It was about work ethic, elbow grease, and attention to detail. I knew then that this was not about dollars that created that atmosphere. And I thought, ‘This is a lesson – the presentation.’ If I had someone with me where I was trying to bring funding to my team and they walked by and saw Roger’s garage to get to our, where are they going to want to stop? It was just a slap in the face with the presentation. And remember walking by and looking in the door, and the place was spotless. And one night I was walking by the garages and I passed Roger’s to get to ours. “His reputation was already growing and known in the paddock, and I was driving for another team just trying to qualify for the Indy 500. “One of the first lessons I learned from Roger was before I was driving for him,” said four-time Ind圜ar winner Rick Mears. It seems almost otherworldly for me to drive by a tiny garage underneath what was once an auto repair shop and know that Rolla Vollstedt’s cars for Janet Guthrie were developed in that environment.
Dating up to the 1960s it was not uncommon for cars to be fielded by car designers out of their garage. How Ind圜ar teams are structured today owes itself to how Roger Penske focused it organizationally. Along the way, Team Penske has racked up a staggering 591 major race wins, 653 pole positions, and 40 championships, along with 18 Indianapolis 500 victories, two Daytona 500 Championships, a Formula 1 win, overall victories in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring, as well as winning one Bathurst 1000 race in Australia.īeginnings Showed How Penske Would Transform Ind圜ar Teams He fields teams in Ind圜ar, NASCAR’s Cup, and Xfinity Series.
Equally a businessman, he is all things racing and racing as a business. His Penske Corporation is a diversified portfolio ranging from Penske Transportation Solutions that include Penske Truck Leasing to Penske Automotive Group, Inc., a global services company that operates automotive and commercial truck dealerships. Nicknamed “The Captain”, he has come to define what Ind圜ar has become and Ind圜ar’s success has helped to elevate him among Forbes’ list of the top billionaires in the world with a net worth of $2.3 billion. (Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Imagesįew people have embodied both racing and business more than Roger Penske.
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Ind圜ar win, he reflects on how the success of the racing series created his business success, and how he brought his brand of work ethic to the sports. Roger Penske has become all things Ind圜ar and the Indy 500.
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