The Penske PC-7 was an open-wheel Indy car that Penske Racing fielded in the 1979 CART season. It was closely related to its predecessor, the PC-6, with the addition of side pods. Four chassis were built for the team to contest the 1979 season, and seven or eight more followed in 1980 and 1981. At its first race, at Phoenix on 11 March 1979, Bobby Unser put the PC-7 on pole position and Rick Mears was second in a team car. At that year’s Indianapolis 500 Unser drove the PC-7 and led the most laps, 89, but lost high gear while leading with 18 laps to go and finished fifth, while Mears raced a PC-6. Unser earned seven poles and six wins in the car that season, though Mears took the title, and Mario Andretti joined the team for the California 500, where Penske swept the top three places. Privateers were still racing PC-7s at the 1983 Indianapolis 500.
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Team Penske raced the PC7 chassis for the remainder of the season
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The Penske PC-7 is a CART open-wheel race car
2. 1980 Penske PC7 (Conceptcarz)
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Four chassis were built for the Team to contest the 1979 season
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Team Penske swept the top three positions with the PC7 Cosworth combination
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Team Penske raced the PC7 chassis for the remainder of the season
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Team Penske raced the PC7 chassis for the remainder of the season
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The Penske PC7, however, was also on the grid that year from the first race of the season.
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