Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi Racing is a team that runs 4 cars in the Indycar Series Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Graham Rahal, Charlie Kimball

In 1989 Ganassi join Pat Patrick as a co-owner of Emerson Fittipaldi's car. 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 and the championship that season.

In 1990 Ganassi hired F1 driver Eddie Cheever and gained sponsorship from Target. In 1992 the team became a 2 car team adding Arie Luyendyk for the Indy 500 and debuted rookie Robbie Gordon in select races. Michael Andretti raced for the team in 1994 and got Ganassi his first win as an owner. Ganassi would go on to win 4 consecutive championships 1996 with Jimmy Vasser, 1997-1998 with Alex Zanardi, and 1999 with Juan Montoya. Montoya won the Indy 500 for Ganassi in 2000.

The team moved to the IRL in 2002 with Jef Ward. After a less than steller season Ganassi replaced Ward with Scott Dixon and Thomas Scheckter in 2003. Dixon won the championship and Scheckter struggled leading to him being replaced by Tony Renna. Unfortinately Renna was killed in a testing accident and the team signed Darren Manning to drive the 2nd Target car. Manning struggled and was let go. In 2006 the team hired Dan Wheldon to drive the 2nd Target car. The two won multiple races over the next few seasons and Dixon won his 2nd championship in 2008. In 2009 Dario Franchitti replaced Wheldon and Dario went on to win the next 3 championships for the team and the 2010 Indy 500.

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