This Week in
Team Penske History
Simon Pagenaud celebrates after a dominant performance at Barber Motorsports Park
This Week in
Team Penske History
April 25, 2016
Driver Simon Pagenaud overcomes early contact and recovers to capture his second-consecutive NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory, completing a dominant weekend foe Team Penske at Barber Motorsports Park.
Pagenaud wins his third series pole position to top Saturday qualifying and he leads 84 of the 90 laps in Sunday's race en route to his fifth career series victory and his first on the Alabama road course. Driving the No. 22 PPG Chevrolet, Pagenaud led the first 81 laps before contact with the car driven by Graham Rahal forced the French-born driver off course. Pagenaud falls to second place before getting back on track and he passes Rahal to reclaim the race lead on Lap 86. Pagenaud pours it on at the end to win by more than 13 seconds over Rahal as the Team Penske racer continues to build an early lead in the championship standings.
April 25, 2021
Brad Keselowski takes the lead on the final lap to earn an overtime win in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. The victory marks the first of the season for Keselowski and his sixth career triumph at the 2.66-mile Alabama superspeedway.
After starting 10th in the No. 2 MoneyLion Ford Mustang, Keselowski avoids disaster late in the opening stage of the race when the nearlyt gets collected in an incident between eammate Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. The No. 2 Mustang receives only minor damage in the incident and Keselowski is able to continue. A late caution flag forces overtime with Keselowski running third. The green flag waves to restart the race on lap 189 and two laps later Keselowski passes Matt DiBenedetto for the lead and he holds on for the win.