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Daytona Beach, FL: Going into the 2008 IndyCar Series season, Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe will be flying the Team Penske colors. Castroneves is the team's veteran while Briscoe will be the new kid on the block.
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To complete his wonderful run for the 2007 racing season Ryan Briscoe has been awarded the Bruce McLaren Trophy. As the ninth Australian driver to receive this prestigious award, his name will be forever bound to racing greats such as Alan Jones (six time Bruce McLaren Trophy winner) and Mark Webber (four time Bruce McLaren Trophy winner).
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In the course of coaching Ryan Briscoe this month, Rick Mears has had some flashbacks to the breaks that changed his racing career. Mears joined Roger Penske in 1977 as a driver for a part-time team and later captured two of his four Indianapolis 500 victories in a yellow car. "The paint scheme on the car is bringing back a lot of memories, and so is the team," Mears said.
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Ryan Briscoe made an immediate impact in his first year as a Porsche factory driver with Penske Racing. … Partnered with Sascha Maassen for full-season effort in 2007 with two overall wins and three in LMP2 class. Added prototype racing to already crowded resume that includes Formula One, A1GP, IRL and Champ Car. Was first Australian to be granted factory status by Porsche. Will compete on limited basis in 2008 as he transitions to Penske IRL team.
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Going into the 2008 IndyCar Series season, Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe will be flying the Team Penske colors. Castroneves is the team’s veteran while Briscoe will be the new kid on the block. Briscoe is replacing Sam Hornish Jr., who convinced the Penske organization to let him join the stock-car side of the house.
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Ryan Briscoe was born on 24 September 1981 in Sydney, Australia. He started his career as a racing driver in America and Europe by racing sports cars and open wheel cars. By 2004, Briscoe found his feet as a test driver for the Formula One team Toyota, and by 2007 he had signed a deal with the Penske Racing team driving in the Indy 500. Ryan Briscoe has ... managed to be assigned as the main racing driver for the 2008 Indy Car Series, as Sam Hornish Jr. will be moving over to the Penske NASCAR Team.
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