Roger Penske's goal of centralizing all his race operations was pushed along last summer by the rising Schuylkill River, which flooded Team Penske's IndyCar Series shop in Reading, Pa. source: indycar.com There was a tinge of sadness for long-time team members who chose to follow the racing operation to the sprawling (424,697 square feet) complex in North Carolina that already housed the Penske Racing NASCAR and American Le Mans Series programs. "Given the state of everything, it was depressing, stuff that you worked with under water, rusted up and gone," team manager Tom Wurtz said. "The most valuable thing we lost was the memories. Everything else could be replaced. It was more the memories. The way we left, you lost some of that memory. You just wanted to get in, get your stuff and get out and not leave it properly. "We left it with the intention of winning a championship and we did. The flood just changed the way it all unfolded." Crews for the two-car IndyCar Series team have quickly adapted. What's not to like about the sprawling two-building facility that once housed the Matsushita Compressor Corporation of America. There's more room to work, centralized departments and new everything. There's access to a wind tunnel down the street and a test track on the 105 acres in development. "It's been a goal of Roger's to get everybody under one roof and now that he has it, expectations are high for everybody," said Chris Schwartz, Penske Racing's director of marketing and communications. "Now relationships are being built between members of this team and members of that team. It's free and open. You can walk around and see what everybody else is doing. There is a lot of intrigue. At the end of the day, intrigue spurs conversation which spurs knowledge and at the end of the day, education and results." The complete article here at Indycar.com
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