This Week in
Team Penske History

August 9, 2015

Joey Logano and the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Fusion team use a perfect pit strategy to secure a NASCAR weekend double play at Watkins Glen.

Fresh off a victory in the Xfinity Series race at the Glen the day before, Logano starts the Cup Series race in the 16th position. He works his way up to the 11th before the first round of pit stops. Coming to pit road with the rest of the race leaders on the final stop of the day, Logano takes a splash of fuel and gets out ahead of the pack. He races from 14th to the second position behind cars that stayed out on track hoping to make it to the end on fuel. Taking the white flag behind leader Kevin Harvick, who’s also in fuel-save mode, Logano maneuvers around Harvick as he runs out of fuel on the checkered flag lap for the second day in a row. With the No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford team making the right call on fuel, Logano scores the weekend sweep.  

August 10, 1969

Mark Donohue wins the Trans Am Series race at Watkins Glen International from the pole position.

Donohue starts the second Trans Am race at Watkins Glen the same as he did the first series race there in 1968 – from the pole. It marks his third pole in the first eight races of the 12-race series schedule. Racing the No. 6 Sunoco Camaro, Donohue battles Parnelli Jones late and he gets past his rival after Jones experiences brake issue on the final lap. Donohue scores the second of his series-high six wins during the season that saw Chevrolet capture the Trans Am title.