Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American auto racing team owner, businessman, and former professional driver.

[2] His father, Jay, was a successful corporate executive for a metal fabrication company and encouraged his son to become an entrepreneur.

[3] As a teenager he bought older cars, repaired them and sold them at a profit from his family's home in Cleveland, Ohio.

[7] He competed in two Formula One Grands Prix and won a NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model race at Riverside in 1963.

[8] Penske continued racing until 1965, when he retired as a driver, to concentrate on his first Chevrolet dealership in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[12] Penske won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship with driver Brad Keselowski on November 18, 2012.