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Ganassi has announced that in 2012, all 4 cars will be powered by Honda engines after the series decided to have multiple engine manufacturers ( Honda, Chevrolet and Lotus ) for the first time since 2005.
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In addition to its official NASCAR sponsorship, Coors Light has regularly sponsored cars in the series, most recently for Chip Ganassi Racing.
Since 2004, he has raced in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series for Chip Ganassi Racing.
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On July 9, 2006, Montoya announced his plans to compete in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series beginning with the 2007 season, racing for Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates ' NASCAR operation, Chip Ganassi Racing, in the No. 42 Texaco / Havoline Car.
On November 14 it was announced the Ganassi team would merge with Dale Earnhardt Inc., Montoya was confirmed to drive the # 42 as the team switches from Dodge to Chevrolet.
Ultimately, it was announced that McMurray would be released from his contract at Chip Ganassi Racing one year early and would take over for Kurt Busch, who was dismissed from the Roush organization prior to the end of the 2005 season.
In November 2005, it was announced that he would be driving for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series in 2006.
During the 2005 season, it was announced Mears would move to a separate car for Chip Ganassi with Home123 sponsorship, with the # 41 to be piloted by Reed Sorenson.
On June 6, 2006, Mears announced that he was leaving Chip Ganassi Racing at the end of the season to join Hendrick Motorsports for the 2007 season, to replace the departing Brian Vickers.
During the 2005 season, Ganassi announced Marlin would be replaced by David Stremme for the 2006 season in order to attract the younger male demographic.
Before the fall race at Richmond in 2002, Chip Ganassi announced McMurray would be the driver of a Texaco-Havoline Dodge in 2003.
In December 2008, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing announced that they had closed the # 40 team down, due to a lack of sponsorship.
On November 12, 2008 Chip Ganassi along with Teresa Earnhardt, widow of Dale Earnhardt, the seven-time NASCAR champion and namesake of their own NASCAR team, announced that the two teams would merge in time for the 2009 season and run under the name of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.
Patrick had announced he was going to retire at the end of the year, and the team would go completely to Ganassi.
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.
On August 26, 2008, it was announced that the 2008 season was to be Sorenson's last season with Ganassi, after signing a multi year contract with Gillett Evernham Motorsports to start the 2009 season.
Ganassi announced Stremme would go to the Cup series, driving the # 40 Coors Light Dodge in 2006.
Following the 2009 Samsung / Radio Shack 500, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing announced that the operations of the # 8 team were being suspended indefinitely due to a lack of sponsorship ( which had been operating on a race to race basis ).
At the end of the 2004 season FBR announced that it was partenering with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates which gave them access to more technical and engineering support.
Ganassi and 2012
However, Sabates plans to give his 20 % interest back to Ganassi during the 2012 season.
The Target Chip Ganassi cars driven by Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon came in first and second in the 2012 Indianapolis 500 on Sunday May 27, 2012.
Ganassi and all
By 2003, Ganassi, Penske and Andretti Green all defected to the IRL permanently.
Sports personalities Leigh Bodden, Chip Ganassi, Mike James, baseball hall-of-famer Cumberland Posey, and Chuck Cooper, possibly the first African-American basketball player in the NBA, all graduated from Duquesne, as did both the founder and current owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Art and Dan Rooney.
A caution for debris on lap 151 took away all that, and now Brisoce had Andretti, as well as teammate Helio Castroneves and the Ganassi cars of Scott Dixon and Franchitti behind him.
He finished in the top-five in all three of his ARCA starts Sorenson also ran in 5 NASCAR Busch Series events for Chip Ganassi Racing, and had 3 top ten finishes, and a top 5, which was a 4th place finish at Homestead.
Ganassi and 4
On August 15, 2008, fellow Indiana native Ryan Newman signed a multi-year contract to drive the second car for Stewart-Haas Racing, originally to be designated No. 4 but changed to his USAC No. 39, with sponsorship from the U. S. Army ( relocating from Earnhardt Ganassi Racing ).
The 2007 IndyCar Series season showed promise for the Chip Ganassi Racing team, as Scott Dixon took 4 wins at Watkins Glen, Nashville, Mid Ohio, and Infineon Raceway and Dan Wheldon took 2 additional wins at Homestead and Kansas.
On 2010 the Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett won 9 out of 12 races and eventrally they won the 4 Grand-am championship for Telmex Ganassi Racing.
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For 2006, Target Ganassi Racing scaled back to two cars, with Dixon returning along with 2005 Indianapolis 500 Champion Dan Wheldon, whom Ganassi signed away from Andretti Green Racing in the offseason.
To assist him in the transition to stock cars, he participated in selected Craftsman Truck Series races for Toyota for the Darrell Waltrip Motorsports organization and the No. 42 Memorex / Chip Ganassi Dodge in the Busch Series.
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" I have enjoyed these last three seasons with Target Chip Ganassi Racing but will be moving on to pursue a very exciting opportunity for 2009 ," Wheldon said.
Ganassi will add an additional 2-car team for Graham Rahal and Charlie Kimball in 2011.
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Liz Allison ( Davey's widow ) told the media in announcing the 2003 Battlestar old fans would be cheering heavily when they see the classic design returning for the race, and warned Ganassi driver Jamie McMurray that if he won the race in the Battlestar, " You better bar the door because the Allisons are taking over.
At the beginning of the 2009 season, his team, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. merged with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and be renamed Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates.
2009 would be his final season with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.
Owner Chip Ganassi was initially adamant that McMurray would be held to his contract, but on November 7, 2005, McMurray was released when Ganassi and partner Felix Sabates learned that McMurray signed a contract with Roush already before the season ended.
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The first was by Silvestro Ganassi dal Fontego: Regola Rubertina & Lettione Seconda ( 1542 / 3 ).
The very next year, Team Penske made its return to the Indianapolis 500 after a five year absence and was joined by Ganassi, Walker Racing and Michael Andretti, driving for Team Kool Green in a separate effort headed by Kim Green, known as Team Motorola.
** Won by Scott Dixon of New Zealand, for Chip Ganassi Racing.
The following year, Wheldon finished second at the 2010 Indianapolis 500 to good friend Dario Franchitti of his former team, Chip Ganassi Racing ; his second place finish and Franchitti's win was overshadowed by Mike Conway's horrific crash.
The time was set by Scott Pruett driving for Chip Ganassi Racing in the Daytona Prototype class in 2008.
The Chicago Motor Speedway at Sportsman's Park located in Cicero, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, was built in 1999 by a group including Chip Ganassi, owner of Chip Ganassi Racing.
Briscoe was dropped by Ganassi for 2006, replaced by 2005 IRL champion Dan Wheldon.
* Critics ' Award — Orchestra e Coro dell ’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Antonio Pappano with Rolando Villazón, Anja Harteros, Sonja Ganassi and Rene Pape — Messa da Requiem
At the conclusion of the 2009 season, Truex left Earnhardt Ganassi Racing to drive the # 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry for Michael Waltrip Racing, receiving owner points from the # 55 car formerly driven by Waltrip.
After that season, he moved up to the Winston Cup Series to drive the # 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Intrepid in Winston Cup, which was sponsored by Cingular Wireless.
To the surprise of many, he was selected by Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the # 41 Target Dodge in 2003.
In 2001, SABCO's majority ownership stake was purchased by CART ( now IRL ) championship owner Chip Ganassi and the team switched to Dodge Intrepids.
Marlin was replaced by Busch Series driver Jamie McMurray, who had recently been signed by Chip Ganassi Racing to drive for the team in the 2003 season.
His final race for the team was at Daytona International Speedway in the Pepsi 400, finishing 22nd ; he was seen as having a bright future with the team, which had just had a majority interest purchased by Chip Ganassi.
The other races have been won by Penske Racing drivers Sam Hornish Jr. in 2005 and Ryan Briscoe in 2008 and Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon in 2009.
It is owned by businessmen Chip Ganassi and Felix Sabates.
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 Alfa Romeo IndyCar effort for 1990.
Chip Ganassi Racing initially raced in the IRL with Juan Pablo Montoya and Jimmy Vasser in the 2000 Indy 500 won by rookie Montoya.
The Target Chip Ganassi car driven by Dario Franchitti won the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday May 30, 2010.
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