Penske marks 400th motorsports win

A week after celebrating its Verizon IndyCar Series driver and entrant championships in Southern California, Team Penske principals marked the organization's 400th victory in all forms of motorsports in the stock car race at Richmond, Va.

"For me it's a special time," team owner Roger Penske said. "I think we said that when we moved everybody under one roof (in Mooresville, N.C.), where we could cross-pollinate. We moved people from NASCAR to INDYCAR and vice versa, even over-the-wall guys. That's been an opportunity."

Penske entered Indy car competition in 1968, which was preceded by the Trans-Am Series (1967) and the SCCA Can-Am Series and United States Road Racing Championship (1966). It entered NASCAR competition in 1972. The team also competed in Formula One from 1974-76 and the American Le Mans Series from 2005-09.

Team Penske, which earned five Verizon IndyCar Series victories this season (three by series champion Will Power, one each by Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya) has the most IndyCar Series wins (55) since the 2004 season. Chip Ganassi Racing has 52. Team Penske is the only team with a victory in each of those seasons.

Ryan Briscoe earned Team Penske's 300th win in June 2008 at the Milwaukee Mile. Power wrapped up the 13th Indy car championship for Team Penske at Auto Club Speedway on Aug. 30.