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Penske To Be Honored IMRRC's Argetsinger Award
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Roger Penske, one of auto racing’s most notable team owners, will be honored in June by the International Motor Racing Research Center (IMRRC) with the 2016 Cameron R. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports.
As Team Penske celebrates its 50th year in motorsports in 2016, Penske will receive the award at a gala dinner presented by NASCAR, International Speedway Corp., Watkins Glen International and IMSA. The dinner will be at the internationally renowned Corning Museum of Glass in nearby Corning, New York.
The June 30 dinner precedes the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen IMSA weekend at WGI, and is supported by Sahlen’s.
This will be the third annual award presented by the IMRRC. NASCAR racing great Richard Petty was the 2015 Argetsinger Award recipient. Team owner and former driver Chip Ganassi was the inaugural winner in 2014.
The award memorializes Cameron R. Argetsinger, founder and organizer of the first races at Watkins Glen almost 70 years ago.
“I am honored to be selected this year to receive the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award from the International Motor Racing Research Center,” Penske said. “The IMRRC does a terrific job of maintaining and documenting the heritage of motorsports, and we appreciate all they do to chronicle and preserve racing history.
“To receive the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award in Team Penske’s 50th year in motorsports is truly a special honor and I am looking forward to a great evening with friends and colleagues on June 30.”
Michael Printup, president of Watkins Glen International and a member of the Racing Research Center’s Governing Council, congratulated Penske on behalf of WGI and the Center.
“Roger was the first person I worked for in motorsports,” Printup said. “During my time at Auto Club Speedway, and over the course of the many years that I’ve known him, he has taught me so much about the industry, along with invaluable lessons about being a leader in today’s world. We’ve all benefitted from the contributions that Roger has made to our sport, as his influence extends far past the race track every weekend.”
The Cameron R. Argetsinger Award Dinner is open to the public, and tickets are limited. The ticket price is $250 per person.
Tickets may be purchased by calling the Racing Research Center at (607) 535-9044 or by going to http://www.racingarchives.org/order-tickets-now/.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Information can be found at http://www.racingarchives.org/assets/2016-CRA-Dinner-Facts-Sponsors-03-31-16.pdf.
Full details about the event can be viewed at www.racingarchives.org.
“Roger Penske is truly an icon in the racing world,” said Mike Helton, NASCAR vice chairman. “From his race teams to the way he runs his businesses, everything Roger does, he does with high class and high integrity.
“What Roger Penske has done for the sport of NASCAR can’t be overstated, and I think I speak for everyone in the industry when I say how proud we are to be celebrating Team Penske’s 50th anniversary this year.”
As owner of one of the most successful teams in the history of professional sports, Penske’s early achievements as a driver are often overlooked. Running a 1957 Corvette, Penske started competing in local hill climbs 1958 while still a business student at Lehigh University.
Winning at tracks such as Watkins Glen, Road America, Nassau, Daytona, Brands Hatch and Sebring, he captured the SCCA National Championship in both 1960 and 1961 and earned the USAC Road Racing championship in 1962. Penske earned Sports Illustrated magazine’s Sports Car Club of America Driver of the Year Award in 1961 and was named North American Driver of the Year in 1962 by both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.
Penske competed in two Formula One races – finishing eighth at Watkins Glen in 1961 and ninth at Watkins Glen in 1962. He won a NASCAR race in 1963, capturing the 250-mile race at Riverside.
Penske is founder and chairman of Penske Corporation, a closely held, diversified, on-highway, transportation services company whose subsidiaries operate in a variety of industry segments, including retail automotive, truck leasing, transportation logistics and transportation component manufacturing.
In 1965 he turned to racing management full-time, building Penske Racing that today fields teams in the Verizon IndyCar Series, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series under the Team Penske banner. The team also competes in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship, in a partnership with Dick Johnson Racing, as DJR Team Penske.
Team Penske is one of the most successful teams in the history of professional sports. Beginning as Roger Penske Racing in 1966, competing in sports car and endurance events, Team Penske has produced more than 420 major race wins, over 480 pole positions and 28 national championships across open-wheel, stock car and sports car racing competition.
Those totals include a historic 16 Indianapolis 500 victories, two Daytona 500 wins, overall victories in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring and the distinction of being the last American constructor to win a Formula One race, coming in 1976 with driver John Watson.
Scott Atherton, IMSA CEO and president, said Penske is “one of the rare iconic business leaders where the ‘actual’ exceeds the ‘hype’.”
“His famous mantras of ‘Effort Equals Results’ and ‘Speed of the Leader Equals Pace of the Pack’ are not just catchy phrases, but words he lives and works by. Literally,” Atherton said.
“Over the past five decades his unmatched success in motorsports has impacted nearly every aspect of the industry: driver, team and track ownership and countless related businesses. And while Team Penske’s current focus is on NASCAR and IndyCar, there is a rich history of sports car racing success dating back to the very beginning of the company, including many IMSA race wins and championships.”
The gala dinner is also supported by Corning Inc., Bosch and SCCA.
As Team Penske celebrates its 50th year in motorsports in 2016, Penske will receive the award at a gala dinner presented by NASCAR, International Speedway Corp., Watkins Glen International and IMSA. The dinner will be at the internationally renowned Corning Museum of Glass in nearby Corning, New York.
The June 30 dinner precedes the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen IMSA weekend at WGI, and is supported by Sahlen’s.
This will be the third annual award presented by the IMRRC. NASCAR racing great Richard Petty was the 2015 Argetsinger Award recipient. Team owner and former driver Chip Ganassi was the inaugural winner in 2014.
The award memorializes Cameron R. Argetsinger, founder and organizer of the first races at Watkins Glen almost 70 years ago.
“I am honored to be selected this year to receive the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award from the International Motor Racing Research Center,” Penske said. “The IMRRC does a terrific job of maintaining and documenting the heritage of motorsports, and we appreciate all they do to chronicle and preserve racing history.
“To receive the Cameron R. Argetsinger Award in Team Penske’s 50th year in motorsports is truly a special honor and I am looking forward to a great evening with friends and colleagues on June 30.”
Michael Printup, president of Watkins Glen International and a member of the Racing Research Center’s Governing Council, congratulated Penske on behalf of WGI and the Center.
“Roger was the first person I worked for in motorsports,” Printup said. “During my time at Auto Club Speedway, and over the course of the many years that I’ve known him, he has taught me so much about the industry, along with invaluable lessons about being a leader in today’s world. We’ve all benefitted from the contributions that Roger has made to our sport, as his influence extends far past the race track every weekend.”
The Cameron R. Argetsinger Award Dinner is open to the public, and tickets are limited. The ticket price is $250 per person.
Tickets may be purchased by calling the Racing Research Center at (607) 535-9044 or by going to http://www.racingarchives.org/order-tickets-now/.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Information can be found at http://www.racingarchives.org/assets/2016-CRA-Dinner-Facts-Sponsors-03-31-16.pdf.
Full details about the event can be viewed at www.racingarchives.org.
“Roger Penske is truly an icon in the racing world,” said Mike Helton, NASCAR vice chairman. “From his race teams to the way he runs his businesses, everything Roger does, he does with high class and high integrity.
“What Roger Penske has done for the sport of NASCAR can’t be overstated, and I think I speak for everyone in the industry when I say how proud we are to be celebrating Team Penske’s 50th anniversary this year.”
As owner of one of the most successful teams in the history of professional sports, Penske’s early achievements as a driver are often overlooked. Running a 1957 Corvette, Penske started competing in local hill climbs 1958 while still a business student at Lehigh University.
Winning at tracks such as Watkins Glen, Road America, Nassau, Daytona, Brands Hatch and Sebring, he captured the SCCA National Championship in both 1960 and 1961 and earned the USAC Road Racing championship in 1962. Penske earned Sports Illustrated magazine’s Sports Car Club of America Driver of the Year Award in 1961 and was named North American Driver of the Year in 1962 by both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.
Penske competed in two Formula One races – finishing eighth at Watkins Glen in 1961 and ninth at Watkins Glen in 1962. He won a NASCAR race in 1963, capturing the 250-mile race at Riverside.
Penske is founder and chairman of Penske Corporation, a closely held, diversified, on-highway, transportation services company whose subsidiaries operate in a variety of industry segments, including retail automotive, truck leasing, transportation logistics and transportation component manufacturing.
In 1965 he turned to racing management full-time, building Penske Racing that today fields teams in the Verizon IndyCar Series, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series under the Team Penske banner. The team also competes in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship, in a partnership with Dick Johnson Racing, as DJR Team Penske.
Team Penske is one of the most successful teams in the history of professional sports. Beginning as Roger Penske Racing in 1966, competing in sports car and endurance events, Team Penske has produced more than 420 major race wins, over 480 pole positions and 28 national championships across open-wheel, stock car and sports car racing competition.
Those totals include a historic 16 Indianapolis 500 victories, two Daytona 500 wins, overall victories in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring and the distinction of being the last American constructor to win a Formula One race, coming in 1976 with driver John Watson.
Scott Atherton, IMSA CEO and president, said Penske is “one of the rare iconic business leaders where the ‘actual’ exceeds the ‘hype’.”
“His famous mantras of ‘Effort Equals Results’ and ‘Speed of the Leader Equals Pace of the Pack’ are not just catchy phrases, but words he lives and works by. Literally,” Atherton said.
“Over the past five decades his unmatched success in motorsports has impacted nearly every aspect of the industry: driver, team and track ownership and countless related businesses. And while Team Penske’s current focus is on NASCAR and IndyCar, there is a rich history of sports car racing success dating back to the very beginning of the company, including many IMSA race wins and championships.”
The gala dinner is also supported by Corning Inc., Bosch and SCCA.
