Mark Donohue and 2009, and their first NASCAR win was in 1973. 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, Brad Keselowski and Sam Hornish, Jr. They also operate an Indy Racing League team composed of Hélio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, and Will Power. 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. After many years of trying his team won the Daytona 500 in 2008 with Ryan Newman driving.

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 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. His team scored an overall victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2008.

Penske also ran a Pontiac Riley Daytona Prototype in the 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona, with Kurt Busch, Ryan Briscoe, and Hélio Castroneves driving. The car was run in conjunction with Wayne Taylor's SunTrust Racing. They finished 3rd overall.

For 2009, Penske has suspended his participation in the American Le Mans Series, switching to Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for the full season. They are using a Porsche-powered Riley with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas driving.

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.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WDC Points
1961 John M Wyatt III Cooper T53 Climax Straight-4 MON
NED
BEL
FRA
GBR
GER
ITA
USA
8
NC 0
1962 Dupont Team Zerex Lotus 24 Climax V8 NED
MON
BEL
FRA
GBR
GER
ITA
USA
9
RSA
NC 0

Racing awards

Penske Automotive Group

While CEO of Penske Automotive Group in 2008, Roger Penske earned a total compensation of $2,706,388, which included a base salary of $1,000,000, no cash bonus, stocks granted of $1,680,005, and no options granted.3 He was involved in purchasing the Saturn Corporation, makers of Saturn cars. On September 30, 2009, his Penske Automotive Group announced that the deal to purchase Saturn had fallen through. 4

Personal life

Roger Penske has five children with wife Kathy: Roger Penske Jr, Gregory Penske, Blair Penske, Mark Penske, and Jay Penske.

Business Interests

Penske at 2010 NMPA event
  • Penske Racing - Marlboro Team Penske (IRL), Penske South (NASCAR), Penske Motorsports (ALMS)
  • Penske Automotive Group - (PAG:NYSE - a 40+% stake) 151 United States Car Dealerships and 101 International Car Dealerships. It is the second largest dealership group in the world.
  • Penske Motor Group - Owns and operates automobile dealerships in California.
  • 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).
  • 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
  • Internet Brands - Early investor in CarsDirect. Director since May 2000.
  • Universal Technical Institute - Board of Directors. 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

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