Any race automobile with the identify “Penske” on it’s sure to have success, particularly in the course of the previous three years.
Because the 2022 racing season throughout all types of motorsports, legendary group proprietor Roger Penske has virtually dominated all of them.
That lengthy, rising checklist of accomplishments consists of:
NTT IndyCar Sequence championship (2022, Will Energy)
Again-to-back Indianapolis 500 victories (2023 and 2024, Josef Newgarden)
Three straight NASCAR Cup Sequence championships (2022, Joey Logano, 2023, Ryan Blaney, 2024, Joey Logano)
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Sequence Championship title (2024, Dane Cameron and Felipe Nasr)
FIA World Endurance Championship title in Hypercar (2024, Kevin Estre, Andre Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor)
Following the conclusion of Sunday’s 63rd Rolex 24 at Daytona, that checklist consists of back-to-back Rolex 24 general triumphs.
With drivers Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy and Laurens Vanthoor, the group held on to win the famed endurance race aboard the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963.
“All these races, they’re by no means straightforward,” Jonathan Diuguid, managing director, Porsche Penske Motorsport, mentioned. “They could look straightforward from the skin, however I believe it takes a number of onerous work. I believe I talked to a few guys on the timing stand a pair hours into the race when it was trying fairly dire so far as our tempo and the place we had been and the way aggressive we had been and no one ever actually gave up.
“I don’t suppose any of our six drivers on both automobile ran off the asphalt right now or hit something or broke aside. That’s principally what put us able to win.”
The group almost swept the rostrum with its sister automobile, the No. 6 pushed by Mathieu Jaminet, Matt Campbell and Kevin Estre, nevertheless, needed to accept third behind Acura Meyer Shank Racing.
To some, having too many irons within the fireplace could be a detriment to a group. Nonetheless, for Workforce Penske, it solely appears to strengthen its efforts.
Maybe much more spectacular is the very fact Porsche Penske Motorsport remains to be pretty new to the sports activities automobile panorama, having returned to the scene in 2023.
Nonetheless, it didn’t matter because the group has discovered success nearly immediately.
The racing season is younger and sequence are simply starting to take flight once more. Relaxation assured, the famed “Penske excellent” mentality is bound to make its mark throughout the globe once more this 12 months.
