PENSKE RACE REPORT

WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Ryan Briscoe has his first -- and Penske Racing has its 300th.

Ryan Briscoe narrowly avoided a crash with two laps remaining and went on to win the ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt 225 on Sunday at The Milwaukee Mile, his first victory in the IndyCar Series and the 300th victory in the history of Penske Racing. Briscoe was leading Scott Dixon when Marco Andretti’s car slid up the track in Turn 2 and clipped Ed Carpenter’s car, which spun and hit the wall. As Briscoe and Dixon approached the crash, Vitor Meira’s car stuck Andretti’s car and became airborne.

Briscoe braked suddenly and missed the wreck, then idled around the track to win under caution. “If I would have gotten caught up in that, I would have been under the bus crying right now, that‘s for sure,” Briscoe said with a laugh afterward.

While Briscoe was scoring his first win, Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves was finishing fifth, maintaining his second-place standing in the championship points. “His car was much quicker than mine, but it’s good to see that he’s coming on,” Castroneves said. “It’s just going to get better and better.”

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Penske Racing Celebrates 300th Win With Milwaukee Victory

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Today, Penske Racing celebrated its 300th championship points win since its founder Roger Penske became a full-time team owner in 1966. This historic feat was accomplished when Ryan Briscoe, driver of the No. 6 Team Penske Dallara/Honda in the IndyCar Series, won the ABC Supply/A.J. Foyt 225 at the historic Milwaukee Mile - Briscoe's first-ever win in the newly united open-wheel series.

After starting from 11th place on Sunday, a combination of strategy, fast pit crew work and a perfectly tuned car allowed Briscoe to work his way to the front and take the lead over 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon. Briscoe was leading when a multi-car accident brought out a caution flag on lap 223, but he was able to finish the final two laps to the cheers of Roger Penske and the entire Team Penske squad.

"This is a celebration for everyone who has been part of the Penske Racing family for the past 42 years," said Roger Penske. "A milestone like 300 wins couldn't have been accomplished without a great team - some of the best drivers, team members and sponsors in the business."

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Penske Racing Trio Makes Gains in NASCAR Cup Standings at Dover

DOVER, Del. – Despite issues on pit road and handling problems, Penske Racing drivers Ryan Newman, Sam Hornish Jr. and Kurt Busch made gains in the NASCAR points standings with their 14th, 18th and 20th place finishes during Sunday's Best Buy 400 at Dover International Speedway.

Newman is currently 14th in the NASCAR Cup point standings, 29 points shy of the 12th-place cutoff for the NASCAR Chase for the Cup. His No. 12 Alltel Dodge qualified 11th and ran solidly in the top 10 for most of the day, including taking the lead for six laps, but a late-race problem with a fuel system bracket, which made it difficult to fuel the car on a green flag pit stop, dropped Newman to the 14th-place finish.

"The Alltel Dodge was OK today," said Newman. "We got in the top 10 and we were able to stay there for most of the day - we even led a few laps. But we had a problem with a fuel system bracket. We ended up having to pit under green to fix it since there weren't any cautions, and that cost us our top 10 finish."

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Sam Hornish Jr. Finishes 23rd in Dover Nationwide Race

DOVER, Del. – Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the No. 12 Penske Truck Rental Dodge in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, made his first NASCAR start at the one-mile Dover International Speedway on Saturday in the Heluva Good! 200. Starting the three-hour rain-delayed event in the 20th position, Hornish battled a tight-handling race car and finished the 200-lap race in 23rd place.

Having achieved some success in five previous Nationwide Series events over the past two months, Hornish and the Penske Truck Rental team were ready to hit the track once heavy rains passed on Saturday. After only four laps on track, Hornish radioed that the Penske Truck Rental Dodge was tight-handling on corner entry and exit.

The first caution period of the race came out on lap 19, giving the Penske Truck Rental team the ability to make adjustments to the No. 12 machine. Hornish came to pit road on lap 21 for four scuffed tires, a tank of fuel, as well as air pressure and wedge adjustments. He restarted the race on lap 25 in the 23rd position