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CHIP GANASSI RACING
Chip Ganassi Felix sebates
Chip Ganassi has been a fixture in the auto racing industry for
over 30 years and is considered one of the most successful
as well as innovative owners the sport. Following a strong
career as a driver, Ganassi created his own one-car Indy car
team in 1990. 28 years later he claims partnerships with Credit
One Bank, DC Solar, Cessna, McDonald’s, PNC Bank and
NTT DATA among many others. Through the years, his Indy
car teams have amassed 11 championships, over 100 wins - TEAM PREVIEWS
including five in the Indianapolis 500, while overall his teams
can claim 18 championships and 200 victories. His NASCAR
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teams have 33 wins, including one in the Daytona 500, one in
the Brickyard 400 and eight trips to the NASCAR Playoffs. His
sports car teams have a record eight wins at the Rolex 24 At
Daytona, and wins at Le Mans at the 12 Hours of Sebring to
complement their seven championships.
The 2019 Monster Energy Series program has three 2019
featured drivers. Kurt Busch is the 2004 Monster Energy
NASCAR Cup Series champion competing full-time for Chip
Ganassi Racing. Busch won the championship in the inaugural
year of the Playoffs, 2004 and also won the 2017 Daytona 500.
Busch has 30 career wins in the Monster Energy NASCAR
Cup Series.
Kyle Larson, a champion of diversity in every way imagineable,
drives the No. 42 CreditOne Bank/DC Solar Chevrolet Camaro
ZL1 with crew chief Chad Johnston. Jamie Wheels the No. 1
McDonald’s/Cessna/DC Solar Camaro with crew chief Matt
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McCall.
Larson has built an extensive and impressive racing resume,
with more than 200 victories over the series in which he’s raced,
including a win in the prestigious Rolex 24 At Daytona in 2015.
Jamie McMurray is one of only three drivers to have won the @CGRTEAMS /CHIPGANASSIRACING
Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in a single season [2010].
2019
TEAM DRIVERS
Kurt Busch KYLE LARSON JAMIE McMURRAY
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