DJR Team Penske reveals details of 2015 V8 Supercars assault

Roger Penske, Marcos Ambrose and Dick Johnson have outlined the basic operation that will attack the V8 Supercars Championship next year.

Holding a teleconference with Australian and US press this morning, more detail on the team structure, background on the deal and everyone's expectations were revealed.

Key parts of the teleconference detailed:

- Ambrose was ready to return home to Australia, and returning to the V8 Supercars Championship was a natural move and key for Penske Racing.

- While they are there to win, expectations are a full-on assault will come in 2016, with next year's focus finding their feet.

- The team will continue to run Fords for 2015.

- Penske will have a 51 per cent ownership of the team, subject to board approval and willtake over both RECs (Racing Entitlement Contracts).

-Dick Johnson will continue to run the day-to-day and be the man on the ground, along with managing director Ryan Story.

- Penske will bring in Jeff Swartwoutand Aussie Nick Hughes as team manager and technical director, respectively, with V8 Supercars stalwart John Crennan to leverage the team's business interests.

- Ambrose expects to get behind the wheel of a V8 Supercar late this year, whether it is at one of the remaining test days, or a corporate ride day.

- The team's second driver has not yet been determined.

- Discussions began loosely between Ambrose and Penske, and when Dick Johnson came for a tour of their racing facilities Roger began considering it more seriously.

- Ambrose will be based in Tasmania but also use his Queensland home, which he has maintained since the Stone Brothers Racing days.

More to come.