He led 187 of 312 laps on the way to winning the season finale and the championship Nov. 6 at Phoenix Raceway. But I had to unlearn a lot of things when it came to the race car itself.”. He had to do it in Team Penske’s first full season since 2010 without Brad Keselowski under the organization’s roof. The number of races he’s won for us has been amazing. The first came in 2012 when he and Keselowski earned Team Penske its first Cup Series crown. It was a season of parity during the first year for the Next Gen race car as 19 different drivers visited victory lane over the 36-race season.

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