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Team Penske’s season ended on a high note with Josef Newgarden (1st) and Scott McLaughlin (3rd) standing on the podium at the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix.

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First year with Chevrolet:1968Years with Team Chevy: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, & 2026Driver Championships with Chevrolet: 1988 (Danny Sullivan), 2014 (Will Power), 2016 (Simon Pagenaud), 2017 (Josef Newgarden), 2019 (Josef Newgarden) and 2022 (Will Power)
Starts with Chevrolet-power:All-time: 1062Since Chevrolet’s return in 2012: 759
Wins with Chevrolet-power:All-time (rank): 124 (1st), with the first win by Rick Mears at Pocono Raceway in 1987 Since Chevrolet’s return in 2012 (rank): 87(1st), with the first win by Helio Castroneves on the Streets Of St. Petersburg in 2012Most Chevrolet-powered wins at Team Penske: Will Power with 30 wins
Poles with ChevroletAll-time (rank): 157 earned poles and 161 pole starts (1st), with the first by Mark Donohue at Sonoma Raceway in 1970Since Chevrolet’s return in 2012 (rank): 105 earned and 109 starts (1st), with the first earned pole by Will Power on the Streets Of St. Petersburg in 2012 Most Chevrolet-powered poles at Team Penske: Will Power, with 47 earned and 47 starts
Podiums with ChevroletAll-time (rank): 324 (1st), with the first podium by Mark Donohue on the Indianapolis Raceway Park Road Course Since Chevrolet’s return in 2012 (rank): 221 (1st), with the first podium by Helio Castroneves on the Streets Of St. Petersburg in 2012:Most Chevrolet-powered podiums at Team Penske: Will Power with 80 podiums Team Notes: Is one of two teams that have been part of Team Chevy since the Chevrolet brand returned to INDYCAR racing in 2012 124 of the team’s 246 NTT INDYCAR SERIES wins, which equates to 50.4%, have been powered by Chevrolet 157 of the team’s 308 NTT INDYCAR SERIES poles, which equates to 51.0%, have been powered by ChevroletMark Donohue, at Mosport International Raceway in 1968, made the first INDYCAR and Chevrolet-powered INDYCAR start for the team, starting 6th and finishing 4thA total of 19 drivers have made Chevrolet-powered INDYCAR starts for the team, with Will Power leading all drivers with 232 starts powered by the Bowtie at Team Penske.

Starts with Chevrolet: 181Wins with Chevrolet (rank all-time/since 2012): 32 (1st/1st) – his first win was at Barber Motorsports Park in 2015Earned Poles with Chevrolet: 19 earned poles/21 pole starts (first pole was at the Milwaukee Mile in 2015)Podiums with Chevrolet: 59 (first podium was at Barber Motorsports Park in 2015)
Strategist: Jonathan DiuguidRace Engineer: Luke MasonCrew Chief: Chad Gordon
Notable:Newgarden’s win at the Nashville Superspeedway in the final race of 2025o 32 career INDYCAR wins (all with Chevrolet), the 10th most on the all-time career listo At least one win in 11 consecutive INDYCAR seasons  After his third straight early exit in a row at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Newgarden did not give up on his seasono Newgarden moved from 19th in points to 12th after his win at the final in Nashvilleo The driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet led 27.7% of the laps in the final seven racesIs quickly moving up the all-time INDYCAR ranking lists:o 10th in wins (32)o 10th in laps led (4513)o T16th in poles (19)o 17th in podiums (61)o 17th in top 5s (87)o 20th in starts (232)President of Penske Racing, Jonathan Diuguid, will fill the role of Newgarden’s strategist, while Luke Mason and Chad Gordon continue as the two-time champion’s Race Engineer and Crew ChiefAt 35 years old, Newgarden is now the senior member of Team Penske, and the senior member of the Team Chevy contingent in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Quotable:
Q.  Your lowest finish last year since 2014. What are you looking to recover from that?“To be more consistent. For us we just can’t have as many bad results as we had. There’s a lot of them that could have been different. They’re not. So, we’ve just got to focus on being more consistent. It’s kind of simple to say that, but that’s just what it will come down to.
“If we don’t want to finish 12th in the standings, we’ve got to finish more races”.
Q.  I don’t want to call you the old guy on the team because you’re only 35; at the same time, once upon a time you were the guy that could lean on Simon, Helio, Juan for the month of May, Will. You’re the guy that people are going to be leaning on. How has that transition been for you?“Fine. You know what, I am the old guy totally. I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for 15 years. I’ve always had a strong sense for what I’ve wanted. That part is not going to change. When I was young, now I’m older, I’ll still have the same projection in my voice on what I think we need to be doing. That part is going to be similar.”

Starts with Chevrolet: 85Wins with Chevrolet (rank all-time/since 2012): 7 (T13th/T5th) – his first win was on the Streets Of St. Petersburg in 2022Earned Poles with Chevrolet (rank all-time/since 2012): 11 (9th/5th) – his first earned pole was on the Streets Of St. Petersburg in 2022Podiums with Chevrolet (rank all-time/since 2012): 22 (13th/6th) – his first podium was at the Texas Motor Speedway in 2021
Strategist: Tim CindricRace Engineer: Raul PradosCrew Chief: Trevor Lacasse
Notable:Finished the season off strong with podiums at the Milwaukee Mile and Nashville Superspeedway, and four straight top tensMcLaughlin led Team Penske in qualifying on eight occasions last year, besting his teammates Newgarden and Power, who led qualifying among the trio of drivers six and three times, respectively The No. 3 crew, also known as the “Thirsty Threes,” was the quickest group on pit road during four races, and the fourth best over the course of the season, with the over-the-wall group remaining the sameIs one of three full-time Team Chevy drivers in 2026, along with Pato O’Ward and Christian Rasmussen, to make all their starts with Chevrolet powerMcLaughlin will have a pair of new faces on the timing stand o Spainard Raul Prados, came to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES paddock in 2012, working with A.J. Foyt Racing until joining Team Penske and taking a key role in the team’s sports car effortso Tim Cindric, former Team Penske President and key figure in McLaughlin’s move to America, will be the strategist for the No. 3
Quotable:
Q. What are you looking forward to in 2026?“I guess you could say it’s a bit of redemption in some ways. It was a terrible year on my part last year. I felt like we left a lot on the table.”
“Then obviously Indy is the first one that comes to mind, but there was a lot of things that I sort of did last year. Looking back at Nashville, dropped that race from the lead; Detroit, hit Nolan; we were in a good spot.
“There are things I’ve got to tidy up, team has got to tidy up, but I think we’ve had a really good off-season, and honestly, the morale on the team is so high and so excited right now.
“There’s so much want to be back to where we want to be consistently, and I think there’s a refreshed sort of focus which has been really cool to be a part of and see. I’m really, really excited and just ready to go.”

Starts with Chevrolet: 17Wins with Chevrolet (rank all-time/since 2012): 0Earned Poles with Chevrolet (rank all-time/since 2012): 0Podiums with Chevrolet (rank all-time/since 2012): 1 (T50th/T25th) – his first podium was at the Indianapolis 500 (IMS Oval) in 2025
Strategist: Travis LawRace Engineer: James SchnabelCrew Chief: Blaine Hardy
Notable:Malukas finished his lone season with A.J. Foyt Racing in 11th place in the standings, the best championship finish of his short career His season came to life with a second-place finish at the Indianapolis 500, after which his average starting position improved by 3.1 positions, and his average finishing position was 1.6 positions betterThe last three newcomers to Team Penske and their championship finishes:o 2015 – Simon Pagenaud – 11tho 2017 – Josef Newgarden – championo 2021 – Scott McLaughlin – 14thThe 24-year-old has moved from Chicago, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, to the Charlotte, North Carolina area, making it three cities in three years, this time to be closer to the Team Chevy shopWhile the team is new to Malukas, not all the faces on his timing stand will be unfamiliar, as his race engineer in 2025, James Schnabel, will make the move to the No. 12 with the driver
Quotable:
Q.  What do you think a successful 2026 looks like for you?“Consistency. I think that’s what really matters in INDYCAR. We have so many different circuits. You have street, road, ovals. Through all of it, they’re all just so different.
“To have consistency between all of them, that would be a successful year for me.”
Q.  Playing off of that, how important for a fast start — obviously 2024 you didn’t start until midsummer; last year your first top 10 came at Indy with that second-place finish, but there’s expectations for you this year as there’s always going to be on a Penske driver. How important is it for you to get off to that fast start?“Yeah, I think it’ll be important. But either way, like you said, since 2024 I’ve been jumping teams like crazy. I think a little bit more familiar on what it takes now as the priorities of jumping into a new team. I know what to run through it, but also not going to fret if things are taking some time and learning this new car, it’s not going to be the end of the world.
“It’s just going to be trying to make sure we’ll get there, because eventually we will ge there. We’ll learn it, as I have with any other car previously. Not really too pressured on that. I think it’ll be fine.”
Q.  How convenient is it that the Chevy simulator is just right up the street from you now?“It makes a world of difference because before you’d have to do a whole flight and multiple days. Now I can just drive right up there.
“And it’s a lot better because honestly, the big difference I’d say is just from an energy perspective because I would always do like the early morning flight and then go straight go the sim, so even just performance on the sim is definitely better now since I’m having a full proper sleep.”

The 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season gets underway this week with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
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Friday, February 27 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice #1 – 1:30pm (ET)/12:30pm (CT)/11:30am (MT)/10:30am (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218Saturday, February 28 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice #2 – 9:30am (ET)/8:30am (CT)/7:30am (MT)/6:30am (PT) – FS1/ INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying – 4:30pm (ET)/3:30pm (CT)/2:30pm (MT)/1:30pm (PT) – FS2/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218Sunday, March 1NTT INDYCAR SERIES Warm Up – 9am (ET)/8am (CT)/7am (MT)/6am (PT) – FS1/ INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (100 laps) – noon (ET)/11am (CT)/10am (MT)/9am (PT) – FOX/INDYCAR Radio Network/SIRIUSXM 218

Team Penske’s season ended on a high note with Josef Newgarden (1st) and Scott McLaughlin (3rd) standing on the podium at the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix.

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