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The most important Indy 500 Penske missed wasn't in 1995 ...

The pain of missing out on the Indianapolis 500 was eating at Roger Penske as the CART and IRL wars raged on. A force of nature at Indy, Team Penske scored the most lopsided win in ages as the 1000-plus horsepower Penske PC23-Mercedes driven by Al Unser Jr. stomped the field in 1994. And, for its follow-up act in 1995, the unthinkable happened as The Captain’s drivers failed to qualify for motor racing’s biggest event. Mortified by the Speedway’s stinging rebuke, Penske wears the shocking outcome like a scar.
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