Photo by: IndyCar SeriesRaces – 199, Championships – 1, Wins – 15, Poles – 12
It seems strange to observe that Jim Meyer’s and Michael Shank’s team needs to make the next step, when the group has already conquered the Indianapolis 500. But truth is, the MSR cars were anonymous far too often in 2022, only Simon Pagenaud’s excellence in the wet on the Indy road course preventing a podium-free season for the Ohio players.
Penske contains two of the best IndyCar drivers of this century, and the fact that the third one often matched them in only his second season suggests the flaws in the driver line-up are few and far between. The team, too, was fantastic in 2022, taking nine wins and largely erasing memories of the previous season when somehow it took until the 10round for the Roger Penske’s squad to get a W.