This Week in
Team Penske History
Ryan Newman wins in the No. 2 Ford at Michigan International Speedway.
This Week in
Team Penske History
August 18, 2001
Driving the No. 2 ALLTELL Ford for Team Penske in the NASCAR Xfinity (formerly Busch) Series, Ryan Newman dominates at Michigan International Speedway to earn his first career series win.
Newman passes pole winner Jimmy Spencer on the second lap and quickly pulls away from the field. Kevin Harvick briefly wrestles the lead from Newman during a race restart on lap 52, but the Team Penske races reclaims the top spot just five laps later. After leading 119 or 125 laps in the race, Newman and the No. 2 team take the checkered flag at the high-banked, two-mile oval.
August 22, 2016
Will Power wins the 500-mile INDYCAR SERIES race at Pocono Raceway for his fourth victory in six events.
After earning an eighth-place starting spot, encounters handling issues on the No. 12 Verizon Chevy early in the race, but the team continues to make changes to improve the car’s performance. Power seizes the lead from Ryan Hunter-Reay just before the final round of pit stops and sets the fastest lap of the race with a speed of 218.499 miles per hour. He leads 48 of the final 50 laps to secure the win for his 29th career INDYCAR SERIES victory.