With legendary racers Tom Sneva, Mario Andretti, Rick Mears and Bobby Unser, Al Unser and Danny Sullivan competing for the team, Penske Racing established itself as an Indy car …

1 Mike Hiss was hired by Penske to qualify Mario Andretti's #7 car for the 1978 Indianapolis 500 while Andretti was racing in Formula One; Andretti would then drive the car on race-day.

Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1968 to 1982, and IndyCar from 1964 to …

May 17, 2019 · Part four of the 15-part feature series ‘How Roger Penske Changed The Indy 500,’ which celebrates the most successful entrant at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the 50th …

Brawner then offered the opportunity to Mario Andretti. Penske formed his race team the next year as a sports car team. During its first fifty years of racing Team Penske has won 420 major …

1976 – Team Penske wins first and only Formula 1 race with John Watson 1978 – Penske hires Rick Mears to substitute for Mario Andretti, Mears wins his first race

Mario Andretti runs a part-time IndyCar schedule and finishes second to Sneva at Pocono in Penske’s first 1-2 finish. Driving a Penske PC-6/Cosworth, Sneva wins his second consecutive …

After dominating practice, qualifying, and most of the race, leader Mario Andretti slowed with mechanical problems with only 23 laps to go. Five laps later, Al Unser Sr. assumed the lead, …

May 23, 2016 · Check back every day between now and race day for a new ‘Indy Diary’ entry. Mario Andretti’s third-place finish in 1965’s Indianapolis 500 earned him that year’s rookie-of …

Mar 3, 2015 · Both drivers remain fixtures in the Verizon IndyCar Series with Mears serving a key role for Team Penske and Andretti driving the Honda IndyCar Two-Seater. “It’s great to see …