As a youngster, Roger Penske and his father attended the Indianapolis 500. After sitting in a racer on that trip, Penske dreamed of becoming a race car driver and winning the Indianapolis 500. Starting off with sports car racing, Penske soon showed that he had the ability and soon developed a reputation for his skill. 

Penske also thought that he would be successful in business. At the top of his racing career, he became involved in an automobile dealership, first as an employee and then as an owner. Starting with the one dealership, Penske grew the business, now known as Penske Corporation to a company with over $32 billion in revenues and 60,000 employees world-wide. Penske Corporation is involved in various aspects of transportation including truck leasing and rentals, retail automotive centers, logistics, and the auto racing teams. 

While Penske left the driver’s seat, auto racing was still his passion and in 1967 in formed what would become Team Penske. Beginning with Mark Donohue, who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1972, Team Penske has become legendary in auto racing circles winning 18 Indianapolis 500s, two Daytona 500s, 40 championships and more than 580 races. He is known for innovation and excellence. Team Penske is a marketing tool he uses by involving the team drivers. 

In November 2019, Penske bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and related assets including IndyCar from the Hulman-George family who had owned the fabled track for 75 years.  He provided a facelift for the track and  navigated the coronavirus with no fans in the stands. This book chronicles more than 50 years of Roger Penske's racing history, with an overview of his business career, including the turnaround of Detroit Diesel.

Racing with Roger Penske is available in both paperback and electronic versions. You can order it from your favorite bookseller, my publisher McFarland & Co., Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com. To thank you for purchasing the book, I have written a supplement for the 2021 racing year, The Importance of Deep Pockets and Earned Credibility. To receive, please send a copy of your receipt to racingwithrogerpenske@gmail.com.