Penske PC-17

The Penske PC-17 was a CART Penske Racing car which was constructed for competition in the 1988 season. The car was designed by Nigel Bennett. The chassis swept the front row at the 1988 Indianapolis 500 with Rick Mears winning the pole position, Danny Sullivan qualifying second and Al Unser, Sr. third. Mears went on to win the Indy 500 and Sullivan the season championship.

Rick Mears winning PC-17 at the 1988 Indianapolis 500.

The PC-17 ushered in a new era of success for the Penske chassis program, which had suffered in the past few seasons of competition.

Complete Indy Car World Series results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Engine	Tyres	Driver	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	D.C.
1988	Team Penske	Chevrolet 265A V8t	G			PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MEA	MIC	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	MIA
				Rick Mears	5	22	8	1	1	6	23	6	3	13	23	3	12	7	5	2			129	4th
				Danny Sullivan	9	23	13	23*	2	1	3	2	4	1	18	5	4	1	1	5			182	1st
				Al Unser	1			3															23*	19th*
					60									9	13
1989	Patrick Racing	Chevrolet 265A V8t	G			PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
				Emerson Fittipaldi	20	5	3																196*	1st*
	Arciero Racing	Cosworth DFX V8t	G	Didier Theys	12	20	23	20	17														9*	21st*
				Fabrizio Barbazza						20	21	26	24	8			20	12		21			6	24th
				Rich Vogler											28								5*	25th*
1990	Arciero Racing	Buick 3300 V6t	G			PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
				Rich Vogler	8			DNQ															-	NC
				Randy Lewis	12	21	22	14	14	12	16	21	22	17	12	16	17	28	21	20	22		2	28th
				Buddy Lazier	24										26								1*	30th*
		Cosworth DFX V8t		Steve Bren			25																0	42nd
	Walther Motorsports	Cosworth DFS V8t	G	Salt Walther	77			DNQ							DNS								-	NC
1991	Arciero Racing	Buick 3300 V6t	G			SFR	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG
				Mark Dismore	12	20	21	15	DNQ														0	38th
				Pancho Carter					21	14													3*	26th*
				Jeff Wood							24	20											0	31st

*Includes points scored by other cars.

External links

• penskeracing.com