Penske Truck Rental and Penske Logistics will be sponsoring star IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves for several races this season. Castroneves is in his 13th year withTeam Penske, and is a driver in the IZOD IndyCar Series.
Here is a listing of races that Castroneves’ No. 3 car will be adorned in the Penske yellow and blue. On April 29, he will be running a Penske Logistics car in his native Brazil; the North American races will be for Penske Truck Rental.
- April 29: Sao Paulo Indy 300; Sao Paulo, Brazil
- June 16: Milwaukee IndyFest; Milwaukee
- June 23: Iowa Corn Indy 250; Newton, Iowa
- July 8: Honda Indy Toronto; Toronto
- July 22: Edmonton Indy; Edmonton, Alberta
- August 5: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio; Lexington, Ohio
- August 26: Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma; Sonoma, Calif.
- Sept. 2: Baltimore Grand Prix; Baltimore
Select races will be nationally televised on ABC and the NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus).
Castroneves has an impressive racing resume: 26 wins, 102 top-five finishes and three Indianapolis 500 victories. In 2007, he was a contestant on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” capturing the Mirror Ball trophy.
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By Alen Beljin
Utilizing its best-in-class route management techniques and technologies, Penske Logistics manages the inbound supply chain for PepsiCo’s four distribution centers in the U.S. and Canada that handle carbonated beverages, as well as a manufacturing plant in Arlington, Texas. Penske Logistics works to ensure the raw materials for carbonated beverage production reaches PepsiCo’s plants on-time, while monitoring supply pick-up, transit and timely deliveries.
The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) recently released its 2012 Risk Management Survey. According to the group’s press release, responses were gathered from 435 senior finance executives about risks that concern them now and those most likely to cause uncertainty over the next three years.
Major supply chain disruption concerns have clearly moved to the boardroom level. Troubles for several leading manufacturers and suppliers stemming from the 2011 tsunami and earthquake in Japan helped generate these responses from executives in the Penske-Northeastern survey:
vice president of logistics engineering for Penske Logistics (photo right) advises manufacturers, suppliers and other businesses to take these key factors into consideration to help reduce the impact of future supply chain disruptions:
Mike Duff, 
While Meyer’s had a distinguished logistics career, SAE Deedra Froemming (photo right), who’s based in Kennesaw, Ga., is settling into a new role.
The company will take part in 16 other regional and national virtual career fairs, through November. Penske has had success in hiring veterans in a wide array of jobs.
