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The son of legendary NTPA star Larry Koester, Adam pulls in the NTPA driving the Mini Modified division. His mini tractor has the Pennzoil Platinum^® color scheme and is named Double Play. Adam ended up second in points in 2006 in only his second year pulling. He took the Championship in 2007 with his father finishing second, giving Pennzoil a one-two finish in the division once again. Adam led the point standings for a good portion of the 2008 season only to fall to second behind his dad and teammate with just a handful of races remaining. The duo claimed their third straight Koester family one-two points finish in 2008 using Pennzoil and Pennzoil Platinum.
 

Roger Penske is not only one of the most recognizable names in American motorsports, but a man who commands respect in the international racing community as well.
 

The "Captain" has been racing and winning in the United States since 1958 and has scored victories in every series where he has competed. With 22 national championships, including 12 in Indycar racing, Penske Racing has often been referred to as the "New York Yankees of motorsports."
 

Roger Penske was one of America's most successful young road racers before electing to retire from driving in 1965 to focus on his first business — a Philadelphia Chevrolet dealership. However, racing remained a key element in Penske's overall business plan. He fielded Corvettes in the 1966 endurance races at Daytona and Sebring prior to joining forces with driver Mark Donohue to campaign a Lola T70 in the USRRC and Can-Am sports car series. Penske Racing quickly found success with Donohue, winning two consecutive USRRC championships and three SCCA Trans-Am titles.
 

After three years of campaigning sedans and sports cars, Penske Racing and Donohue made their debut in Indycar racing, running a pair of USAC-sanctioned road races in 1968. The following year, the team made its debut in the Indianapolis 500 and Donohue finished seventh, earning "Rookie-of-the-Year" honors.
 

With Donohue, Penske Racing quickly made its mark in the USAC Championship Series utilizing high standards of car preparation, presentation and development. Donohue finished second at Indianapolis in 1970 and recorded the team's first Championship Car victory in the Pocono 500 on July 3, 1971. Donohue earned Penske's first Indianapolis 500 triumph less than a year later with an average speed that would remain the race record for a dozen years. Since then, Penske Racing has become synonymous with Indycar racing, with 153 victories, 197 poles and 12 National Championships. Penske Racing, however, is probably best known for its 15 Indianapolis 500 victories, four with driver Rick Mears and three with Helio Castroneves.
 

Even though Penske Racing is legendary in open-wheel racing, it hasn't confined its endeavors to that form of motorsports. Penske made a major impression in endurance racing, where its Lola T70 MkIIIb coupe won the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona and its famed Ferrari 512M often out-qualified the equally legendary Porsche 917s. Penske made its NASCAR debut in 1972, the same season the team earned its first Indy 500 victory with Donohue at the wheel. Shortly thereafter, Penske made its debut in Formula One competition.
 

With legendary racers Tom Sneva, Mario Andretti, Rick Mears and Bobby Unser, Al Unser and Danny Sullivan competing for the team, Penske Racing established itself as an Indycar powerhouse throughout the ’70s and ’80s. It was during the ’80s, in fact, that Penske and Pennzoil® joined forces for the first time, with spectacular results. Penske Indycars with Pennzoil motor oil running through their veins won the Indy 500 four out of 5 years.
A Penske entry was fielded in NASCAR's premier series through 1977 with Donohue collecting one victory and Bobby Allison recording four wins. Penske reappeared in 1980 for a brief two-race stint with Missouri native Rusty Wallace, fielding a car for the young driver's NASCAR debut at Atlanta. Following a 10-year hiatus from NASCAR competition, Penske Racing South was established in 1991 with Wallace and long-time Penske business associate Don Miller as the team's co-owners. With the Indycar program continuing its remarkable production in the ’90s with drivers like Emerson Fittipaldi, Al Unser Jr. and Paul Tracy, the team's NASCAR squad also began to develop a winning formula.
 

For 16 straight years, Wallace won at least one NASCAR race each season, tying him for third on the all-time list for the most consecutive seasons with at least one victory. He also finished in the top 10 in the series standings in 12 of his 15 seasons driving for Penske Racing. By the end of the 2005 season, 37 of Wallace's 55 career victories had come under the Penske Racing banner. A new generation of open-wheel stars ushered in a new decade for Team Penske as Gil de Ferran claimed back-to-back CART titles in 2000 and '01 and Helio Castroneves scored consecutive Indy 500 victories in '01 and '02. By 2001, Penske Racing flourished as a multi-car NASCAR operation with Wallace, Jeremy Mayfield and Ryan Newman leading the way on the track. Team Penske first competed in the Indy Racing League in 2001 and it joined the series full time the following season.
 

Sam Hornish Jr. came aboard in 2004 and led the Penske squad to its first IndyCar Series title in 2006. Wallace retired from Cup competition after the 2005 season, closing the door on one of the most storied careers in racing. Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Cup titleholder, joined Penske Racing in 2006 as Wallace transitioned to the broadcast booth. More than 30 years after winning at the highest levels of sports car racing, Penske returned to its roots late in the 2005 season, announcing an LMP2-class effort with Porsche in the American Le Mans Series. The squad had a remarkable homecoming, capturing the class championship with Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr in '06 before again earning titles in '07 and '08 with teammates Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas. Proven winners Busch and Newman led the charge for the Penske Racing NASCAR program in 2008 with Hornish Jr. joining the mix for his first full season of stock car racing. Highlighted by a dramatic 1-2 finish in the Daytona 500 with Newman securing Penske's first win in the "Great American Race" and Busch finishing a close second, the team added to the Penske Racing tradition of excellence. Castroneves and newcomer Ryan Briscoe both had stellar seasons for the Team Penske IndyCar Series team in 2008. Each driver scored a pair of victories and Castroneves battled Scott Dixon for the series title down to the final lap of the season before finishing a close second in the championship. On the sports car side, Penske Racing claimed its third consecutive ALMS championship in 2008.  Bernhard and Dumas drove a Porsche Riley Daytona Prototype for the team in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2009. In '09, David Stremme joined the team’s NASCAR Cup Series lineup alongside Hornish and Busch, who earned two wins and finished fourth in the Chase for the Cup Series title. Rising NASCAR star Justin Allgaier ran the team's first full Nationwide Series season with new partner Verizon Wireless, and Allgaier captured series Rookie-of-the-Year honors. Briscoe, Castroneves and newcomer Will Power enjoyed their share of success in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series. The three Team Penske drivers combined to win nine races and 13 poles with Power scoring a series leading five victories and a record setting eight poles, Castroneves earned three wins and two poles, including his fourth at Indianapolis, and Briscoe scored one win an three poles. Power fell just short of taking his first series championship.

In 2011, Penske Racing used Pennzoil racing oil exclusively in its Sprint Cup cars and IZOD® Indycar Series cars and excelled in both series. In Cup Racing, both team leader Kurt Busch in the #22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge and rising star Brad Keselowski scored multiple wins and qualified for The Chase. Keselowski finished fifth, Busch 11th. In IndyCar, Will Power again finished a close runner-up in the final standings.

Busch began his fifth season driving the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger with Penske Racing in 2010 and finished the year with multiple wins and poles. This on top of two victories to go along with 10 top-five finishes behind the wheel of the "Blue Deuce" in 2009. He was in the Chase both years.

Busch, who at age 31 already has a Cup title and an IROC championship on his impressive resume, certainly skyrocketed to the top of the stock car racing world early in his career, and he's been able to maintain a high level of performance since he burst onto the scene.
 

Of course, it's been no secret that the Las Vegas native, who began racing Dwarf Cars at age 15 so he and his father could do something together, has always traveled in the sport's fast lane.
 

He won the Nevada State Dwarf Car Rookie-of-the-Year title and captured the Las Vegas Speedway Park Dwarf Car Championship in 1994. A year later, he walked off with the Nevada State Dwarf Car title and successfully defended his Dwarf Car Championship at Las Vegas Speedway Park.
 

By the end of the 1996 season, Busch had won the Legends Cars National Rookie-of-the-Year title and the Legends Cars Western States Championship. He also was crowned the champion in the Hobby Stock, Legends Car and Dwarf division at Las Vegas Speedway Park.
 

By 1997, Busch was concentrating on obtaining as much seat time as possible. He competed in a variety of divisions that season, including Late Models, American Race Trucks, Legends Cars and Dwarf Cars. Busch also started five races on the Southwest Tour.
 

In 1998, Busch's Dwarf Car was merely a memory and with the exception of a few races in a Legends Car, he focused his attention on full-size race cars. During the season, he recorded 15 victories over 18 races in the Legends Cars and Grand American Modified Series. When the year ended, he was the Southwest Series Rookie of the Year with one victory, three top-five and seven top-10 finishes in only 17 races.
 

It was Busch's success during the 1999 season that resulted in his move to the East Coast and a chance to compete in one of NASCAR's top-three series. That year, Busch was crowned the Southwest Series champion, as he added six victories to his resume, including four straight wins. He also finished eighth in his first Winston West race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Busch's accomplishments earned him a spot in Jack Roush's "Gong Show," which determined who Roush hired to drive an entry in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series. Busch was the outstanding participant and it led to him signing a multi-year contract with Roush Racing.
 

In Busch's rookie campaign in the Truck Series, he turned heads with his season-long performance that netted him Rookie-of-the-Year honors and a second-place finish in the point standings. His stellar season produced four victories and four pole positions. Busch also made his Cup Series debut that year, qualifying 10th and finishing 18th at Dover in September.
 

By 2001, Busch was a full-time competitor in NASCAR's top series and on his way to stock car racing stardom. In that first full Cup Series season, he won more than $2.1 million as he produced three top-five and six top-10 finishes and one pole.
 

It was 2002, however, that proved to be Busch's breakthrough year. That season he totaled four victories with three of them coming in the season's final five weeks. In just two full seasons, Busch had pushed his winnings to more than $6.2 million.
 

Busch's pace didn't slow the next season. For the second straight year, he totaled four victories, nine top-five and 14 top-10 finishes, and it was that season that set the stage for his championship year in 2004.
 

The title-winning season for Busch was a picture of consistency. He earned three victories and one pole to go along with 10 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes, but he got stronger as the season went along. He scored top-10 results in nine of the final 10 races to edge Jimmie Johnson in the closest championship finish in NASCAR history.
 

Even though Busch didn't repeat as the series champion in 2005, he did contend for the title. With three victories, nine top-five and 18 top-10 finishes, Busch locked down 10th in the standings.
 

In 2006, Busch followed his boyhood hero at Penske Racing when he joined the team to drive the No. 2 Miller Lite car after Rusty Wallace's retirement.
 

Busch concluded his first season with Penske Racing and the Miller Lite squad with a 16th-place finish in the 2006 point standings. Busch earned his fifth career victory at Bristol, moving him into a tie for third on the all-time victory list at the high-banked short track. He recorded six poles — a single-season career high — and produced the most top-10 starts with 24. Busch also made his debut in the Nationwide Series with two victories and a pole.
 

The 2007 season was a strong one for Busch and the team as they qualified for the Chase and earned wins at Pocono and Michigan. Adding a pole position at Fontana and six top-five and 14 top-10 results, Busch finished seventh in the final Cup Series standings.
 

Though Busch and the Miller Lite team did not earn a spot in the 2008 Chase, the season did bring some strong performances. Busch posted five top-five and 10 top-10 finishes, including a victory at New Hampshire, on his way to an 18th-place finish in the championship rankings.

It's somehow fitting that Brad Keselowski, a driver with deep racing roots, has joined forces with one of the most storied organizations in motorsports — Penske Racing. And already the partnership has yielded impressive fruit. Keselowski won the 2010 Nationwide Series championship — Penske’s first NASCAR championship — and impressed in Cup racing.
 

Keselowski grew up in an environment where spending time at the race shop and the track was just a way of life. His father, Bob Keselowski, was a 1997 race winner in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. His uncle, Ron Keselowski, competed at the Sprint Cup Series level in the early 1970s.
 

After establishing himself as one of NASCAR's rising stars with his success in both the Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series, Keselowski officially joined Penske Racing in September of 2009. He was named to drive for the team full-time beginning in 2010 behind the wheel of the No. 12 Penske Dodge in the Cup Series and the No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge in the Nationwide Series.
 

As the newest member of the Penske Racing family, the team welcomed him to its ranks as a determined and skilled racer with an impressive pedigree in motorsports. As Keselowski gained some experience with the Cup Series Dodge Charger competing in the final three races of 2009 in the No. 12 Penske Dodge, it set the tone for the successful 2010 campaign.
 

At the age of 14, Brad Keselowski made the transition from turning wrenches for his family-owned team, K Automotive Motorsports, to racing. He started competing in the Senior Honda 120 Quarter Midget division in 1998. In his first season, he earned six feature wins. The next year, he moved up to the Senior Honda 160 Quarter Midget division where he won eight feature races and the championship.
 

In 2000, Keselowski began racing stock cars in the Factory Stock division. That season, he collected nine feature wins as well as Rookie-of-the-Year honors at two Michigan tracks — Auto City Speedway and Dixie Motor Speedway.
 

During the next three years, Keselowski balanced his budding racing career with his full-time job working for his family's Camping World Truck Series operation. He advanced to the Limited Late Model and Super Late Model divisions and continued to rack up wins, despite competing on a limited basis. In 2001, he earned five fast-qualifier positions, one feature win and five top-five finishes. Over the next two seasons, he collected 11 fast-qualifier positions, two Super Late Model wins, two Limited Late Model wins and nine top-five finishes.
 

Keselowski graduated to Camping World Truck Series competition in 2004 as he drove the truck operated by his family's team for eight races. The following season, he ran the full Truck Series schedule. His best finish was seventh, which he recorded in February 2005 at Daytona International Speedway.
 

In 2006, Keselowski continued to gain more NASCAR experience as he ran a partial schedule in both the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series. He earned valuable seat time as he competed in 13 combined races — seven in the Nationwide Series and six in the Truck Series. That experience prepared him for 2007, when he caught the eye of Dale Earnhardt Jr., owner of JR Motorsports.
 

Keselowski entered the 2007 season expecting to compete full-time in the Nationwide Series for Keith Coleman Racing. But Keselowski had to alter his plans when the team suspended operations in June. Keselowski, who already raced in two Truck Series events earlier in the season, was given another chance later that month when Germain Racing needed a last-minute replacement for Ted Musgrave in the Truck Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park.
 

Though Earnhardt was aware of Keselowski's talent, he really became intrigued as he watched the young driver win the pole position, lead 62 laps and compete for the win that day in Memphis. But what struck Earnhardt the most about Keselowski was how he handled himself on the track, especially after being spun out with 10 laps to go by eventual race winner Travis Kvapil.
 

Keselowski still salvaged a 16th-place finish after the incident. The race was the turning point in Keselowski's NASCAR career. Realizing how much Keselowski had to offer, JR Motorsports signed the young gun to drive the No. 88 car in the Nationwide Series.
 

Keselowski made his debut for JR Motorsports in the July 2007 Nationwide Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. He earned a 14th-place result — the first of eight top-15 finishes he would score during the season. Keselowski competed in 27 races in all, but earned his best results driving the No. 88 entry, recording five top-10 and eight top-15 finishes in 14 starts.
 

In 2008, Keselowski enjoyed his breakout season. He finished third in the Nationwide Series standings as he produced wins at Nashville Superspeedway and Bristol Motor Speedway in his first full season of Nationwide Series competition. He also earned one pole position, 11 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes. The promising racer led laps in 21 races for a total of 295 as he earned the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award for 2008. Keselowski also was chosen by the fans as the Nationwide Series' Most Popular Driver.
 

On Nov. 2, 2008, Keselowski made his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway, driving the No. 25 car for Hendrick Motorsports. He climbed from his 37th starting spot to finish 19th. Later that month, he made his second Cup Series start and finished 23rd in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
 

The 2009 campaign was a season to remember for the 25-year-old Rochester Hills, Mich., native. Not only did Keselowski capture four victories and two poles in the Nationwide Series, but he won the biggest race of his career when he took the checkered flag at Talladega Superspeedway in April, marking his first NASCAR Cup Series victory.
 

Over the final three Cup Series events of the season, Keselowski took over the reigns of the No. 12 Penske Dodge and he earned a top finish of 25th place at Homestead.
 

Keselowski earned four top-10 results in a total of 15 Cup Series starts in 2009. He once again was a force in the Nationwide Series as he finished third in the championship battle for the second consecutive season and he was also voted the Most Popular Driver in the series for the second year in a row.

In 2010 and ‘11, Keselowski continued his astonishing ascent. In 2010 he brought home Penske’s first NASCAR title by winning the Nationwide Series Championship. In 2011 he not only added three more Sprint Cup victories, but qualified for The Chase as well, finishing fifth in the Championship.