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66-479: UXC Ltd is an Australian company owned by DXC Technology , which operates in the IT services industry with over 3,000 employees in the private and public sectors across Australasia. UXC is composed of three distinct internal groups in various industry segments. UXC was founded in 2002. UXC grew from acquisitions. In 2011, UXC merged its formerly separate XSI Data Solutions, Integ, UXC Connect and Getronics Australia to form
132-414: A 19-year partnership. The team subsequently changed their livery to black and white with red trim, reflecting Verizon sponsorship (similar to McLaren Formula One team when they had a black-silver livery from 1997 to 2005 reflecting Mercedes-Benz engines and West sponsorship). Penske first fielded a blue Sunoco 1967 Chevrolet Camaro driven by Mark Donohue in this series designed for Pony cars like
198-581: A new company, Perspecta Inc. In June 2019, with about 43,000 employees in India and one of its largest delivery engines for application outsourcing and software development, the company restructured its workforce to meet its new revenue profile. Mike Salvino , the former Accenture chief group executive, was named president and CEO of DXC Technology in September 2019. In February 2021, French technology services and consulting firm Atos ended talks for
264-436: A performance in a nearly twenty years; none of Team Penske's drivers qualified inside the top fifteen, Will Power was almost bumped from the starting lineup, and their best result was a third-place via a late charge by Simon Pagenaud. A bright spot for the team was their partnership with all-female operated Paretta Autosport team for the 2021 Indianapolis 500 ; Team Penske prepped a chassis leased from Juncos Racing and helped
330-593: A potential acquisition of DXC. Atos had proposed for US$ 10 billion including debt for acquisition. As of November 2021 , DXC had around 130,000 employees in over 70 countries in its global innovation and delivery centres; the largest among them is India, followed by the Philippines, Central Europe, and Vietnam. In May 2022, Salvino was appointed as the chairman of DXC's board, taking over Ian Read following his retirement in July 2022. In October 2023, DXC
396-749: A reference of Porsche Motorsport works team. The Porsche RS Spyder made its successful debut at the ALMS season final race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca . The " Porsche Junioren " factory drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr finished 1st in LMP2 Class and 5th Overall in the 4–Hour Endurance Race. The livery of the Penske Racing American Le Mans Series team was inspired by Jordan EJ12 's DHL Formula 1 livery driven by Giancarlo Fisichella and Takuma Sato . In 2006, Penske Motorsports fielded two LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder in
462-555: A second championship for the team in 2019 while Will Power and Simon Pagenaud respectively won back-to-back Indianapolis 500s in 2018 and 2019. In 2020 the team would win the most races of any team in the IndyCar series but did not win the Indianapolis 500 or secure the IndyCar championship, with Newgarden being unable to defend his title against Scott Dixon. In 2021 Team Penske expanded again to four-time cars. The year also marked
528-449: A shares at Ilmor Engineering Ltd. as well as Chevrolet official team vehicles, financial support and also Chevrolet and Ilmor staff would work with the team at their Mooresville base. Once again, Penske would dominate the early portion of the season, winning 4 consecutive races, with Castroneves taking the season opener at St. Petersburg, and Power capturing wins at Barber, Long Beach, and São Paulo. Briscoe would have struggles throughout
594-801: A win in a Formula One race. In 1971 Penske had sponsored the McLaren car entered in the 1971 Canadian Grand Prix by the White Racing privateer team and in the 1971 United States Grand Prix by the Kirk White privateer team. At the Canadian Grand Prix Mark Donohue took the Penske-sponsored McLaren car to a podium finish. Penske returned three years later, in the 1974 Canadian Grand Prix , with their own works team as well as own chassis,
660-526: Is a division of Penske Corporation , and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske . The team president is Tim Cindric . Team Penske currently fields three cars: the No. 2 Hitachi Dallara / Chevrolet for Josef Newgarden , the No. 3 Dallara / Chevrolet driven by Scott McLaughlin , and the No. 12 Verizon Dallara / Chevrolet driven by Will Power . Notable past drivers include 4-time Indianapolis 500 winners Al Unser , Rick Mears , and Helio Castroneves . At
726-431: Is also a partner of Australian Rugby Union team Brumbies . In 2022, the company became the new sleeve sponsor for English football club Manchester United . In May 2023, the company signed a multi-year partnership with Scuderia Ferrari starting from the 2023 Miami Grand Prix onwards. Team Penske Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing ) is an American professional auto racing organization, competing in
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#1732800835551792-519: The 12 Hours of Sebring the "Sunoco" made the pole again but finished the race at the sixth position after making contact with Pedro Rodrigez's 917. Despite this misfortune, the car had proved to be a serious opponent for the 917. Not only this car was the fastest on track in Daytona and Sebring but it was also the car that had the shortest refueling time. The presence of the 512 M "Sunoco" forced Porsche to pursue his effort of research and development on
858-710: The 12 Hours of Sebring . This was Porsche 's first overall win in the race since 1988 in a Porsche 962 . 2008 team lineup: On December 4, 2008, Roger Penske announced that the Team Penske officially shut down its participation in the American Le Mans Series and thus defected to ALMS's rival Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for the full 2009 season. The team utilized a Porsche-powered Riley with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas as their official drivers. However, in late 2009, Roger Penske announced that
924-526: The 2006 IRL season , they would consolidate IRL and NASCAR operations at the team's Mooresville North Carolina facility; with the flooding in Pennsylvania in 2006, the team's operations were moved to Mooresville earlier than expected. Roger Penske has been involved with IndyCar racing since 1968, when his team first fielded a stock block -powered Eagle with Mark Donohue . The organization first competed at Indianapolis in 1969, where Donohue
990-748: The 2023 24 Hours of Daytona . With the No. 6 Porsche retiring due to a gearbox issue and No. 7 finishing in 7th place. In May 2021 Porsche announced its return to FIA World Endurance Championship new category LMDh with Penske running their factory team. They announced their return to both WEC and IMSA for 2023 season running two new Porsche 963 in each competition. To prepare their return to WEC, Penske took part in WEC 2022 season with one Oreca 07 -Gibson in LMP2 class. Former Team Penske lubricant partner and supplier Mobil 1 rejoined as official team's lubricant partner and supplier from 2023 season onwards due to
1056-607: The Ford Mustang . Penske-entered Camaros won the series championship in 1968 and 1969. Later they switched to a red/white/blue American Motors backed 1970 AMC Javelin , and later the restyled 1971 AMC Javelin AMX which had an aerodynamic tail spoiler and other features suggested by Donohue. American Motors won the Over 2.5-liter title in 1971, after which Penske withdrew from the championship. Penske Racing also had an alliance with
1122-504: The IndyCar Series , NASCAR Cup Series , IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship . Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona , the organization has also competed in various other types of professional racing such as Formula One , Can-Am , Trans Am , and Australia's Supercars Championship . Altogether, Team Penske has earned over 500 victories and over 40 championships in all of auto racing. Team Penske
1188-475: The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series , driving full-time for the 2008 season with Team Penske American Le Mans Series confirming Porsche LMP2 driver Ryan Briscoe as Castroneves's new teammate for 2008 on November 13, 2007. Team Penske started the 2008 season poorly but Hélio Castroneves posted five top-four finishes (including two 2nd-place finishes) to start the year. Meanwhile, Ryan Briscoe
1254-537: The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DXC. At the time of its creation, DXC Technology had revenues of $ 25 billion, with 6,000 enterprise and public sector clients across 70 countries, managed by around 170,000 staff. In July 2017, the company started a three-year plan to reduce the number of offices in India from 50 to 26, and reduce headcount by 5.9% (around 10,000) employees. In 2018, DXC split off its US public sector segment to create
1320-817: The Porsche partnership. 2023 line-up: Penske competed in the Formula One World Championship as a chassis constructor from 1974 to 1977 and as a works team from 1974 to 1976 . Although the cars were built at the British base in Poole , the works team held an American licence . Excluding the Indianapolis 500 , Penske is, along with the All American Racers , one of only two American constructors to have achieved
1386-457: The 2010 season in style by winning the first three races of the season. Will Power challenged for the driver's title until suspension failure in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway robbed him of a shot at the championship. Penske ended up finishing the 2010 season with nine wins, thirteen pole positions, and six fastest laps (mostly by Will Power ). On 12 November 2010, Penske confirmed that they would end their partnership with Honda at
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#17328008355511452-430: The 2011 season with six victories, all from Will Power , while Castroneves and Briscoe went winless. Roger Penske announced a switch to full-works General Motors -owned Chevrolet engines for the 2012 IndyCar Series season onwards and thus Team Penske earned a full-factory support from General Motors and Chevrolet and also Team Penske received free engines formally from Ilmor and Chevrolet as Roger Penske has
1518-633: The 2024 race, Team Penske won the Indy 500 for a record 20th time. The team has won the series championship 16 times. The open-wheel racing portion of Penske Racing had been based in Reading, Pennsylvania since 1973 with the cars, during the Formula One and CART era, being constructed in Poole , Dorset , England , which was also the base for the F1 team. On October 31, 2005, Penske Racing announced after
1584-399: The 5-liter Ferrari 512 . To prepare for the 1972 season, the new works prototype Ferrari 312PB was presented and engaged by the factory in several races. Roger Penske bought a used 512 M chassis that was dismantled and rebuilt. The car was specially tuned for long races receiving many unique features, among them were a large rear wing and aviation-inspired quick refueling system. The engine
1650-559: The 917: The 917K short tail was modified, and the 917 LH aerodynamics received further improvements. New Magnesium chassis were developed. An entirely new car, the 917/20 was built as a test-bed for future CanAm parts and aerodynamic "low-drag" concepts. In Le Mans the "Sunoco" Ferrari was unable to break the 200 mph (320 km/h) barrier on the straight while the Porsche 917 LH were lightning-quick at speeds of over 240 mph (380 km/h). Mark Donohue qualified fourth anyway, which
1716-629: The American Le Mans Series, but did not run the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. The Penske cars combined to win seven class victories and the overall win at Mid-Ohio . Penske Racing won the LMP2 team championship. Drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr tied for first place in the driver's championship, while Timo Bernhard finished fifth, Romain Dumas finished sixth, and Emmanuel Collard finished tenth. 2006 team lineup: In 2007, Penske Motorsports fielded two LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo in
1782-527: The American Le Mans Series. Penske Motorsports for the 2nd year in a row did not compete in 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. Penske's two cars combined for eleven class victories and eight overall victories during the twelve race season. Penske won the LMP2 team championship, and team drivers Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard finished tied for first in the LMP2 driver's championship, while Sascha Maassen and Ryan Briscoe tied for third place. 2007 team lineup: Penske started their 2008 season with an overall win in
1848-702: The DXC Dandelion Program has grown to over 100 employees in Australia, working with more than 240 organizations in 71 countries to acquire sustainable employment for individuals with autism. In June 2021, DXC piloted the Dandelion Program in the UK. The company sponsored Team Penske with 2016 Series Champion and 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner Simon Pagenaud , and in 2018, became title sponsor of IndyCar Series race DXC Technology 600 . DXC
1914-573: The Indianapolis 500 19 times, won the Indianapolis 500 pole position 18 times, as well as 200 open wheel IndyCar wins in USAC, CART and IRL (as of May 19, 2018), 29 of which are in 500-Mile Races and 13 open-wheel championships. Team Penske has 1,463 starts in IndyCar races, 231 pole positions, 71 wins from pole, 47 double wins of which 8 are 1–2–3 finishes from the Pocono race on June 26, 1977, to January 1, 2015. In 2001, Team Penske marked its return to
1980-493: The Indianapolis 500 but their overall form would be greatly improved, with the team winning four of the first seven races of the season and nine races overall in the season. Scott McLaughlin would take his first IndyCar win at the season opener in St. Petersburg while Will Power and Josef Newgarden would hold the championship points lead at different points in the season. Will Power would ultimately clinch his second IndyCar championship at
2046-423: The Indy 500 after a five-year absence due to the open wheel split , after the 1995 PPG IndyCar World Series season with an Oldsmobile engines. Later, in 2001 Roger Penske announced he would leave CART for the 2002 IRL IndyCar Series season with Chevrolet engines. As Toyota confirmed defection from CART Champ Car to IRL IndyCar Series , the team switched to Toyota engines from 2003 season onwards as it
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2112-639: The Japanese company's racing division in Japan and the United States including tune-up support from Ilmor Engineering in Plymouth, Michigan. The partnership started well in 2006, winning the 2006 Indianapolis 500 and 2006 IndyCar Series titles at the hands of Sam Hornish Jr. . Penske retained their Castroneves - Hornish Jr. pair for the 2007 season. The second year of the renewed Honda partnership
2178-589: The McLaren domination of the Can-Am, Penske switched back to Lola Cars for his 1969 Can-Am efforts, but only entered the car in one race at Mid-Ohio . From 1972 to 1974, Penske was Porsche's official partner in the CanAm Series. In late 1971, Penske and Mark Donohue helped to develop the turbocharged version of the Porsche 917 . George Follmer won the series in 1972, and Donohue dominated CanAm in 1973 with
2244-501: The No. 12 and featured primary sponsorship of both the Verizon Wireless brand and Roger Penske's truck rental business. For the 2010 season, the team entered their fifth year of its Penske-Honda partnership with Will Power promoted to a full-time Penske seat alongside Castroneves and Briscoe. Team Penske became a three-car team for the first time since 1994, with the addition of a full-time team for Power. Team Penske started
2310-461: The Penskes to run significantly faster, giving them the pole and outside front row on the grid for the 78th Indianapolis 500 . Al Unser Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi dominated the race, eventually lapping the field with 16 laps to go in the 200 lap race when Fittipaldi made contact with the wall coming out of Turn 4, giving Al Unser Jr. the lead and win. The only driver who finished on the lead lap
2376-541: The UXC infrastructure group. UXC acquired US based Tectura for $ 21 million, ServiceNow partner Keystone for $ 27 million, and acquired White Labelled, an Australian E-commerce consultancy. The group acquired SaltBush Group in 2014. The group acquired the assets of contiigo in May 2015. In November 2015, CSC agreed to acquire the shares of UXC in a deal valued at AUD427.6 million ($ 309 million). In February 2016, CSC finalised
2442-610: The acquisition of UXC for AUD427.6 million ($ 309 million). The company operates in three business groups. They are: DXC Technology DXC Technology Company is an American multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia . DXC Technology was founded on April 3, 2017, through a merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprise ’s Enterprise Services business unit and Computer Sciences Corporation . The company provided business-to-business IT services. It began trading on
2508-429: The arrival of three-time Supercars champion and former DJR Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin to the team, marking the first time Team Penske had signed a driver without any open-wheel experience to compete in their open-wheel racing program since Rick Mears signed to compete with the team in 1978. 2021 would be a difficult season for Team Penske. While McLaughlin was given time to adapt to IndyCar racing all three of
2574-780: The cars any longer following the instruction of Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement restricting cigarette advertising by name. In 2007, the IndyCar Series cars began to carry Team Penske insignia by removing Marlboro branding and sponsorship from Mobil 1 (although the cars remained painted in the Marlboro color scheme—in Formula 1 the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro and McLaren has a similar set up due to Marlboro partnership). In 2010, Phillip Morris USA discontinued their relationship with Team Penske, ending
2640-399: The championship at Chicagoland Speedway, but Scott Dixon finished in 2nd place to ensure his 2008 IndyCar Series driver's title. For 2009, Verizon Wireless , joined ExxonMobil ( McLaren 's then fuel and lubricant partner) as associate sponsors, and the team was billed as Verizon Championship Racing. The third car was driven by Will Power (originally a substitute for Castroneves) and carried
2706-612: The championship in the final race on a tie-breaker to Scott Dixon . Team Penske would go on to dominate 2016, filling the top 3 positions in the final standings. Capping the season with a dominating race victory, Simon Pagenaud won his first IndyCar championship, becoming the ninth Penske driver to be crowned champion. Roger Penske's organization claimed its 14th such title and its second in three years (Power won in '14). In 2017 Team Penske signed Josef Newgarden from Ed Carpenter Racing and would secure back-to-back IndyCar championships with Newgarden winning his first in 2017. Newgarden won
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2772-415: The championship. In 2020 Team Penske won again the drivers championship, this time with Hélio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor . In the end of that season Penske left IMSA as the 3-year partnership with Acura reached its end. Penske would return to Endurance and IMSA in a partnership with Porsche for the new LMDh regulations. For the 2023 season, the team was the only one that fielded the Porsche 963 at
2838-488: The championship. The team also dominated a controversial May at Indianapolis. Penske debuted a radical new Mercedes-Benz engine at Indy, the 500I. This engine used a provision in the rules intended for stock block pushrod engines such as the V-6 Buick engines that allowed an extra 650 cm and 10 inches (4.9 psi /33.8 kPa ) of boost. This extra power (at least 900 horsepower , and rumored to be over 1000) allowed
2904-551: The end of the 2011 season and use engines supplied by Chevrolet for the 2012 season. For the 2011 season, the team entered their sixth and final year of its Penske-Honda partnership. Penske's trio of Castroneves-Briscoe-Power remained for the second consecutive year while the team lost the ExxonMobil sponsorship to Stewart-Haas Racing 's NASCAR team in favor of Shell and Pennzoil as their official motor oil partner. The team started well with two victories from Will Power in
2970-559: The first five races. Power captured his first oval win at Texas Motor Speedway and came into the season finale at Las Vegas 18 points behind leader Dario Franchitti. However, on lap 11 of the race, Power was collected in a fiery 15-car crash that killed defending Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon . The race was cut short in Wheldon's honor and the championship points stood as they had to enter Las Vegas, giving Franchitti his third consecutive driver's title (and fourth overall). Penske finished
3036-427: The first time in sixteen seasons. In 2024 , Team Penske incurred controversy when Josef Newgarden was disqualified from his season opening win at St. Petersburg for having illegally manipulated ECU software to allow for push to pass to be used on the race restarts, marking the first time the team had been stripped of an IndyCar win since Al Unser Jr.'s 1995 win at Portland. Unlike that race, Penske elected not to appeal
3102-471: The loss of the win and Tim Cindric was banned from the Penske paddock for several races. The team however did have a strong start to the season, with all three of their drivers picking up wins in the first seven races and Newgarden becoming the first driver since Helio Castroneves to win back to back Indianapolis 500s, giving Penske their 20th Indianapolis 500 win. Penske's 1994 IndyCar World Series Championship
3168-470: The pioneer Trans-Am team, Jocko's Racing which won the 1976 Trans-Am Series championship in a Penske-leased car. Penske Racing entered a Lola T70 in the 1966 Can-Am Series for Mark Donohue , resulting in one win at Mosport . In 1967, Penske Racing entered two Lolas, one for Mark Donohue and one for George Follmer . 1968 saw Penske switch to a McLaren M6, which had won the series in 1967. Donohue won one race that year in Can-Am at Bridgehampton . With
3234-588: The prototype (P) class. To prepare their debut in 2018 season, Team Penske took part in the last race of 2017, the Petit Le Mans using the Oreca 07 LMP2 (same framework that the Acura DPi was based on), placing third. 2018 line-up: 2019–2020 line-up: In 2019 Team Penske won the drivers championship with Juan Pablo Montoya and Dane Cameron , while Hélio Castroneves and Ricky Taylor finished 3rd on
3300-485: The season but managed to find victory lane at Sonoma. However, Power would come up short in the championship after a crash at the season finale. Briscoe left the team after 2012 for other opportunities. In 2014, Will Power took the IndyCar Championship for Team Penske after 3 concurrent runner up finishes in 2010–2012. The 2015 season started well for Team Penske, Juan Pablo Montoya won the first race of
3366-431: The season finale. For 2023 , Team Penske would return to the winner's circle at Indianapolis, with Josef Newgarden clinching the 107th Indianapolis 500 , becoming the first American driver to win the race since 2016. 2023 was otherwise a difficult season for the team; only one of their drivers finishing in the top three of the IndyCar points standings, only winning one road course event, and Will Power recorded no wins for
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#17328008355513432-533: The season, his second win for Penske since he arrived from NASCAR in 2014, with teammates Will Power, Helio Castroneves, and Simon Pagenaud (first season with the team) finishing 2nd, 4th, and 5th. Power got a win at the Grand Prix of Indianapolis in the 5th race of the season and just 2 weeks later, the Colombian Montoya won the Indy 500 leading again teammate Will Power. Juan Pablo Montoya would lose
3498-522: The team qualify Simona De Silvestro at the last spot on the starting lineup, though De Silvestro and the Penske prepped car would fail to finish the race. Scott McLaughlin would be named both IndyCar and Indianapolis 500 Rookie Of The Year while Josef Newgarden was able to finish in second place in the championship for a second consecutive season. For 2022 Simon Pagenaud departed the team for Meyer Shank Racing , bringing Team Penske back down to three full-time IndyCar entries. The team would struggle again at
3564-462: The team would shut down its Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series operations and be turned into the new No. 12 Verizon sponsored IndyCar for Will Power to run full-time in 2010. In 2017, it was announced that Team Penske would make a comeback to sportscar racing in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in a 3-year partnership with Acura , starting in the 2018 season, running 2 Acura ARX-05 DPis in
3630-454: The team's former champions would see their worst years with Team Penske. Both Will Power and Josef Newgarden recorded the lowest win totals of their Team Penske tenures in 2021 and had easy victories at Detroit and Road America taken away from them in the closing laps due to mechanical failures, while Simon Pagenaud was only able to record two third-place finishes as his best result of the year. The team also recorded their worst Indianapolis 500
3696-420: The ultimate evolution of the 917, the 917/30. The rules were changed for 1974, and Penske raced only once this year. A Lola T70 Mk IIIb entered by Penske was the surprise winner of the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona . During the 1970 season, the competition between the 5-liter sportscars of Porsche and Ferrari turned to the advantage of the Porsche 917 . In 1971, Ferrari decided to give up any official effort with
3762-488: Was announced on April 2, 2002. The team's partnership with Toyota engines started well in 2003 including winning the 2003 Indianapolis 500 in the hands of Gil de Ferran . However, Team Penske's Toyota partnership started to decline in 2004 by scoring only two wins, five pole positions, and three fastest laps compared to 2003 due to driver errors and also incidents. The team also resurged slightly in 2005 with just only three wins and two pole positions. On October 31, 2005, it
3828-498: Was announced that Team Penske ended their engine deal with Toyota and switched to Honda with an initial five-year deal. Penske had collaborated with Honda engines in the 2000–2001 CART Champ Car season. After a prolonged period, the team announced Hélio Castroneves and Sam Hornish Jr. as their official race drivers. Despite the Honda partnership, Penske had a de facto direct Honda factory support, with engines coming straight from
3894-1067: Was delisted from S&P 500 Index , and moved to the S&;P SmallCap 600 Index . In December 2023, it was announced that Salvino would no longer be CEO of DXC Technology. Raul Fernandez , who was on the board of directors, was appointed as the president and chief executive officer of DXC Technology on 1 February 2024. As of November 2024 , DXC employes over 125,000 in over 70 countries of which over 43,000 are employed at 12 sites across 7 major cities in India. In July 2017, DXC purchased enterprise software company Tribridge and its affiliate company Concerto Cloud Services for $ 152 million. In 2018, it announced additional acquisitions, including Molina Medicaid Solutions (previously part of Molina Healthcare ), Argodesign and two ServiceNow partners, BusinessNow and TESM. In January 2019, DXC Technology acquired Luxoft . The deal closed in June 2019. Piloted in Adelaide, South Australia , in 2014,
3960-681: Was forced to adapt the Penske IndyCar car, as Briscoe was entering his first season with Team Penske after spending two years as an IndyCar part-timer whilst he raced in the Champ Car World Series in 2006 and later the American Le Mans Series in 2007. Ryan Briscoe finally scored his first win at the Milwaukee Mile while Castroneves claimed his first 2008 win in Infineon Raceway . Castroneves nearly won
4026-440: Was much more promising than the first with the team coming close to defending their Indianapolis 500 victory, as well as their IndyCar Series driver and team titles. However, the team slumped, scoring only two victories due to driver errors and incidents. The team failed to win major IndyCar silverware for the first time since the 2005 season. On November 9, 2007, Sam Hornish Jr. announced he would depart from IndyCar Series to
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#17328008355514092-441: Was named rookie of the year. In 1971, Donohue scored the first win for Team Penske in IndyCar at the Pocono 500 . Donohue won the team's first Indianapolis 500 in May 1972 . In 1978, Penske along with Pat Patrick , Dan Gurney , and several other team owners who had been participating in USAC events involving cars known as Champ Cars and IndyCars formed Championship Auto Racing Teams ( CART ). As of May 28, 2023, Team Penske has won
4158-507: Was one of, if not the most dominating performance from a race team in the history of American open-wheel racing. Roger Penske had found the key to win but also found a way to run from the competition. The new Penske PC-23 chassis with the Ilmor - Indy V8 engine would power the Penske drivers of Al Unser Jr. , Paul Tracy , and Emerson Fittipaldi . The team racked up 12 wins out of 16 races, collecting 10 poles and 28 podium finishes on their way to
4224-681: Was rookie Jacques Villeneuve . This one season gave Penske the Driver's Championship with Al Unser Jr. , Constructor's Cup with the Penske PC-23, and Manufacturer's Cup with the Ilmor-Indy V8 engine. (In the 1995 Indy 500 Penske failed to qualify any cars for the race) Cigarette brand Marlboro had been a sponsor with Team Penske since the 1989 Indianapolis 500 , and primary sponsor of all Team Penske IndyCars since 1991. Late in 2005, Team Penske announced that Marlboro would not appear on
4290-434: Was the result of an aerodynamic configuration that favored downforce over drag, which helped in the twistier sections. The car did not have much luck in the race though. In April 2005, it was announced that Porsche would build an Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) sanctioned LMP2 Class Prototype that would be entered by Penske Racing in the American Le Mans Series and thus formally competed as DHL Porsche Penske Racing in
4356-514: Was tuned by CanAm V8 specialist Traco, and was probably able to deliver more than 600 hp (450 kW). As of today, it is unknown to what extent Penske's initiative was backed by Ferrari works. This 512M was painted in a blue and yellow livery and was sponsored by Sunoco and the Californian Ferrari dealer Kirk F. White. The car made the pole position for the 1971 24 Hours of Daytona and finished second despite an accident. For
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