Team Penske news and photos from the American racing team. Team Penske was formerly known and Penske Racing and fields cars in Indycar as well as NASCAR.
One day after winning, the NASCAR driver renews contract
Since 2009, Brad Keselowski has been a driver with Team Penske in the NASCAR Cup Series. He took over the No. 2 full-time in 2010 as Rusty Wallace went into retirement.
Keselowski rolled into 2020 as a contract year.
Read MoreThe crew member for Ryan Blaney will likely be out for 3-4 months
On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series visited Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the famed Brickyard 400.
On lap 16, chaos broke loose at the entry to the pit lane. As one driver turned in for his pit box,
Read MoreA stackup on pit lane caused a crew member to be placed on a stretcher in the NASCAR Cup Series race
Today, the NASCAR Cup Series is on track in Indianapolis, Indiana. It’s the Brickyard 400 at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
On the competition caution, we saw total chaos on the pit lane.
Read MoreKeselowski cheekily suggests removing seat belts so drivers are forced stop throwing bad blocks
On Sunday, Brad Keselowski entered the Busch Clash at Daytona International Speedway. While it’s an exhibition event, it’s officially the first race of the new season.
The Clash was loaded with crashes. A field of 18 drivers was crashed down to just 6 cars that were able to cross the finish line and one of those was a lap down.
Read MoreWhen NASCAR returns to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, they’ll be turning left and right
For the first time, NASCAR is set to use the road course portion of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The layout will be in use for the NASCAR Xfinity Series event on July 4, 2020.
This comes as Indianapolis Motor Speedway is one of the tracks that are criticized for ‘boring racing.’
Read MoreJoey Logano, Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney swap crews for 2020
Team Penske is moving in a new direction for 2020. All three of their NASCAR Cup Series teams will see wholesale changes.
“As we do after the completion of each season, we evaluated what we can do to better achieve our goals and we felt it was time to make these changes to better position us to reach our potential,” said Roger Penske.
Read MoreNASCAR Cup Series fines totaled over a half million during the 2019 racing season
Update: Three teams were handed large fines two weeks after the championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The data below has been updated to reflect those fines.
28 different NASCAR driver and chief pairings were fined a total of $770,000 in the 2019 racing season.
Read MoreIndycar team owner has bought the series
Hulman & Co. is selling the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar to the Penske Corporation.
In 1859, Hulman & Co was formed strictly as a wholesale foods supplier. The company was created by Francis T. Hulman selling groceries, tobacco and liquor.
Read MoreRyan Blaney discusses his outfit and Halloween party; Indirectly reveals large Star Wars leg tattoo
11 Star Wars movies have been released since May 1977. Together they have grossed $9,307,186,202 at the box office.
View the Ryan Blaney as Princess Laia photo below.
Needless to say,
Read MoreJosef Newgarden took his Indycar on NASCAR’s ROVAL at Charlotte Motor Speedway (Video)
Josef Newgarden claimed the 2019 INDYCAR Series championship just last week. So, what does the champion do after a year long fight at the highest level of open wheel racing in America?
He remains inside the cockpit,
Read MoreNASCAR driver indefinitely suspended; Driver offers explanation
Bristol Motor Speedway hosted the most recent round of the NASCAR schedule. The triple-header race weekend hosted the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series.
View the full Bristol Motor Speedway penalty report below.
Read MoreMore issues ahead of practice at Kentucky Speedway
It’s not often teams run into major issues with officials ahead of practice. Today, we’ve seen two of these special cases.
First, ahead of NASCAR Truck Series practice this morning, a truck was confiscated by the sanction. Stewart Friesen’s firewall drew an eye from officials.
Read MoreDecreased tolerances regarding NASCAR inspection have resulted in a member of the Team Penske road crew being sent home
Brad Keselowski failed pre-qualifying inspection twice at ISM Raceway on Friday afternoon.
Brandon “Shaggy” Pope and engineer for the team has been ejected as a penalty for the second failure.
Read MoreAtlanta Motor Speedway race winning driver details what it took to get in the car on race day
Brad Keselowski picked up win number 68 of his NASCAR career. It was his 60th behind the wheel of a Team Penske machine. That makes him the winningest Team Penkse driver in the history of the operation.
Read MoreNASCAR champion Brad Keselowski is looking to start an American industrial revolution with Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing
At the end of the 2017 season, Brad Keselowski Racing closed their doors. This came as a surprise within the industry. The team went on the win their last race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
However,
Read MoreNASCAR Cup Series fines totaled $890,000 during the 2018 racing season
I’ve tallied up every 2018 NASCAR penalty and put them into a spreadsheet
20 L1 penalty violations and 28 loose lug nuts were discovered during the 2018 NASCAR season. In total, there were $890,000 in NASCAR fines handed out in 2018.
Read MoreAs the Big-3 claimed most the race wins in 2018; Team Penske had a different strategy in the works with Joey Logano, a strategy that started in May
Todd Gordon: “We didn’t have all the win stickers sitting down the c-post. But, we had speed.”
In the closes races of the Playoffs,
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