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Team Penske History

October 2, 2023

Ryan Blaney produces his ninth career NASCAR Cup Series victory with an important playoff win at Talladega Superspeedway. The result allowed Blaney to advance to the Round of 8 in the Cup Series Playoffs in pursuit of his first series championship.

After starting 10th in the No. 12 Menards/Pennzoil Ford Mustang, Blaney advances quickly through the field, moving up to second in the running order within the first 10 laps of the race. After winning the opening stage of the race on the 2.66-mile superspeedway, Blaney was in good position to content for the win. Running up front over the final stage, Blaney ran side-by-side with Kevin Harvick in the closing laps as the two continued to battle for the win. Blaney worked his way past Harvick after seeing the white flag and the No. 12 Mustang crossed the finish line .012 of a second ahead of its closest competition. Blaney's third career win at Talladega marked the 11th victory at the track for Team Penske and the result was instrumental in Blaney's run to the 2023 Cup Series title. 

October 3, 2009

Making his debut in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (formerly Nationwide Series), Parker Kligerman has a strong first race for Team Penske as he wins the pole for the series 200-lap event at Kansas Speedway. 

Racing the No. 22 Penske Truck Rental Dodge Charger, Kligerman posts an average speed of 172.778 miles per hour to top qualifying for the Kansas Lottery 300 race. Kligerman, then a 19-year-old native of Westport, Conn., competing full-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series while getting an opportunity as a development driver for Team Penske, had won at Kansas earlier in the week in ARCA competition. After starting from the pole, Kligerman leads seven laps and winds up finishing 16th in the No. 22 Dodge for a solid NASCAR debut.