![]() He was in tears after Harvey bumped him from the field, but returned to the speedway Monday and helped the other three RLL cars - which includes Katherine Legge, the only woman in the 33-car field, whose qualifying average of 231.596 was the fastest ever for a woman. Graham Rahal is the son of the team owner, the most sponsored driver on the team, and at 34 years old has made it clear he's not interested in driving uncompetitive cars. I said to Graham, ‘I’m sorry, I’m not sorry.’ What do you say to someone in that moment? I want to be in the race." I don’t want to do this dance again, and neither do the team. “It's about as humbling a moment as I’ve had at a racetrack. Like, massively grateful to be in the race, massively sad that we bumped out a teammate because I know what that means for the entire team. Felt like we were in the ‘Hunger Games’ with our own team," Harvey said. “We’re going to be starting 30th, 31st and 33rd, and I hated it. It took Jack Harvey, a British driver with both his seat at RLL and his Ind圜ar career on the line, three qualifying runs to ultimately bump teammate Graham Rahal from the race. It already had been a terribly tense Sunday in which Rahal Letterman Lanigan put all three of its full-time cars through a brutal qualifying session just to make the race. Palou will line up alongside Rinus VeeKay of Ed Carpenter Racing and Felix Rosenqvist of Arrow McLaren Racing in the fastest front row at a 234.180 mph average. So far, so good after a dramatic weekend of qualifying.Īlex Palou set the fastest pole qualifying mark in Indy 500 history at 234.217 mph to become the first Spaniard to land there and make Chip Ganassi Racing the first team to win three consecutive poles since Penske won four-straight from 1988-91. He considers the speedway the motorsports version of Augusta National Golf Club, and with a fast field and ticket sales on the rise, the show on Sunday could be one of the best ever. Last year was closer to a typical Indy 500, but now Penske has the place as close to perfection as possible. His first 500 as owner was held in front of empty grandstands, and only 150,000 or so were permitted on the sprawling grounds for the 2021 race. But a Team Penske win Sunday isn't going to make or break the owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, who closed on its purchase roughly eight weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the world. Well, he could have hoped his own three cars had qualified better. INDIANAPOLIS - Roger Penske couldn't ask for much more in the buildup to the Indianapolis 500 after the fastest weekend in 107 years of “The Greatest Spectacle of Racing.” (AP)īREAKING: Graham Rahal gets Indy 500 ride after all, replacing injured Stefan Wilson Clearly, racing improves the product.Alex Palou, of Spain, who will start in pole position, practices Monday for the Indianapolis 500. Those same qualities are found in all Penske enterprises, on the track or in a boardroom. Their “unfair advantage” was identified as a total dedication to preparation and professionalism. The reasons for Penske’s remarkable success were well documented in the late Mark Donahue’s book, “The Unfair Advantage”. Since then, Penske Racing has dominated in virtually every form of racing, earning nearly 400 victories and 27 National Championships including Ind圜ar, Sports Car, Trans Am and NASCAR. Penske Racing debuted at the Indianapolis 500 in 1969, winning the first of 16 Indy 500’s in 1972. Joining forces with driver/engineer Mark Donohue, Penske Racing was created, becoming the motorsports arm of Penske Corporation. While his passion for driving may have been put on hold, his love of motorsports never waned. In 1965, at the top of his game, he gave up driving to build his automotive empire, starting with a dealership in Philadelphia, then acquiring a truck leasing business, a second dealership and two racing tire distributorships. By 1961 Penske was honored as Sports Illustrated’s “Driver of the Year”. Some found their way to the track - and Victory Circle, with Roger at the wheel. From his parents’ driveway Penske would buy and sell sports cars, which he had purchased and restored. Roger’s path to success began as a car-loving teenager in suburban Cleveland, Ohio. With an unrivaled record for wins at the Indianapolis 500 and dominant presence in virtually every major national series, Team Penske is the most respected “brand” in American motorsports. ![]() Holdings include the world’s second largest automobile dealership group as well as truck and equipment rentals, leasing and logistics services.īut for all of those accomplishments, the Corporation’s best-known asset is Penske Racing. Roger Penske’s international automotive and transportation enterprise reported sales of $19 billion in 2014, employing 39,000 employees worldwide.
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