Penske PC-10

The Penske PC-10 was a CART open-wheel race car built for the 1982 season and designed by Geoff Ferris. It is considered possibly the most dominant Penske design, and Rick Mears called it his favourite racing chassis. Twelve were made, six of them raced by Penske, and four are confirmed destroyed. They were built at Penske Cars in Poole, England, and delivered to Penske Racing in Reading, Pennsylvania. The car won the Louis Schwitzer Award for innovation and engineering excellence at the 1982 Indianapolis 500. It used the 2.6-litre turbocharged Cosworth DFX engine. Mears drove it in the Gould Charge colours to the CART championship in 1982, and Kevin Cogan drove it in Norton colours. Roger Penske later bought back a PC-10 sold to another team because it proved better than the PC-11.