The Penske PC-22 was a CART Penske Racing car which competed in the 1993 season. It raced in all sixteen events, scoring eight wins, three with Emerson Fittipaldi and five with Paul Tracy. The most remarkable success of the PC-22 was the 1993 Indianapolis 500 win by Fittipaldi, placed 2nd at the end of the season, missing the championship by only 8 points. The car was designed by Nigel Bennett as a radical departure from the basic concept of the previous Penske cars.
Racing history
The PC-22 debuted at 1993 Australian FAI IndyCar Grand Prix, qualifying second with Fittipaldi and third with Tracy. In the race, Fittipaldi scored a second place finish, while Tracy retired for electrical problems. Debutant Nigel Mansell won for the Newman-Haas team driving a Lola-Ford. At Phoenix, the first oval race of the season, both Penskes went off, while in Long Beach Tracy scored the first win for the PC-22. In Indianapolis, Fittipaldi qualified ninth (220.150 mph), and won the event exploiting Mansell's inexperience on oval racing and Andretti's handling problems, after their dominating runs. After two races, Milwaukee and Detroit, with only one podium finish, the Penske come back to victory in Portland, with Fittipaldi first and Tracy third. Two 1-2 wins followed, in Cleveland and Toronto, with Tracy first and Fittipaldi second in both occasions. Newman-Haas driver Mansell scored two wins in his Lola chassis at Michigan and New Hampshire as a major push for his championship bid, while Fittipaldi and Tracy at New Hampshire scored a second and third place respectively. Tracy won at Road America and Fittipaldi at Mid-Ohio, but Mansell clinched the title with his fifth season win at Nazareth. Tracy scored a 1st place at the final race of season in Laguna Seca.
Legacy The highly successful PC-23 that competed in the 1994 IndyCar season. was modeled after its predecessor, the PC-22. The Penske PC-23 was one of the most dominant open-wheel race cars ever developed. It won both the 1994 CART season, and the 1994 Indianapolis 500 with Al Unser Jr., together with Emerson Fittipaldi and Paul Tracy scoring 12 wins out of 16 in total, collecting 10 pole positions and 28 podium finishes, in a season that saw Penske also take the Constructor's Cup, and the Manufacturer's Cup with the Ilmor-Mercedes-Benz engine.
Complete Indy Car World Series results (key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine Tires Driver No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 1993 Marlboro Team Penske Chevrolet 265C V8t SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH NHA ROA VAN MDO NAZ LAG Emerson Fittipaldi 4 2 14 13 1 3 23 1 2 2 13 3 5 7 1 5 2 183 2nd Paul Tracy 12 21 16 1 30 20 9 3 1 1 19 2 1 13 25 3 1 1573rd Bettenhausen Motorsports Chevrolet 265C V8t Stefan Johansson 16 12 21 26 11 25 20 26 4 24 23 14 21 3 26 7 6 43 13th Scott Sharp 33 22 0 48th Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 76 20 0 47th 1994 Bettenhausen Motorsports Ilmor 265D V8t SFR PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MCH MDO NHA VAN ROA NAZ LAG Stefan Johansson 16 5 4 10 15 26 22 8 5 14 14 12 23 26 8 5 12 57 11th Ilmor 265C V8t Gary Bettenhausen 61 DNQ - NC Ilmor 265D V8tIlmor 265C V8t Gary Brabham 76 24 0 51st Robbie Groff 13 13 0 34th Rahal-Hogan Racing Ilmor 265D V8t Bobby Rahal4 3 59* 10th* Ilmor 265C V8t Mike Groff10 31 17* 20th*
*Includes points scored by other cars.
References
External links Penske PC-22 at dlg.speedfreaks.org penskeracing.com