RACING DRIVER

Roger Penske

1937 - Today

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Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American auto racing team owner, businessman, and retired professional driver. Penske is the owner of Team Penske, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar, and other auto racing-related businesses. Penske is the founder and chairman of the Penske Corporation, a holding company for his various businesses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Penske has received more than 1,836,689 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Roger Penske is the 430th most popular racing driver (up from 446th in 2019), the 7,479th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,738th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Roger Penske ranks 430 out of 1,080. Before him are Leslie Johnson, Tom Walkinshaw, Ronnie Bucknum, Loris Capirossi, Michael Bleekemolen, and Ken Wharton. After him are Karel Loprais, Bernd Schneider, Richard Attwood, Moisés Solana, Mário de Araújo Cabral, and Héctor Rebaque.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Roger Penske ranks 393. Before him are Robert Crippen, Luiz Bueno, Viktoriya Tokareva, Benny Paret, Zoltán Berczik, and John Ogdon. After him are Göran Tunström, Vladimir Makanin, Ina Balin, Tony Barton, Margaret O'Brien, and Tatyana Shchelkanova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Penske ranks 7,479 out of 20,380. Before him are Matthew Cowles (1944), Harry Klinefelter (1912), America Ferrera (1984), Trip Hawkins (1953), Amber Valletta (1974), and Edgar Kennedy (1890). After him are Scott Cawthon (1971), Alice Faye (1915), Alan Hovhaness (1911), Lester del Rey (1915), Robert Moses (1888), and Al Harker (1910).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Roger Penske ranks 30. Before him are Bob Bondurant (1933), Harry Blanchard (1929), Eddie Cheever (1958), Fred Agabashian (1913), Bobby Unser (1934), and Ronnie Bucknum (1936). After him are Chet Miller (1902), Dale Earnhardt (1951), Johnnie Parsons (1918), A. J. Foyt (1935), Walt Ader (1913), and Al Unser (1939).

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