PENSKE: THE LEGEND CONTINUES
It’s as impressive for onlookers as it is aggravating for rivals – that whatever discipline Penske Racing turns to, it’s a consistent winner and a consistent title contender. Here’s why. By Jeff Olson
It’s not every day you get to tell the boss to stay home, but Tim Cindric found himself in that position in June. The boss, Roger Penske, had just undergone a medical procedure – nothing terribly serious, he says – and was recovering with some un-Penske-like time off at home. He intended to be back on his perch in the Team Penske pits for the IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway, when Cindric, President of Penske Performance Inc., convinced him to take a break and sit one out.
The result was a rare bit of history and an illustration of why the man is called The Captain. The Iowa race was only the third Indy car race Penske had missed since forming his race team in 1966. The other two absences? For his wedding, and 9/11.
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