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Team Penske History

October 7, 2001 

Gil de Ferran wins from the pole at the Grand Prix of Houston street circuit.

For the second consecutive year,  de Ferran top the charts in qualifying to secure his fourth pole of the CART/INDYCAR SERIES season. With a clean start at the drop of the green flag, de Ferran builds a 10.5-second lead before the first round of pit stops. The reigning series champ leads every lap of the 100-lap race en route to his second consecutive race victory that would help propel de Ferran to his second straight championship for Team Penske.

October 7, 2016

In a race that was scheduled to take place on Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway but is delayed until Sunday due to heavy rains, Joey Logano produces his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Charlotte.

Driving the No. 12 PPG Ford, Logano starts from the third position and he runs inside the top five all afternoon. On a race restart with 12 laps remaining,  Logano moves inside the leaders from his third-place position heading into turn one. The top three battle for the lead for nearly a full lap before Logano clears his competitors to claim the top spot. Logano edges Elliott Sadler by .462 of a second at the checkered flag to earn his 27th career Xfinity Series victory.