Penske PC-6

The Penske PC-6 was a USAC and CART open-wheel race car that Penske Racing built for the 1978 season. It was designed by the British designer Geoff Ferris. It was introduced at the 62nd Indianapolis 500 in 1978, where Tom Sneva, Rick Mears, Mario Andretti and Larry Dickson drove it and it placed second. Sneva also used it to set a four-lap qualifying average of more than 200 miles per hour at the Speedway, a milestone on a hot track. The following year Rick Mears won the 1979 Indianapolis 500 in a PC-6 in the Gould Charge number 9 livery, which became the best known colours the car wore. Other drivers tried it later, such as Dennis Firestone, with little success.