Talk:Penske Racing

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Contents 1 Managed by Travis Penske?? 2 Cleanup 3 Penske Racing #12 history clean up 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Penske.jpg 5 Marlboro

[edit] Managed by Travis Penske??

In the opening paragraph, it is stated that Penske Racing is managed by Penske's son Travis. As a long time open wheel/IRL fan, I have never heard this. Roger Penske is personally involved with the IRL side of the team. Their web site mentions Walter P. Czarnecki as the vice-chairman, Tim Cindric as the president, and Don Miller as the president of Penske Racing south. There is no mention of Travis Penske. --rogerd 13:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

[edit] Penske Racing #12 history clean up

I cleaned up the part of #12 history on the article. The #12 part A was about history before penske, and was not needed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Halo 31887 (talk • contribs)

I just added it back on there. It is still part of the team's history and contains relevant info. --D-Day ^{I'm all ears How can I improve?} 20:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Penske.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:34, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Marlboro

I re-wrote the Marlboro sentence, because it was misleading. It was well-known that the MSA was looming, and by 2007, they would have to remove tobbaco brand names from the cars. However, Penske still receives Phillip Morris/Marlboro money to this day. The cars, just like F1 cars had done before, are simply painted in such a fashion to get the idea across. To suggest that Marlboro is no longer "sponsoring" the team is misleading. Because really they are indirectly.

Also, Marlboro was on Al Unser Sr's Indy-only entry at the 1989 Indy 500. Marlboro was full-time sponsor of Emerson Fittipaldi at Patrick Racing. In an unusual "double," Marlboro wanted their logos on 2 cars. Patrick had 2 Marlboro cars at Indy in '87, but not '88. Marlboro simply went to the best team out there who was willing to add a third car for Indy. When Patrick reorganized after the '89 season, Fittipaldi took Marlboro with him to Penske. So in order to have 2 Marlboro cars, Emmo and Danny Sullivan both had Marlboro cars for 1990. Sully's former Miller sponsorship went to Patrick's new Alfa team in a sort of "sponsor trade" since they have a parent company in common. Doctorindy (talk) 00:45, 14 April 2008 (UTC)