This Week in
Team Penske History
Mark Donohue takes home the Nassau Cup trophy in 1966.
This Week in
Team Penske History
December 4, 1966
Racing with a larger than normal fuel tank on the Chevrolet-powered Lola T70, Mark Donohue adapts and plays the fuel game perfectly on his way to winning the Nassau Trophy Race on the Oakes Field Course for Team Penske.
Following the strategy called by Roger Penske, Donohue makes fewer stops than the rest of the competitors with the larger fuel tank over the course of the 250-lap race. Overcoming a spin on track 18 miles into the race, Donohue takes the checkered flag 4.7 seconds ahead of Skip Scott for the closest finish in the 13-year history of the Nassau race.
December 4, 2016
In its second season competing in the Australian SuperCars Championship, DJR Team Penske earns a fifth-place finish in the series Team championship standings.
In his final drive for the team in the season finale, Scott Pye pushes for a strong finish in the No. 17 Ford at the Sydney 500 before a pit lane penalty puts him at the back of the pack. Pye summons new-found speed with new tires over the final stint, rallying to come home 13th while securing a top-five championship finish for the team.