(AP) -- While the Gasoline Alley chatter still focuses on Kyle Larson's second straight quest to complete racing's Memorial Day weekend double, Team Penske added a new twist to the conversation Wednesday -- the Pennzoil Double.
Team officials announced three-time Cup champ Joey Logano and IndyCar driver Scott McLaughlin would use the same "Yellow Submarine" paint schemes in their respective May 25 races -- the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600.
"Everybody knows the 'Yellow Submarine' paint job and how iconic that is to the IndyCar Series, to Rick Mears," Logano said. "To be able to transition that into stock cars, there's not many ways you can do that in such a seamless way like we're able to do at Penske. To be able to switch from IndyCar to NASCAR is pretty neat."
Mears, one of four four-time Indy winners, drove the "Yellow Submarine" to victory lane in 1984 and 1988. Three-time Indy winner Johnny Rutherford also won with the same yellow-and-red paint scheme in 1980. Pennzoil brought it back to Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1984 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Mears' second 500 win.
Now Team Penske is giving NASCAR fans a glimpse of the famous car. At the Daytona 500, Logano's No. 22 car also featured Josef Newgarden's paint job from his winning Indy runs in 2023 and 2024.