Pit Stop Competition
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The No. 12 Verizon Chevy team and driver Will Power won Team Penske’s 17th title in the annual Pit Stop Competition in 2017. |
Since the inception of the Pit Stop Competition at the Indianapolis 500 in 1977, Penske Racing has been crowned Champion a record 17 times, including seven of the last 11 seasons.
Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves and the crew of the No. 3 Team Penske car won their ninth overall Pit Stop Competition in 2016.
In 2011, Briscoe and his Team recorded a pit stop of 7.882 seconds, the fastest time ever in the finals of the competition.
Penske Racing’s most memorable performances in the Indy Pit Stop Competition include four wins that preceded race wins — in 1981 with Bobby Unser, in 1985 with Danny Sullivan, and in 2002 and 2009 with Helio Castroneves.
| YEAR | DRIVER | CHIEF MECHANIC | TIME |
| 1981 | Bobby Unser | Laurie Gerrish | 13.000 seconds |
| 1982 | Rick Mears | Peter Parrott | 13.930 seconds |
| 1983 | Rick Mears | Peter Parrott | 13.860 seconds |
| 1985 | Danny Sullivan | Chuck Sprague | 11.742 seconds |
| 1986 | Danny Sullivan | Chuck Sprague | 20.288 seconds |
| 1988 | Danny Sullivan | Chuck Sprague | 14.782 seconds |
| 2002 | Helio Castroneves | Rick Rinaman | 8.555 seconds |
| 2005 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Matt Jonsson | 8.9704 seconds |
| 2006 | Helio Castroneves | Rick Rinaman | 8.0825 seconds |
| 2007 | Helio Castroneves | Rick Rinaman | 8.335 seconds |
| 2009 | Helio Castroneves | Rick Rinaman | 7.962 seconds |
| 2010 | Helio Castroneves | Sean Hanrahan | 8.001 seconds |
| 2011 | Ryan Briscoe | Matt Jonsson | 7.882 seconds* |
| 2013 | Helio Castroneves | Sean Hanrahan | 10.107 seconds |
| 2015 | Helio Castroneves | Travis Law | 12.561 seconds |
| 2016 | Helio Castroneves | Travis Law | 12.235 seconds |
| 2017 | Will Power | Matt Jonsson | 11.619 seconds |