Penske completes takeover of IndyCar, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Penske Corporation has completed its acq൲uisition of the NTT IndyCar Series, Indianapolis𝕴 Motor Speedway and its associated companies.

Penske announced back in November that it had struck a deal to takeover IndyCar and its va🍨rious𓆏 offshoots with its prior owner, Hulman and Company, putting Roger Penske at the helm of American single-seater racing.

In a statement issued on Monday, IndyCar confirmed that Penske had completed the takeover from Hulman and Co.,🐠 becoming j🌊ust the fourth owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Penske completes takeover of IndyCar, IMS

Penske Corporation has completed its acquisition of the NTT IndyCar Series, Indian📖apolis Motor Speedway and its associated companies.

Penske announced back in November that it had struck a deal to takeover IndyCar and its various offshoots with its prior owner, Hulman and Company, putting Roger 🐼Penske at the helm of American single-seater racing.

In a statement issued on Monday, IndyCar confirmed that Penske had completed the 🐽takeover from Hulman and Co., becoming just the fourth owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

"We are looking forward to carrying on theꦚ tradition of the Indi🙈anapolis Motor Speedway and IndyCar racing," said Penske.

"We have been diligently working with the teams at IMS, INDYCAR an﷽d IMS Productions over the last two months to ensure a smooth and productive transition and we are ready to hit the ground running.

“Now, it is time to get to work as we continue the growth of the Speedway and we build on the momentum of the NTT IndyCar Series🅘."

The takeover 🧸sees Penske make a considerable addition to his motorsport portfolio that includes racing programmes in IndyCar, NASCAR, Supercars and sports car racing.

Penske’s takeov🃏er is set to herald a new era for both the NTT IndyCar Series and for Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which he is ওkeen to evaluate the return of many racing series to.

A potential revival of the Formula 1 race at Indianapolis, staged between 2000 and 2007, has been mootꦦed, while the track also hosted MotoGP between 2008 and 2015.

The new IndyCar season – and the first under♊ Penske’s stewardship – wi🌞ll begin on March 15 with the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

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