{"id":459479,"date":"2001-05-01T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2001-05-02T02:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=118044"},"modified":"2024-12-02T19:48:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T19:48:35","slug":"captains-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/captains-dynasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Penske &#8211; Captain\u2019s Dynasty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roger Penske was a successful racing driver until he stepped out of the cockpit in 1964 to concentrate on his business interests. He didn\u2019t stay away from motorsports for long, however, because by 1966 Penske Racing was competing in several sports car racing series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By the early \u201970s, Penske Racing had won races or championships in nearly every category it entered, including USAC Champ Cars and the SCCA\u2019s Trans-Am and Can-Am Challenge. At the center of most of the team\u2019s success was driver Mark Donohue, a long-time friend of Penske\u2019s who earned a reputation as a deep-thinking, engineering-oriented driver. Donohue retired from driving after winning the 1973 Can-Am title in Penske\u2019s Sunoco Porsche 917-30. But a new challenge would soon lure him back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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