Roger Penske – Other | The “forgotten” drivers of F1

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Around 1962. General Curtis LeMay and Roger Penske…Marlboro Speedway. Photo and info Rick Mandelson

Photos of Ferrari GTO 3987GT, owned by John Mecom, Jr., and driven by Roger Penske at the Pensacola USRRC race on May 25, 1963. It was a scorching hot day on the Pensacola Naval Air Base Cory Field tarmac. I was in charge of pit communications and had the GTO black flagged for going out in practice without the headlights taped over. I was 18 at the time. Mecom is in the car at scrutineering; Jesse Coleman gives Roger Penske the checkered flag as he wins the GT race over several other GTOs and the Cobra team; Penske is congratulated by Jesse Coleman; Avis ladies present the race trophy to a hot, tired and very young Penske; Mecom (left) and Penske share the glory. Photo and info via Darrell Westfaul

Photos of Ferrari GTO 3987GT, owned by John Mecom, Jr., and driven by Roger Penske at the Pensacola USRRC race on May 25, 1963. It was a scorching hot day on the Pensacola Naval Air Base Cory Field tarmac. I was in charge of pit communications and had the GTO black flagged for going out in practice without the headlights taped over. I was 18 at the time. Mecom is in the car at scrutineering; Jesse Coleman gives Roger Penske the checkered flag as he wins the GT race over several other GTOs and the Cobra team; Penske is congratulated by Jesse Coleman; Avis ladies present the race trophy to a hot, tired and very young Penske; Mecom (left) and Penske share the glory. Photo and info via Darrell Westfaul

Photos of Ferrari GTO 3987GT, owned by John Mecom, Jr., and driven by Roger Penske at the Pensacola USRRC race on May 25, 1963. It was a scorching hot day on the Pensacola Naval Air Base Cory Field tarmac. I was in charge of pit communications and had the GTO black flagged for going out in practice without the headlights taped over. I was 18 at the time. Mecom is in the car at scrutineering; Jesse Coleman gives Roger Penske the checkered flag as he wins the GT race over several other GTOs and the Cobra team; Penske is congratulated by Jesse Coleman; Avis ladies present the race trophy to a hot, tired and very young Penske; Mecom (left) and Penske share the glory. Photo and info via Darrell Westfaul