Roger Penske received kidney from son in 2017 at Mayo Clinic
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In this Jan. 16 photo, Roger Penske holds his “Baby Borg” trophy in Detroit. Joey Logano’s win in Las Vegas was the fourth victory for one of Roger Penske’s cars in seven days. It’s quite the start to the year for Penske, who last month was inducted into NASCAR’s Hall of Fame, feted at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London and celebrated his 82nd birthday.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. >> Motorsports giant Roger Penske disclosed today that he received a kidney transplant shortly after the 2017 IndyCar season finale.
Penske told The Associated Press he received the kidney from his son, Greg.
The 82-year-old owner of Team Penske and the Penske Corp. kept the transplant private and was working and at the race track roughly 10 days after the procedure.
It came up today as Tim Cindric, president of Team Penske, was discussing his own hip replacement surgery done at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Cindric noted doctors had him up and using a walker four hours after surgery, and that prompted Penske to reveal his transplant.
“When I did that transplant, we were up at the end of the day. They said ‘Would you get up and walk over to the window?’” Penske said. “Next day, I’m over in my son’s room. They get you going. It’s amazing. It’s a good spot, good spot.”
The transplant came only a few days after Penske driver Josef Newgarden won the IndyCar title.
