Any race automotive with the title “Penske” on it’s certain to have success, particularly through the previous three years.
For the reason that 2022 racing season throughout all types of motorsports, legendary group proprietor Roger Penske has virtually dominated all of them.
That lengthy, rising listing of accomplishments consists of:
NTT IndyCar Collection championship (2022, Will Energy)
Again-to-back Indianapolis 500 victories (2023 and 2024, Josef Newgarden)
Three straight NASCAR Cup Collection championships (2022, Joey Logano, 2023, Ryan Blaney, 2024, Joey Logano)
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Collection 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 listing 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 surface, however I feel it takes quite a lot of arduous work. I feel I talked to some guys on the timing stand a pair hours into the race when it was wanting fairly dire so far as our tempo and the place we have been and the way aggressive we have been and no one ever actually gave up.
“I don’t suppose any of our six drivers on both automotive ran off the asphalt as we speak or hit something or broke aside. That’s mainly what put us ready to win.”
The group almost swept the rostrum with its sister automotive, the No. 6 pushed by Mathieu Jaminet, Matt Campbell and Kevin Estre, nonetheless, needed to accept third behind Acura Meyer Shank Racing.
To some, having too many irons within the fireplace generally is 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 continues to be pretty new to the sports activities automotive panorama, having returned to the scene in 2023.
Nonetheless, it didn’t matter because the group has discovered success virtually immediately.
The racing season is younger and sequence are simply starting to take flight once more. Relaxation assured, the famed “Penske good” mentality is bound to make its mark throughout the globe once more this 12 months.
