Greatest Racecar? Danny Sullivan’s Penske PC-17

I think you have to base your answer to the question, “What is the greatest racing car?” on your own experience. I can’t go back and say, “It was Schumacher’s 2004 car” because I didn’t drive it and don’t know what the competition was like. If I had to pick two cars, believe it or not, two of the best cars I drove were the Can-Am Frisbee, a very simple car but a great design, and then the 1989 Penske PC17, which was just a fabulous racecar.

You can only base it on your experience but here’s the problem of only picking one car…it’s like saying who’s the greatest driver? There are so many different eras. One of the most fabulous cars I ever drove was the 1963 Ferrari GTO. It handles like any of the modern-day cars. So you have to think which era, and whether you are talking about sports cars, formula cars…the list goes on.