ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Team Penske's hot start to the motorsports season continued Sunday with a Josef Newgarden victory in the IndyCar season opener -- the fourth win for a Penske car in seven days spanning three different series.
Newgarden crossed the finish line on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg at almost the exact same time Ryan Blaney, another Penske driver, led the field to green in the NASCAR race at Phoenix. Team Penske won consecutive NASCAR races, two Supercars races in Australia and now a showcase on the IndyCar schedule.
The organization is off to such a strong start that Penske acknowledged his three-driver IndyCar lineup arrived at the opening race feeling pressure to match their counterparts.