This Week in
Team Penske History

September 7, 2008

Team Penske's Helio Castroneves wins in a photo finish at Chicagoland Speedway, narrowly defeating Scott Dixon by .0033 for the second-closest finish in INDYCAR Series history at the time. 

Initially, Dixon was announced as the winner but after review by series officials, it was determined that Castroneves and the No. 3 Dallara/Honda crossed the finish line inches ahead of his rival. It marked the first win for Castroneves on the 1.5-mile oval in the Windy City and his second victory of the 2008 season. Ryan Briscoe helped push his Team Penske teammate to the win as he came home third in the No. 6 Team Penske entry. With the win, Castroneves finishes the season second in the championship standings behind Dixon while Briscoe closes his first season with the team fifth in the point standings.

September 9, 2019

Team Penske inducts two long-time team leaders and executives into the Team Penske Hall of Fame, as former Penske Racing South President Don Miller and Dan Luginbuhl, one of the pioneers of motorsports marketing and public relations, are honored in a special ceremony at the team’s Mooresville, North Carolina facility.

Miller was instrumental in bringing Penske Racing back into full-time NASCAR competition in 1991 with driver and fellow Team Penske Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace. Miller then became President of Penske Racing South, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the team’s stock car program. Under Miller’s leadership, Penske stock car teams produced a total of 69 victories in NASCAR competition until his retirement in 2007. Luginbuhl joined Penske Racing in 1969, helping chart the course for the team’s innovative and successful partnership model. Over the course of his 35-year career with the team, he also helped pioneer modern motorsports public relations and marketing. Under his guiding hand, Team Penske became the industry leader in American motorsports media relations, sponsorship and hospitality – a standard that continues today.