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Rose-Hulman3  Tim Cindric President of Penske Performance, Inc
    1990 Mechanical Engineering Graduate
 
    Tim Cindric, a 1990 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology graduate, has been promoted to the overall management responsibility for the various Penske Performance, Inc. entities, according to an announcement by Roger S. Penske.

Cindric will be headquartered in Mooresville, N.C., and has responsibility for Penske Performance operations that include teams competing in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, IndyCar Series and American LeMans Series. It was recently decided that Penske Performance would consolidate its racing teams to its state-of-the-art facility in Mooresville.

Cindric, an Indianapolis native, has been President of Penske Racing, Inc. since 1999 with management responsibility of Marlboro Team Penske, Penske Cars, Ltd., Racing Experience, Inc., Penske Technology Group, and Penske Motorsports, Inc. Under his leadership, Marlboro Team Penske has scored two National Championships and 25 victories, including three consecutive Indianapolis 500-mile race wins (2001-2003).

Cindric received a bachelor of science degree from Rose-Hulman. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rose-Hulman Athletic Hall of Fame for his outstanding contributions as a four-year letterman on the college's basketball team.

Penske Racing is one of the most successful teams in the history of professional sports. Competing in a variety of disciplines, cars owned and prepared by Penske Racing have 262 major race wins, 295 pole positions and 18 National Championships.

 

To read a feature story published in the Echoes alumni magazine after Penske captured, the 2001 Indianapolis 500, click here.

http://www.rose-hulman.edu/echoes/fall2001/cindric.htm
 

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