Chip Ganassi

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Floyd "Chip" Ganassi (born May 24, 1958 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is a former American racing driver and now the owner of a racing team.

Career

Ganassi got into the Champ Car series as a driver in 1981 and took part in the 500-mile race in Indianapolis five times , where he finished eighth as the best result in 1983.

After his active career was ended by an injury, Ganassi bought into Pat Patrick's team in 1988. A few years later he founded his own team Chip Ganassi Racing with the main sponsor Target , with whom he competes in NASCAR , the Indy Racing League and the Champ Cars.

Ganassi has made a name for himself in the international motorsport scene as a discoverer of promising talents. So he celebrated z. B. in the Champ Car series with the rookies Alex Zanardi , Juan Pablo Montoya and Bruno Junqueira great successes.

Others

statistics

Placements in the Indy 500 as a driver

year chassis engine training run
1982 Wildcat Cosworth 11. 15th
1983 Wildcat Cosworth 16. 8th.
1984 March Cosworth 22nd 28.
1985 March Cosworth 25th 22nd
1986 March Cosworth 25th 21st

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1987 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Kouros Racing Clean C9 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Johnny Dumfries New ZealandNew Zealand Mike Thackwell failure Gearbox damage

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