![]() ![]() “The Cars of Roger Penske will be outstanding and we have the Brumos RS 61 that he won Nassau with. Also on the field will be Penske’s Corvette Grand Sport, and the Chaparral 2 he won in at the Nassau Trophy. The car was owned by Brumos founder Hubert Brundage, and Penske won the warm-up, and came in fifth in the following day’s Nassau Trophy. ![]() Three in the Penske class reunite his Bahamas Speed Weeks winners, led by the Brumos Porsche 718 RS 61 that took him to a 1961 win there. With Penske as honoree, and his legacy of more than 500 major race wins - including 18 at Indianapolis - and 34 championships in the past half century, gathering cars he competed in or managed in those wins was a must. There are nine people who work all year long, and the last four months, it is every day.” I am proud of the team that puts it together. “It’s difficult to do and people don’t realize how much work goes into them,” he said. Many other classic car events have come and gone. Warner admits it “never crossed his mind” that the concours would still be here 25 years later, joking all they wanted that first year was to get through it. Since then, The Amelia’s foundation has donated more than $3.45 million to Community Hospice and Palliative Care, Spina Bifida of Jacksonville and other charities. Warner, a lifetime racing and car lover, began The Amelia in 1995 as a way to bring a world-class automotive event to Northeast Florida, placing it at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island and The Golf Club of Amelia Island during the first weekend of March. “I can think of no one whose contributions to all facets of motorsport deserve to be acknowledged as much Roger Penske’s.” “Remarkably, Roger Penske began to create the template for modern professional motorsport when he was still in his 20s,” Warner said. "To see our old friends and support the entire affair will be an honor."Īnd as he prepares for the silver anniversary of the concours he founded at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island at 4750 Amelia Island Parkway, Bill Warner thinks the man who just earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom is a pretty good choice for the silver anniversary. "It's going to be iconic for me as an owner, as a driver, just to be there and see our cars and be with the people who are there," Penske told the Times-Union. Saturday’s“Team Penske - The Early Years.”Īs the clock ticked toward the Rolex 24 start, the silver-maned racing legend said he never realized what a “special event” The Amelia was. Penske’s career will also be part of two weekend seminars at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island: “Penske Perfect: Effort = Results” at 3 p.m. Now Thursday through Sunday’s event includes a display of many of the cars he competed in or managed in his lengthy career. He just added the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NTT Ind圜ar Series and IMS Productions to his business portfolio. Penske’s race teams won championships last year in the NTT Ind圜ar Series, NASCAR and the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. NASCAR ordered a 25% reduction in salary for senior leadership and a 20% reduction for all other employees, while urging staff to take a week of vacation over the next month.It was less than 30 minutes to the start of the Rolex 24 at Daytona just over a month ago, and “The Captain” was confabbing with the crew and drivers of his two Acura Team Penske DPi race cars on pit lane.īut even as he prepared to lead his teams from the pit box for 24 hours, Roger Penske had time to talk about his upcoming pole position as honoree at next weekend’s 25th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. We will continue to monitor the situation closely." Many factors will impact the length of workforce reductions, including federal and local guidance and the conditions in your individual businesses. "For those of you who may be impacted with a workforce reduction, government programs and unemployment benefits may be immediately available to you. That message goes beyond just motorsports and into all Penske Corporation holdings. Penske's memo said notifications will come from management leaders if layoffs become necessary. The Team Penske racing shop was shuttered this past week after North Carolina governor Roy Cooper ordered all non-essential businesses to close. "If this thing isn’t over in five months, we’ve got bigger problems." "I took the road that gave us the longest distance, five months," Penske said. In an interview with the Associated Press on Saturday, Penske summed up the scenario. The Indianapolis 500 has been postponed to August. The Ind圜ar Series season has been postponed until late May's Duel in Detroit at Belle Isle Raceway Park. ![]()
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