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Team Penske : 50th anniversary at the Indianapolis 500

Penske Racing Team, issuing body, editor

Overview

\"No other team in history has come close to matching the record of Roger Penske's team at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Team Penske has won 17 times in its 44 Indy 500 races at the Brickyard for a remarkable win rate of 38%. Penske first attended the Indianapolis 500 with his father in 1951. He became a champion sport car driver in the 1950s and 60s, before forming his own team. Team Penske made its debut at Indianapolis in 1969 and earned its first victory in 1972 with legendary driver Mark Donohue. To celebrate Team Penske's 50th anniversary of competing at the Indy 500, this 224-page volume captures all the highlights from each year's journey at Indianapolis including individual driver's details, race highlights and team statistics. Illustrated with exciting photography and race ephemera, the book features legendary racers like Rick Mears, Bobby Unser, Al Unser, Danny Sullivan and Helio Castroneves, who all helped establish Team Penske as an Indy car powerhouse. Team Penske is a commemorative tribute to the spectacle and prestige of auto racing's most historic event and is a must-have book for aficionados of the Indy 500, motor sports and automotive innovation.\"--Amazon.com.

• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications Inc.
• Subject: Penske Racing Team History. / Penske Racing Team Pictorial works. / Automobile racing Indiana Indianapolis History. / Automobile racing Indiana Indianapolis Pictorial works.
• ISBN: 9780847867189, 0847867188

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
GV1033.5.I55 T43 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE