Feb 24 2015
The PC27 was the last car from the Penske factory in Poole in Dorset and raced in the 1998 Champcar season by # 2 Al Unser Jnr. and # 3 Alex Riberio. By Roger Penske’s standard the car was less than successful scoring only two podium finishes, with Al Unser Jnr. 2nd in Mowgli, Japan […]
Feb 12 2015
The Penske PC-26 was designed by Nigel Bennett and manufactured by Penske Cars in Poole, Dorset for the 1997 CART Championship. Being a development of the PC-25, the PC-26 was designed to address the twitchy nature of the previous year car. Five chassis were produced and driven by Al Unser Jr. and Paul Tracy. The Ilmor produced 850 bhp Mercedes-Benz IC108D engine served as the powerplant driving through […]
Jan 24 2015
After the 1995 season, the team Penske, along with the vice champion Al Unser Jr. decided to promote some changes in the team for 1996, especially after the humiliating attempt to classify their two cars in the Indy 500 that year, In comparison with the previous year’s version PC24, PC25 was aerodynamically optimized – hardly visible to the naked eye […]
Dec 17 2014
The Indy 500 ’94 was dull if it came to dices for the lead between drivers of different teams. About the only thing that could prevent a Penske victory was unreliability of the new engines and the tradition that no engine ever won first time out at Indy. But traditions are there to be broken […]
Dec 15 2014
The race-car that changed everything… The Penske PC-23 was designed by Nigel Bennett, who based its design on the 1993 car, the PC-22, which was a radical departure from the basic concept of the previous Penske cars. The PC-23 was one of the most dominant open wheel race cars ever developed. The only substantial difference of the new car were the […]
Mar 5 2015
Mercedes-Benz Penske PC-27B , 1999
The final Mercedes-Benz Penske PC car Compared with Penske PC 27, the Penske PC 27 B was aerodynamically optimized. The air flows were improved by the front and rear wheels, as well as at the vehicle underbody. The side parts of the rear wing received a gradation on the upper edge of the rear wing element. The overall […]
By PaRaDoX • MB MotorSports, Penske 1 • Tags: 1999, Al. Unser, Mercedes-Benz Penske PC-27B