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Article: GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH: TIME FOR A CHANGE TEAM PENSKE NEEDS A VICTORY.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- April 13, 2000
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Byline: Steve Irvine Staff Writer
There's a section in the 2000 Marlboro Team Penske media guides that details the year-by-year race victories since the team's first win in 1971.
It's a rich history - the richest in the CART FedEx Championship Series - that begins with two victories by Mark Donohue in 1971 and carries through 97 more race wins and seven Champ Car championship seasons by Rick Mears, Al Unser Jr. and Danny Sullivan. The trouble is, at least from a Penske point of view, there is nothing in the win column since Paul Tracy emerged with a victory on May 24, 1997, in St. Louis.
For the record, there have been 51 CART FedEx ...