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July 5, 2022

Team Penske

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Logano gets 2nd win of season in overtime at Gateway

June 6, 2022 The Associated Press

MADISON, Ill. — Joey Logano watched helplessly as Kyle Busch drove away from him on a late restart Sunday, seemingly ending his hopes of delivering a much-needed win for Team Penske in the NASCAR Cup […]

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Cindric wins Daytona 500 for 1st Cup Series win

February 20, 2022 The Associated Press

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Roger Penske had one rule at the Daytona 500 for his drivers: Do Not Wreck Each Other. His orders were followed Sunday night when Austin Cindric worked with teammate Ryan Blaney […]

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Cup Series has old faces in new places

February 15, 2022 Cory Lavalette

All of the talk heading into the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season has been about the Next Gen car’s arrival, so it’s been easy to overlook the drivers who have landed in new rides. A […]

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Look Ahead — 2022 Newcomer of the Year: Next Gen car will reboot NASCAR

December 29, 2021 Cory Lavalette

North State Journal’s Newcomer of the Year is often either a teenager or 20-something who bursts on the North Carolina sports scene on an inevitable path to superstardom or a new coach brought in to […]

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NASCAR: Blaney given key role in search for new crew chief

October 8, 2021 Jenna Fryer, Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Ryan Blaney wanted a leadership role at Team Penske, a request granted when Roger Penske invited the driver to participate in interviews for Blaney’s new crew chief. Discussions were underway on who would […]

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Kyle Larson the favorite heading into Cup Series Playoffs

September 1, 2021 Cory Lavalette

The green flag drops on the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs at Darlington on Sunday. The 16 drivers who qualified for the postseason will be trimmed by four after three, six and nine races, with the […]

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Austin Cindric to drive Penske’s iconic No. 2 next season

July 15, 2021 Cory Lavalette

CHARLOTTE — Austin Cindric will replace 2012 NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski in Team Penske’s flagship No. 2 Ford next season. Roger Penske announced last year the reigning Xfinity Series champion would move to the Cup […]

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Helio Castroneves wins 4th Indianapolis 500

May 30, 2021 Cory Lavalette

INDIANAPOLIS — At long last, Helio Castroneves joined the exclusive club of four-time Indianapolis 500 winners on Sunday. Then Spiderman scaled the Indianapolis Motor Speedway fence for his trademark victory celebration at the largest sporting […]

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Keselowski uses overtime pass to win for 6th time at Talladega

April 25, 2021 The Associated Press

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Brad Keselowski made exactly the right final move this time, winning again at Talladega Superspeedway and demonstrating a painful lesson well learned. Keselowski’s overtime victory made him the ninth driver to win […]

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Logano wins historic race in Bristol dirt

March 29, 2021 The Associated Press

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Somewhere under the thick red haze floating over Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano took the checkered flag for NASCAR’s first Cup Series race at a dirt track in more than a half-century. […]

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