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He would ultimately win Team Penske its first Sprint Cup title after a close battle with Jimmie Johnson. This would also be the final year of Dodge in the Cup series. With Dodge's departure, Team Penske switched back to Ford in the 2013 season. Compared to his 2012 championship run, Keselowski's 2013 season was a step back, as he opened the ...
As a result, Penske moved Hornish to the Nationwide Series to drive the team's No. 12 Dodge Charger. He drove the 5-hour Energy 500 at Pocono Raceway in Front Row Motorsports' No. 38 Ford Fusion, filling in for Travis Kvapil (who was driving in a Truck Series event at Texas). [116] Hornish started in 26th place and finished 35th, 60 laps behind.
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).
Car Team Pos. No. Driver Car Team 1 20 Tony Stewart: Chevrolet: Joe Gibbs Racing: 1 24 Jeff Gordon § Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 2 2 Kurt Busch: Dodge: Penske Racing: 3 31 Jeff Burton: Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing: 3 40 David Stremme: Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing: 4 38 David Gilliland ...
2007: 26 [15] Modern Era record for wins in a season 2008: 11 [16] 2009: 11 [17] 2010: 18 Won championship after the 2010 Pepsi Max 400: 2011: 18 2012: 15 The Team Penske No. 2 Dodge driven by Brad Keselowski won the driver's championship 2013: 17 2014: 20 [18] 2015: 15 2016: Toyota: 16 Chevrolet's 13-season streak ended as Toyota won its first ...
While the cars may reach speeds of about 200 mph (320 km/h) on certain tracks, Russ Wicks drove a modified Dodge Charger stock car, built to NASCAR's specifications, 244.9 mph (394.1 km/h) during a speed record attempt at the Bonneville Salt Flats in October 2007.
The team could not get their Dodge Magnum to handle the way they wanted, even though they spent countless hours trying to improve the car's performance. Unhappy with his 1978 results, Petty decided to part ways with Chrysler, and began racing General Motors vehicles.
The 2007 3M Performance 400 was the 23rd race in the 2007 NASCAR season was scheduled to be held on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. However, a day-long rain postponed the race until August 20, but another rainstorm postponed the race until the following day.