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Team Penske captured its first victories in its debut season of 1966 when the team’s Corvettes won legendary endurance races at both Daytona and Sebring. The GT class victories laid the groundwork for what was to come as Roger Penske picked up where he left off as a driver, with his race team winning in its first two starts. Team Penske Hall of Famer Mark Donohue then earned his first wins for the team, as he produced a USRRC victory at Kent Pacific Raceway before securing the team’s first Can-Am Series triumph at MoSport.

The Indianapolis 500 win by Mark Donohue in 1972 marked the first of 18 triumphs at Indy for Team Penske.

In 1971, Donohue captured Team Penske’s first INDYCAR victory and Team Penske 47th overall win. Donohue won the Schaefer 500 at Pocono International Raceway driving the No. 66 Sunoco McLaren M16. Donohue also posted Team Penske’s first NASCAR Cup Series victory and the team’s 62nd overall win in 1973 when he took the checkered flag in the Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway behind the wheel of the No. 16 AMC Matador.

Ryan Briscoe’s win at Milwaukee in 2008 represented the team’s 300th all-time victory.

As Team Penske built the most successful program in INDYCAR history, the team achieved special milestone wins with drivers Bobby Unser, Paul Tracy and Ryan Briscoe. Win 100 came on May 24, 1981 as Unser won the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Team Penske’s third Indy victory. Tracy had the honor of producing Team Penske’s 200th win when he drove to victory the Motorola 300 at Gateway International Raceway on May 25, 1997.  Briscoe posted Team Penske’s 135th INDYCAR triumph and the team’s 300 win overall when he drove to Victory Lane on June 1, 2008 at the Milwaukee Mile.

Brad Keselowski scored win No. 500 for Team Penske with his triumph at Las Vegas in 2018.

The 400th win milestone was reached by the team on September 6, 2014 when 2012 NASCAR Series champ Brad Keselowski won the the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway. A little more than four years later, Keselowski proudly scored Team Penske’s 500th all-time victory when he claimed the South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on September 16, 2018. That victory allowed Keselowski to move into a tie with Donohue for the most wins with the Team Penske organization.

The most recent win for the team was produced by Ryan Blaney as he was responsible for win 597 with a dramatic victory at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday, August 28.

With all three NASCAR Cup Series teams competing in the Playoffs, Austin Cindric looking to repeat as Xfinity Series champion and Team Penske searching for its 17th NTT INDYCAR SERIES title over the next few weeks to close out the season, it seems only fitting that the organization is pursuing its latest milestone at the most important time of the year.

Often referred to as the "New York Yankees of motorsports," Team Penske is poised to reach another level in sports achievement and one that reflects its longtime commitment to excellence and years of producing premier Penske Material – 600 all-time race victories.