Roger Penske has been named grand marshal for the 74th version of the Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday, March 21, 2026.
A legendary staff proprietor, enterprise chief and former race automotive driver, Penske’s honorary function within the race will embrace delivering the command for the once-around-the-clock crown jewel for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Crew Penske is celebrating its sixtieth anniversary this season, which was kicked off with victory – courtesy of the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport squad – within the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona in January. It marked the staff’s third consecutive victory at Daytona, and now will look to defend its title almost 60 years to the day after claiming its first-ever Sebring win.
Penske’s moniker because the ‘Captain’ was established by way of his successes. In racing, particularly, he’s received races throughout in IMSA, IndyCar, NASCAR and Components 1, producing greater than 660 race victories, over 700 pole positions and 48 championships. Amongst these wins are a tremendous 20 Indianapolis 500 victories.
Race winners Felipe Nasr, Laurin Heinrich and Julien Andlauer, Porsche Penske Motorsport
Photograph by: Getty Pictures
“I’ve nice reminiscences of racing at Sebring as a driver and our race groups actually have fairly a historical past of competing on the monitor,” mentioned Roger Penske. “As we have fun Crew Penske’s sixtieth anniversary season in 2026, I’m honored to be named Grand Marshal for this 12 months’s Twelve Hours of Sebring race.”
Throughout his driving profession, and previous to establishing his race staff in 1966, Penske competed 4 consecutive years (1961-1964) within the Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Co-driving with Bob Holbert in a Porsche RS61, Penske’s first effort at Sebring resulted in a category victory and a fifth-place total end. His subsequent try, driving with Bruce McLaren, once more resulted in a fifth-place total outcome, and a second-place end at school. In 1963, Penske and co-driver Augie Pabst received their class and completed fourth total at Sebring. In his closing race as a driver competing on the Twelve Hours of Sebring, Penske partnered with Jim Corridor in 1964, and the duo completed fourth at school and 18th total.
Crew Penske first raced on the Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 26, 1966 as drivers Ben Moore and George Wintersteen drove a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray to a category victory and a ninth-place total end within the legendary endurance race.
“It’s solely becoming that in Crew Penske’s sixtieth season, and with a Porsche Penske Motorsports staff again as defending champion of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, that probably the most vital people within the historical past of motorsports will function the grand marshal of this 12 months’s race,” mentioned Matt Muha, president and basic supervisor of Sebring Worldwide Raceway.
“It’s an honor for Sebring and the whole IMSA group to have Mr. Penske right here to provide the command to begin engines and to be acknowledged by Sebring followers for his many achievements.”
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