Chip Ganassi Racing, LLC (CGR), also sometimes branded as Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, is an American

auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

organization competing in the

NTT IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series, officially known as the NTT IndyCar Series for sponsorship reasons, is the highest class of American open-wheel car racing in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of various sanctioning bodies sinc ...

. They have formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup and

Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...

Global Rallycross Championship Global Rallycross (known as Red Bull Global Rallycross for sponsorship reasons) was a rallycross series operated by businessmen Colin Dyne in conjunction with Sponsor RedBull. The series ran for seven seasons, primarily in North America, from 201 ...

Extreme E Extreme E was an FIA-sanctioned international off-road racing series that used spec silhouette electric SUVs to race in remote parts of the world, such as the Saudi Arabian desert or the Arctic. All racing locations were chosen to raise awaren ...

Rolex Sports Car Series The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...

IMSA The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is a North American sports car racing sanctioning body based in Daytona Beach, Florida, under the jurisdiction of the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States, ACCUS arm of the Féd ...

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (I ...

and the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...

. It was founded in 1990 by businessman and former racecar driver

Chip Ganassi Floyd "Chip" Ganassi Jr. (born May 24, 1958) is an American businessman, former racing driver, current team owner and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. He has been involved with the North American auto racing scene for over 30 ye ...

from the assets of

Patrick Racing Patrick Racing was an auto racing team in United States Auto Club, USAC, Championship Auto Racing Teams, CART, Champ Car World Series, Champ Car and the Indy Racing League. Patrick Racing was started by Pat Patrick (auto racing), U.E. "Pat" Patri ...

to compete in the

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IndyCar World Series. After winning four consecutive CART championships from 1996 to 1999 with drivers

Jimmy Vasser James "Jimmy" Vasser Jr. (born November 20, 1965) is an American former racing driver who competed primarily in the Championship Auto Racing Teams, CART series and Champ Car World Series, Champ Car. Vasser won ten CART series races and won the ...

Alex Zanardi Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (; born 23 October 1966) is an Italian professional racing driver and paracyclist. He won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998, and took 15 wins in the series. He also raced in Formula One from 1991 to 1994 and again ...

and

Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (; born 20 September 1975) is a Colombian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to , IndyCar between 1999 and 2022, and the NASCAR Cup Series between 2006 and 2024. Montoya won seven Formula One Grand ...

, in 2000 Ganassi became the first CART organization to return to the

Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...

after the open-wheel "split" between CART and the Indy Racing League in 1996. A dominant victory with Montoya would foresee the team's permanent switch to the IRL (now

IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series, officially known as the NTT IndyCar Series for sponsorship reasons, is the highest class of American open-wheel car racing in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of various sanctioning bodies sinc ...

), where further championships would be won with

Scott Dixon Scott Ronald Dixon (born 22 July 1980) is a New Zealand racing driver who races the 9 Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) Dallara DW12-Honda car in the IndyCar Series. He is a six-time drivers' champion of the IndyCar Series, having claimed the title in ...

Dario Franchitti George Dario Marino Franchitti (born 19 May 1973) is a British motorsport commentator and retired motor racing driver from Scotland. Franchitti won the IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the Indianapolis 500 in ...

and

Álex Palou Álex Palou Montalbo (; born 1 April 1997) is a Spanish racing driver who drives for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series, where he won the 2021 IndyCar Series, 2021, 2023 IndyCar Series, 2023, and 2024 IndyCar Series, 2024 championships a ...

, including another four straight from 2008 to 2011. In 2025, the team fielded the Nos. 8, 9 and 10 Dallara-Hondas for

Kyffin Simpson Kyffin Simpson ( ; born 9 October 2004) is a Caymanian racing driver competing in the IndyCar Series with Chip Ganassi Racing. He won the 2023 European Le Mans Series championship with Algarve Pro Racing. Personal life Simpson was born in Brid ...

, Scott Dixon, and Alex Palou full-time in the IndyCar Series, and the No. 9 and 10 Dallaras for Jonathan Browne and

Niels Koolen Niels Koolen (; born 25 May 2001) is a Dutch racing driver. He currently competes in the 2025 Indy NXT series, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing. Koolen most recently competed in the European Le Mans Series driving for the Duqueine Team. He is t ...

in the

Indy NXT Indy NXT (pronounced "Indy Next"), previously Indy Lights, is an American Minor league, developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as INDY NXT by Firestone for sponsorship reasons. Indy NXT is the highest step ...

Series. In 2001, Ganassi bought a majority stake in

Felix Sabates Feliciano Sergio "Félix" Sabates Jr. (born September 9, 1945) is a Cuban-born former entrepreneur, and philanthropist living in the United States of America. He is a partner in Chip Ganassi Racing teams, which formerly fielded teams in the NASCA ...

' Team SABCO NASCAR team, which had operated since

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

, marking his entry into that championship as Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and inheriting that organizations history, while also partnering to compete in the

Grand-Am Grand-Am Road Racing or Grand-Am was an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America. Its primary focus was the Rolex Sports Car Series, an endurance racing championship series. I ...

. In 2009, Ganassi partnered with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. owner

Teresa Earnhardt Teresa Diane Earnhardt (née Houston; born October 29, 1958) is an American former NASCAR team owner. She is the third wife and widow of Dale Earnhardt. She is the biological mother of Taylor Nicole Earnhardt and the stepmother of Kerry Earnhardt ...

to merge their NASCAR operations into Ganassi's shop and run under the banner of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. The NASCAR team dropped the Earnhardt name in 2014, and Ganassi revealed that Teresa was never truly involved with the team. Rob Kauffman, chairman of the Race Team Alliance, purchased a stake in the team in 2015. Sabates retired from his ownership role after the 2020 season. In 2021, Ganassi accepted an unsolicited offer from former CGR Xfinity Series driver Justin Marks to sell the entire NASCAR operation to Marks'

Trackhouse Racing Team Trackhouse Racing is an American motorsports organization that competes full time in the NASCAR Cup Series and Grand Prix motorcycle racing, MotoGP and part time in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. History After Leavine Family Racing announced ...

, with the deal finalized after that season. The NASCAR program fielded full-time entries for notable drivers including

Kyle Petty Kyle Eugene Petty (born June 2, 1960) is an American former stock car racing driver and current racing commentator. He is the son of racer Richard Petty, grandson of racer Lee Petty, and father of racer Adam Petty, who was killed in a crash duri ...

Joe Nemechek Joseph Frank Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Nemechek has made the second mos ...

Sterling Marlin Sterling Burton Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, winning the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995. He ...

Jimmy Spencer James Peter Spencer (born February 15, 1957) is an American former racing driver, team owner, talk show host and television commentator. He is best known for competing in NASCAR. He hosted the NASCAR-inspired talk show, ''What's the Deal?'', o ...

Casey Mears Casey James Mears (born March 12, 1978) is an American professional off-road racing, off-road and stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 66 Ford Mustang, Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Garage 66. He ...

Jamie McMurray James Christopher McMurray (born June 3, 1976), nicknamed "Jamie Mac", is an American former professional stock car racing driver and currently an analyst for ''Fox NASCAR'' and CW. He raced in the NASCAR Cup Series on a full-time basis from 2003 ...

Kyle Larson Kyle Miyata Larson (born July 31, 1992) is an American professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. ...

Kurt Busch Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American auto racing driver. He is best known for competing in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000–2022, last driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. Busch is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series ch ...

and

Ross Chastain Ross Lee Chastain (born December 4, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing, part-tim ...

Together, they have won 16 Open Wheel titles (4 in CART, 12 in IndyCar), 5 Grand-Am

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championships, and wins in the Indianapolis 500 (six times),

Daytona 500 The Daytona 500 is a NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of three ...

Brickyard 400 The Brickyard 400 is an annual NASCAR Cup Series points race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. The inaugural race was held in 1994 and was the first race other than the Indianapolis 500 to be held at the ...

24 Hours of Daytona The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car racing, sports car Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Flo ...

12 Hours of Sebring The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race for Sports car racing, sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, on the site of the former Hendricks Army Airfield World War II air base in S ...

Petit Le Mans Petit Le Mans (French language, French for ''Little Le Mans'') is a sports car racing, sports car Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race held annually at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia, United States. The race has been held for a durat ...

and a

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class win, and over 200 wins across all categories.

American open-wheel racing history

Drivers

Current

*10

Drivers (chronological)

Eddie Cheever Edward McKay Cheever Jr. (born January 10, 1958) is an American former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to , CART between 1986 and 1995, and IndyCar between 1996 and 2006. In American open-wheel racing ...

(1990–1992) *

Arie Luyendyk Arie Luijendijk (anglicized as Arie Luyendyk; born 21 September 1953), nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman," is a Dutch former auto racing driver, and winner of the 1990 and 1997 Indianapolis 500 races. He was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor S ...

(1992–1993, 1997) *

Robby Gordon Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American semi-retired auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, Championship Auto Racing Teams, CART, the IndyCar Series, the Trans-Am Series, International Motor Sports Association, IMSA, Inter ...

(1992) *

Didier Theys Didier Maurice Theys (born 19 October 1956) is a Belgian sports car driver. He is a two-time overall winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (1998 and 2002); a winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring (1998); the Sports Racing Prototype driver champion of th ...

(1992) *

Michael Andretti Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is an American former racing driver, and current team owner. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART champions ...

(1994) *

Maurício Gugelmin Maurício Gugelmin (born 20 April 1963) is a Brazilian former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from to , and CART from 1993 to 2001. Born and raised in Joinville, Gugelmin began competitive kart racing aged seven, win ...

(1994) *

Bryan Herta Bryan John Herta (born May 23, 1970) is an American race strategist and former race car driver. He currently runs his own team, Bryan Herta Autosport in the NTT IndyCar Series and is the strategist for the #27 Andretti Autosport in the same se ...

(1995) *

Mike Groff Michael Dennis Groff (born November 16, 1961, in Van Nuys, California) is a former race car driver who competed in CART and the IRL IndyCar Series and was the 1989 Indy Lights champion. His younger brother Robbie was also a CART and IRL dr ...

(1995: Indianapolis 500 only) *

(1995–2000, 2001: Indianapolis 500 only) *

(1996–1998) *

(1999–2000) *

Nicolas Minassian Nicolas Minassian (Armenian language, Armenian: ; born 28 February 1973) is a French people, French professional racing driver of Armenians, Armenian descent. After finishing 2nd place in the 1993 Formula Renault Eurocup, Marseille-born Minassia ...

(2001) * Memo Gidley (2001) *

Tony Stewart Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971), nicknamed "Smoke", is an American semi-retired professional auto racing driver, and former NASCAR team co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing. He currently competes in the NHRA Top Fuel class. He is a four-t ...

(2001: Indianapolis 500 only) *

Bruno Junqueira Bruno Junqueira (born November 4, 1976) is a Brazilian race car driver who most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. He is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series. Racing career Early ca ...

(2001–2002) * Jeff Ward (2002) *

Kenny Bräck Per Cenny "Kenny" Bräck (born 21 March 1966) is a Swedish former race car driver. Until his retirement from racing, he competed in the Champ Car, CART, Indy Racing League and the IROC series. He won the 1998 Indy Racing League championship and t ...

(2002) *

(2002–present) *

Tomas Scheckter Tomas Scheckter (born 21 September 1980) is a South African former racing driver best known for his time in the IndyCar Series. Early years Scheckter was born in Monte Carlo to 1979 Formula One season, 1979 Formula One World Champion Jody Sche ...

(2003) *

Tony Renna Anthony James Renna (November 23, 1976 – October 22, 2003) was an American racing driver who competed in Indy Lights and the IndyCar Series, Indy Racing League (IRL) from 1998 to 2003. Renna began competitive racing at the age of six, winning ...

(2004) *

Darren Manning Darren Manning (born 30 April 1975) is a British motor racing driver who has raced in the IRL IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. Career history Early career Manning was born in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire ...

(2004–2005) * Jaques Lazier (2005) *

Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano (born 4 February 1979) is an Italian former professional racing driver who drove for the Jordan Grand Prix, Jordan Formula One team for much of the 2004 Formula One season, 2004 season before being replaced by Timo Glock. He also ...

(2005, 2012) *

Ryan Briscoe Ryan John Briscoe (born 24 September 1981) is an Australian–American professional racing driver from Sydney who has predominantly raced open-wheel and sports cars in Europe and America. In IndyCar he collected 8 wins and 28 podiums, finishin ...

(2005, 2013: Indianapolis 500 only, 2014) *

Dan Wheldon Daniel Clive Wheldon (22 June 1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship for Andretti Autosport, Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 Indianapol ...

(2006–2008) *

(2008–2013) *

Graham Rahal Graham Robert Rahal ( ; born January 4, 1989) is an American race car driver and small business owner. He currently races in the IndyCar Series with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, a team partially owned by his father Bobby Rahal, the winner of ...

(2011–2012) * Charlie Kimball (2011–2017) *

Alex Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani (; born October 18, 1973), nicknamed "Tag", is a Canadian professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 80 Chevrolet Camaro for Dumoulin Compétition. Tagliani has competed in a ...

(2013) *

Tony Kanaan Antoine Rizkallah "Tony" Kanaan Filho (born 31 December 1974), nicknamed "TK", is a Brazilian racing driver who is the team principal of Arrow McLaren. He is best known for racing in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) from 1998 to 2002, an ...

(2014–2017, 2021, 2022: Indianapolis 500 only) * Sage Karam (2015) *

Sebastián Saavedra Sebastián Saavedra (born 2 June 1990) is a Colombian racing driver from Bogotá. In 2014, he drove for KVSH Racing in the Verizon IndyCar Series before being replaced by former GP2 Series driver Stefano Coletti. Racing career Early career Afte ...

(2015) *

Max Chilton Maximilian Alexander Chilton (born 21 April 1991) is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Redhill, Surrey, Chilton is the younger brother of racing driver Tom Chilton. He competed in the GP ...

(2016–2017) * Ed Jones (2018) *

Felix Rosenqvist Karl Felix Helmer Rosenqvist (born 7 November 1991) is a Swedish professional racing driver who currently drives the No. 60 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series. He was named Rookie of the Year for the IndyCar Series in 2019. ...

(2019–2020) *

Marcus Ericsson Marcus Thorbjörn Ericsson (born 2 September 1990) is a Swedish racing driver, who competes in the IndyCar Series for Andretti Global, Andretti. Ericsson competed in Formula One from to . In American open-wheel racing, Ericsson won the India ...

(2020–2023) *

(2021–present) *

Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American professional auto racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE for Legacy Motor Club. Johnson has won seven Cup ch ...

(2021–2022) *

Marcus Armstrong Marcus John Armstrong (born 29 July 2000) is a New Zealand motor racing driver who competes in the IndyCar series, driving the No. 66 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing. He competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship between 2020 and 2022, and was the ...

(2023–2024) *

Takuma Sato is a Japanese racing driver, who competes part-time in the IndyCar Series for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Sato competed in Formula One from to . In American open-wheel racing, Sato is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 2017 a ...

(2023) *

Linus Lundqvist Linus Hans Fredrik Lundqvist (; born 26 March 1999) is a Sweden, Swedish racing driver who last competed for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series. He previously competed in Indy Lights driving for HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing, hav ...

(2024) *

(2024-present)

CART history

, who had driven in the IndyCar World Series but had his career cut short due to a career-ending crash at Michigan in 1984, joined Pat Patrick as co-owner for

Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi (; born 12 December 1946) is a Brazilian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Fittipaldi won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with Team ...

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IndyCar team. Patrick had announced he was going to retire at the end of the year, and the team would go completely to Ganassi. The team won the

Indy 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...

and the IndyCar Championship. By season's end, Patrick had second thoughts. Instead of retracting the sale of the team to Ganassi, he went ahead with the deal as planned and instead restarted his team by taking over the upstart

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IndyCar effort for

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

. Fittipaldi took the Marlboro sponsorship to

Team Penske Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional auto racing organization, competing in the IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Day ...

, an arrangement that was also pre-planned (Penske had supplied Patrick with a fleet of Penske chassis for 1989 as part of the deal). Ganassi officially took over the remaining assets of the team (including the 1989 Penske chassis) and renamed it Chip Ganassi Racing. He signed former

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

driver

and raced full-time in the IndyCar World series with

Target Target may refer to: Warfare and shooting * Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports ** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports ** Aiming point, in field artille ...

as the primary sponsor. In

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, Ganassi expanded to a two-car effort for the

, adding

for the Indy-only entry. Later Ganassi debuted rookie

in selected events. For

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

, Luyendyk replaced Cheever full-time. Luyendyk won the

pole position In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the ra ...

for the

and finished second to Fittipaldi, Ganassi's former driver in his partnership with

Patrick Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

. For

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

joined the team, immediately after returning from his failed transition to

in . He scored Ganassi's first IndyCar victory at Surfers Paradise. Target continued to sponsor Ganassi's operation through the decade, and by the mid part of the decade, the team had risen to the top of the series. Perhaps the most impressive was

winning the championship in his rookie season in

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

. They won four consecutive series championships, with

(1996),

(

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

–

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

), and Montoya in

, becoming the first car owner to win four consecutive CART championships. In

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, Ganassi became the first CART team to break ranks and return to race in the

, part of the rival

Indy Racing League IndyCar, LLC (stylized as INDYCAR), is an auto racing Governing body, sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization sanctions two Auto racing, racing series: the premier IndyCar Serie ...

. The team saw instant success as Montoya dominated the race. Montoya also became the first driver to win the

and the

Michigan 500 The Michigan 500 was an IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Held from 1981 to 2001, the event was held in high prestige, constituting part of Indy car racing's 500-mile "Triple Crown". Between 19 ...

in the same year since

Rick Mears Richard Ravon Mears (born December 3, 1951) is an American former race car driver. He is one of four men to win the Indianapolis 500 four times (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991) and is the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six (197 ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

. However, he was unable to duplicate his championship success of 1999. Vasser's performance steadily dwindled, as his lone victory at

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was his first in nearly two years. The team ran from

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

before moving into the Indy Racing League full-time. They had run one IRL entry for former

motocross Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The sport evolved from motorcycle trials competitions held in the United Kingdom. History Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competi ...

racer Jeff Ward in

, in which Ward won one race at

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

in one of the closest finishes in IRL history.

IndyCar Series history

Chip Ganassi Racing initially entered the Indy Racing League (IRL) with

and

in the

2000 Indianapolis 500 The 84th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 28, 2000. The race was sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and was part of the 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series season. After fou ...

won by

rookie A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a ''rookie'' is a professional athlete in their first season (or year). In contrast with a veteran who has experience, a rookie is typically considered needing more tra ...

Montoya. In

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, they returned to

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with Vasser,

, and

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, who would also

compete Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individ ...

in that evening's

Coca-Cola 600 The Coca-Cola 600, originally the World 600, is an annual NASCAR Cup Series points race held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, on a Sunday during Memorial Day weekend. The first race, held in 1960, was also the firs ...

. But in neither year did they run the entire IndyCar Series season. For

, Ganassi made the jump to the IndyCar Series full-time with Jeff Ward driving one car, with the addition of Ganassi's two CART Championship drivers

and

Indianapolis Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Indiana, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana, Marion ...

. None of those three would drive for Ganassi in

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

; the replacements were

– a midseason addition to Ganassi's Champ Car team in

– and

. Dixon won three races and the series championship while Scheckter struggled and was released from his contract.

was due to replace him, but was killed in a testing crash at Indianapolis.

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wound up in the seat for

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. The team's performance suffered the next two seasons and when Manning was fired, a bevy of drivers ran in Ganassi's cars, among them former

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and

, and Jaques Lazier. For

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, Ganassi scaled back to two cars, with Dixon returning along with

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Champion

, whom Ganassi signed away from

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in the offseason. The team also changed to

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engines (due to series engine supplier standardization from

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seasons), along with all other IndyCar teams, and

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chassis for 2006. The

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showed promise for Ganassi, as Dixon took 4 wins at Watkins Glen,

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, Mid Ohio, and Sonoma and Wheldon took 2 additional wins at Homestead and

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. The 2008 IndyCar season was even stronger for the team with eventual champion Dixon taking wins at Homestead,

, Nashville,

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, and

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, and teammate Wheldon finishing 4th overall after winning at

again and at

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. Shortly before the conclusion of the season it was announced that Wheldon would not return as Dixon's teammate in

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, a role taken by 2007 IndyCar Champion and Indy 500 winner

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. Franchitti teamed with Dixon for the non-championship race at Surfers' Paradise at the end of 2008. The

Chip Ganassi car driven by Franchitti won the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday May 30, 2010. For 2011, Ganassi expanded, to add an additional 2-car team for

and Charlie Kimball housed in the race shop of NHRA drag racer

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. Ganassi announced that in 2012, all 4 cars would be powered by Honda engines after the series decided to have multiple engine manufacturers (Honda, Chevrolet, and Lotus) for the first time since 2005. The Ganassi cars driven by Franchitti and Dixon came in first and second in the

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on Sunday, May 27, 2012. It was Franchitti's third Indianapolis 500 win and his second win with Ganassi. Rahal left Ganassi following the season for his father's team,

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. In 2013, the team was dominant for the second half of the year, with Kimball's first win at Mid-Ohio, and Dixon adding four wins to overtake

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for his third IndyCar title. The team also ran a fourth car, the No. 8, at Indianapolis for Briscoe, sponsored by NTT DATA. Despite the title, Ganassi was dealt a major blow when Franchitti was medically forced into retirement following a crash at Race 2 in Houston.

replaced Franchitti at Auto Club. In 2014, Ganassi switched to Chevrolet engines. In a twist, Ganassi would hire 2013 Indy 500 winner

to drive the No. 10 Target car, while Briscoe and NTT Data signed on for a full season in the No. 8 car. The team once again struggled during the first half of the season, but hit its stride during the second half, with Dixon winning at Mid-Ohio and Sonoma, while Kanaan won the season finale at Auto Club. For 2015, the team would sign Indy Lights champion Sage Karam to share the No. 8 with

. Dixon would claim his fourth title in a tiebreaker with

on the strength of three wins at Long Beach, Texas, and Sonoma. Kanaan would not win that year but had two runner-up finishes at Texas and Fontana. Both Karam and Saavedra would struggle in the No. 8, save for a lone podium by Karam at Iowa. For 2016, Ganassi would replace Karam and Saavedra with former

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driver

. 2016 would be a down year for the team, with Dixon winning twice at Phoenix and Watkins Glen, while Kanaan had only two podiums while Chilton and Kimball struggled. Beginning in the 2017 season, Ganassi changed engine suppliers back to full-works Honda in a bid for serious title contender, retaining their four drivers and thus earned full-factory support from

. Also, 2017 marked the end of Target sponsorship in Indycar, as a new chairman elected to change the retail giant's sporting sponsorships. For 2018, Ganassi would downsize to two cars, with Kimball and Chilton taking their sponsorship over to Carlin due to the team's cost-efficiency. Scott Dixon remains in the No. 9 with sponsorship from

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. In addition, Ganassi signed the 2017 Indycar Rookie of the Year Ed Jones to drive the No. 10 car in 2018, with sponsorship from NTT Data, replacing Tony Kanaan. Dixon would win his fifth IndyCar title on the strength of wins at Detroit, Texas, and Toronto. Jones would only have two podiums and was released at season's end in favor of

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driver

. For the 2019 season, Dixon would again find victory at Detroit as well as Mid-Ohio, but an inconsistent season would leave him a distant fourth in points. Rosenqvist would have a consistent season, fending off

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for Rookie of the Year honors. The 2020 season saw the return of its No. 8 entry, driven by former

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driver

. Scott Dixon started the delayed 2020 season very strong, winning the first three races at Texas, Indianapolis, and Road America. Dixon also went on to win at Gateway en route to his 6th Indycar championship. In the No. 10, Rosenqvist would score his first win at Road America. For 2021, Felix Rosenqvist left the team to join Arrow McLaren SP with Alex Palou taking his seat. The team also expanded to 4 cars for the first time since 2017 with 7 time

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champion

driving the road and street courses in the No. 48 car. For the ovals, they have former driver

. The team scored the most wins by any team in the IndyCar series. Dixon would take only one win on the season and was not able his title. His teammates Palou and Ericsson had breakout years. Ericsson took wins at Detroit and the inaugural round at Nashville while Palou would take wins at Barber, Road America, and Portland to win his first IndyCar championship. Palou would become the third Ganassi driver to win the IndyCar Series championship since the team joined the IndyCar Series and the first one other than Dixon since 2011.

IndyCar champions

Indianapolis 500 victories

Firestone Indy Lights Series

On December 20, 2006, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that it would field an Indy Lights team for the first time in 2007, with drivers Chris Festa and Pablo Pérez. Perez was severely injured in a crash in the opening race of the Indy Lights season and was not replaced. Festa finished 10th in points without winning a race in a season dominated by

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who was signed by Chip Ganassi Racing at the end of the season. The team partnered with Integra Motorsports in 2007 and 2008 fielding a variety of development drivers, notably New Zealanders Marc Williams, and Jonny Reid.

Racing results

Complete CART FedEx Championship Series results

( key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * The

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was canceled after qualifying due to excessive

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s on the drivers.

Complete IndyCar Series results

( key) * Season still in progress # Non-points-paying, exhibition race. # The final race at Las Vegas was canceled due to Dan Wheldon's death.

IndyCar wins

NASCAR

Sports car entries

DP01 Scott Pruett Memo Rojas 2011 Road America

Grand-Am

Initially, CGR fielded the 01

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-rebadged

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car driven by

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and

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. Their second team car, the 02, was driven by Jimmy Morales and Luis Diaz. CGR won the 2006

with Ganassi IRL drivers

and

along with NASCAR driver

. In 2007, Ganassi won the race again, this time with Pruett, former Formula 1 driver

, and Salvador Duran, making him the first owner to win it in back to back years since Al Holbert in 1986–87. In 2008 Chip Ganassi Racing won a third Daytona 24 in a row. Also in 2008, Chip Ganassi Racing won their 3rd Grand-Am Championship, with drivers Scott Pruett, and Memo Rojas. It was Pruett's 8th Road Racing Championship. Also participating was Memo Rojas, the first Mexican to win a major Road Racing title in North America. For the 2010 Grand-Am season the team switched from

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. Rojas and Pruett won 9 out of 12 races and eventually won the Grand-Am championship.

2011 Rolex 24 victory

Ganassi's Grand-Am Series team started 2011 in the best possible fashion, earning a one-two finish in the

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endurance race. Ganassi's two cars ran towards the front of the field for the majority of the race, and driver

, having started third, defeated

by a margin of victory of over two seconds in a one-lap sprint to the finish after a late caution period. The victory made Ganassi the first racing team owner to win the four of the most important races in North American auto racing, the

, and

, within the same 12-month span. It was Pruett's fourth win in the event; for co-driver Memo Rojas, his second victory, while co-drivers

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and

won for the first time, the latter thirty years after his father,

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, won the event.

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

CGR would field a Riley-Ford Daytona Prototype in the inaugural season of the merged United SportsCar Championship for Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, winning three races. In 2015, Rojas was replaced by ex-BMW works driver

, and the team fielded an "all-star car" at Daytona consisting of the teams IndyCar and NASCAR drivers. For 2016, the team would move to the GTLM class with the brand new

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, and thus the

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programme officially disbanded. Long time Ganassi driver Pruett would no longer have a place on the team, as Hand would partner with Dirk Müller (another ex-BMW works driver), while

and

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were hired to drive the second GT. For Daytona, the team would bring out the Riley DPs one last time, the IndyCar/NASCAR "all-star car" being joined by a team of

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Andy Priaulx Andrew Graham Priaulx, Order of the British Empire, MBE ( born 7 August 1974) is a British people, British racing driver from Guernsey. In 2019 he raced for Chip Ganassi Racing, Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK in the FIA World Endurance Championship, ...

, and future

driver

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, in the last Rolex 24 of the DP era.

IMSA Race Results

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship wins

FIA World Endurance Championship

On 12 June 2015, at Le Mans, it was announced that Ford would return to the

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in 2016 with a factory-supported, four-car effort operating as Ford Chip Ganassi Racing and thus marked Ford's return to international automobile road racing as a full-factory entrant since 2004 Formula One season but under Jaguar Racing F1 Team banner after eleven-year absence. The cars would be campaigned by Chip Ganassi Racing in the

, and by Multimatic Motorsports Europe (joint-venture) in the

under the Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK banner.

With the Chip Ganassi teams racing their GT, Ford had podium wins in the FIA GT manufacturer's category both years that it competed in.

Notable Team Chip Ganassi UK/US Accomplishments

FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Manufacturers
2016 3rd Place: Ford
2017 2nd Place: Ford

FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Pro Teams
2016 2nd Place: Car #67
2016 4th Place: Car #66
2017 2nd Place: Car #67
2017 7th Place: Car #66

World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers
2016: S. Mücke & O. Pla ranked 4th
2016: A. Priaulx, H. Tincknell ranked 5th
2016: B. Johnson ranked 9th
2016: M. Franchitti 13th
2017: A. Priaulx, H. Tincknell ranked 3rd
2017: S. Mücke & O. Pla ranked 8th
2017: L. Derani ranked 10th
2017: B. Johnson ranked 12th

Pole Positions
2016 6 Hours of Fuji: #66 Car (Mücke, Pla)
2016 6 Hours of Shanghai: #67 Car (Priaulx, Tincknell)
2017 6 Hours of Silverstone: #67 Car (Priaulx, Tincknell, Derani)
2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps: #67 Car (Priaulx, Tincknell, Kanaan)

Fastest Laps
2016 Le Mans 24 Hours: Scott Dixon in #69 at 3:51.514
2016 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas: Olivier Pla at in #66 2:05.244
2016 6 Hours of Fuji: Harry Tincknell in #67 at 1:38.575
2017 6 Hours of Silverstone: Andy Priaulx in #67 at 1:57.416
2017 6 Hours of Shanghai: Olivier Pla in #66 at 2:02.154

FIA World Endurance Championship Race Results

24 Hours of Le Mans

Global RallyCross Championship

Ganassi expressed plans to start a team in the

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, but in late 2014, Ganassi attended the

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's season-ending race in Las Vegas, and as a result, expressed interest in fielding a GRC team. On March 18, 2015, Ganassi announced the creation of a team that began competing in the GRC in

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. The team is based in the NASCAR shop in

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, and is led by former

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engineer Carl Goodman. The team hired former

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NASCAR driver

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and 13-time

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medalist

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to run the No. 00 and 38 M-Sport

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s, respectively. Arpin contested the full season, while Deegan competed in seven of the season's twelve races. In 2016 Arpin and Deegan were back full-time. Arpin earned the team's first win at Daytona. In 2017, Ganassi announced he would shut down the Global RallyCross program to focus on other series. The team's assets were acquired by Loenbro Motorsports.

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Supercar

Race cancelled.

Extreme E

In May 2020, CGR joined the

electric racing series for its inaugural season in

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. A month later, the team signed

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to race one of two entries, making her the first confirmed Extreme E racer and the first female driver in team history.

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champion Kyle LeDuc joined CGR in July. In December, Sycamore Entertainment signed a multiyear sponsorship deal with CGR, where the team entered the 2021 season as Segi TV Chip Ganassi Racing. In January 2021, GMC announced a multiyear sponsorship deal with CGR which sees the team rebranded as

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Chip Ganassi Racing and the team's Spark ODYSSEY 21 body styled as the Hummer EV for the 2022 season onwards. CGR's Extreme E team picked up their first series victory on July 7, 2022, with Price becoming the first woman in the organization's history to drive a race-winning car. CGR left Extreme E after the 2023 season.

Racing overview

* Season still in progress

Racing summary

* Season still in progress

Complete Extreme E results

(Races in bold indicate best qualifiers; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest super sector; H indicate Heat race win) * Season still in progress

Gallery

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. File:Dario Franchitti LBGP 2012.jpg, The No. 10

. File:Charlie Kimball Detroit 2012.jpg, The No. 83

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in 2015. File:Grand Prix of Long Beach 2015 (Sunday INDYCAR) (17021992428).jpg, The No. 10

in 2015. File:Grand Prix of Long Beach 2015 (Sunday INDYCAR) (17183806736).jpg, The No. 83

in 2015. File:2017 IMSA Weekend at COTA (34481902436).jpg, The No. 66 Ford GT#Second generation (2016–2022), Ford GT at the 2017 Advance Auto Parts Sportscar Showdown. File:Ford GT GTLM (45472858381).jpg, The No. 66 Ford GT#Second generation (2016–2022), Ford GT at the 2018 Petit Le Mans. File:Chip Ganassi Ford GT Mücke Silverstone 2018.jpg, The No. 66

at the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone. File:2017 6 Hours of COTA No 67.jpg, The No. 67 Ford GT#Second generation (2016–2022), Ford GT at the 2017 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas. File:Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA's Ford GT EcoBoost Driven by Joey Hand, Dirk Muller and Sebastien Bourdais (30620681652).jpg, The No. 68 Ford GT#Second generation (2016–2022), Ford GT at the

. File:Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA's Ford GT EcoBoost Driven by Ryan Briscoe, Richard Westbrook and Scott Dixon (30700502256).jpg, The No. 69 Ford GT#Second generation (2016–2022), Ford GT at the

. File:Ganassi DPI 01 WGI22 (3).jpg, The No. 01 Cadillac DPi-V.R at the 2022 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen. File:Ganassi DPI 02 WGI22.jpg, The No. 02 Cadillac DPi-V.R at the 2022 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen. File:2018 Dallara IR 12 18 (49637695436).jpg, The No. 9

in 2018. File:10 Ed Jones 2018 Kohler Grand Prix.jpg, The No. 10

in 2018. File:Tony Kanaan Car Unveiling Be the One Press Conference (52017049737).jpg, The No. 1

with aeroscreen. File:Kyffin Simspon Mid Ohio 2024.jpg, The No. 4

with aeroscreen. File:Lundqvist Mid-Ohio 2024.jpg, The No. 8

with aeroscreen. File:Scott dixon (51382016337).jpg, The No. 9

with aeroscreen. File:All Alone (53071066090).jpg, The No. 10

with aeroscreen. File:Marcus Armstrong Mid Ohio 2024.jpg, The No. 11

with aeroscreen. File:Jimmie johnson (51382010322).jpg, The No. 48

with aeroscreen. File:CadillacVLMDhfrontstraight (cropped).jpg, The No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona. File:2023 Cadillac V-LMDh Daytona (cropped).jpg, The No. 02 Cadillac V-Series.R at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona. File:2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R No.2 (DSC00388).jpg, The No. 2 Cadillac V-Series.R at the 2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. File:2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R No.3 (DSC03651).jpg, The No. 3 Cadillac V-Series.R at the 2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

Notes

References

External links

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IndyCar Team Page – Target Chip Ganassi Racing

IndyCar Team Page – Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing

IndyCar Team Page – Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi's owner statistics at Racing-Reference
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