Chip Ganassi

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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 years. He is owner and CEO of Chip Ganassi Racing which operates teams in the IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship, and Extreme E. He is the only team owner in history to have won the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and most recently the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing driver

Ganassi attended the Bob Bondurant Driving School in 1977 while a student at the Fox Chapel Area High School.[1] He won his first auto race in a Formula Ford at the age of 18. He began his CART (Champ Car) racing career in 1982 upon graduating from Duquesne. Though a broken camshaft kept him from completing his first CART race at Phoenix, Ganassi qualified with the fastest speed, 197 mph, and competed in the Indianapolis 500 five times, with a best finish of 8th in 1983. He was voted the Most Improved Driver in 1983, and took 9th position in the CART standings. During that season, he took Patrick Racing’s Wildcat onto the podium twice, the first at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, then again at Laguna Seca. The following season, he would go on and finish a career best second in to 1984 Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland.

Ganassi's career was cut short by a huge crash at the 1984 Michigan 500, the race immediately following the Grand Prix of Cleveland. In one of many major accidents to occur in that year's race, Ganassi spun his car coming off one of the banked turns, and collided with Al Unser Jr.'s car. Ganassi's car then skated across the grass run-off area, slammed into the inside Armco barrier, tumbled multiple times and broke apart. Unser was uninjured, but Ganassi suffered serious head injuries. When CART doctor Stephen Olvey reached Ganassi he found him unconscious and unresponsive, and initially feared that Ganassi had been killed in the accident. When Olvey was about to start administering CPR, Ganassi resumed breathing. He was airlifted to the University of Michigan Hospital. After a time he regained consciousness, and while initially suffered short term memory loss he would go on to feel he had made a full recovery.[2] Ganassi never returned to driving full-time after the accident,[3][4][5][6][7][8] although briefly drove in both CART and IMSA in 1986. Ganassi achieved his top sportscar result in the 1986 Kodak Copies 500 at Watkins Glen that taking the Camel Light class victory, with his race partner, Bob Earl (7th overall). He also recorded a seventh-place finish a month early in the Löwenbräu Classic, at Road America, assisted by David Sears. Both times driving for Spice Engineering, in one for their Spice-Pontiac SE86CL. In what was to be his last international race outing, Ganassi was entered into the 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans, as a member of the Kouros Racing. One of his teammates for the event, Johnny Dumfries set the fastest lap of the race prior to handing the car over to Ganassi upon whom the gearbox broke.[9][10]

Team owner

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Ganassi and Lorin Ranier at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2014

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Personal life

Ganassi was formerly a vice president of FRG Group, his father's organization involved in commercial real estate, transportation and other areas.[3] In addition to his racing interests, he is also a former minority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates major league baseball team. Ganassi is a strong supporter of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, to which his teams have donated over US$500,000.[11]

He attended the Monessen School district prior to his family moving to the Fox Chapel. He graduated from the Fox Chapel Area High School in 1978 and with a degree in finance from Duquesne University in 1982.[12] He received an Honorary Doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University in 2011.

Ganassi appeared in Sylvester Stallone's movie Driven, the film took place in fictionalized 2001 season. He is credited as "Team Owner" and fielded Til Schweiger played as Beau Brendenburg.

Awards

He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2016.[13]

Racing record

Career highlights

Season Series Position Team Car
1981 Robert Bosch Formula Super Vee Championship[14][15] 6th March-Volkswagen 79/80SV
Ralt-Volkswagen RT5
1981-82 USAC Gold Crown Series[16][17] 37th First Commercial Corp. Wildcat-Cosworth
1982 PPG Indy Car World Series[18][19] 34th Rhoades Racing Wildcat-Cosworth
1982-83 USAC Gold Crown Series[20] 16th Patrick Racing Wildcat-Cosworth
1983 PPG Indy Car World Series[21][22] 9th Patrick Racing Wildcat-Cosworth
1983-84 USAC Gold Crown Series[23][24] 32nd Patrick Racing March-Cosworth 84C
1984 PPG Indy Car World Series[25][26] 20th Patrick Racing Wildcat-Cosworth
March-Cosworth 84C
1986 IMSA Camel Light Championship[27][28] 35th Spice Engineering Spice-Pontiac SE86CL

American open-wheel racing results

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CART

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1981 Brayton Racing PHX1 MIL1 ATL1 ATL2 MIS RIV MIL2 MIS2 WGL MEX PHX2
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1982 Rhoades Racing PHX1
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ATL MIL1 CLE
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIS1
31Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL2 POC
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RIV ROA MIS2
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PHX2 34th 10 [30]
1983 Patrick Racing ATL INDY
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL CLE
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIS1
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ROA
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POC
26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RIV MDO
25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIS2
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LVG
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LS
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PHX
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		9th 56 [31]
1984 Patrick Racing LBH
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11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INDY
28Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		POR
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEA
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CLE
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIS1
27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ROA POC MDO SAN MIS2 PHX2 LS LVG 20th 24 [32]
1985 A. J. Foyt Enterprises LBH INDY
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL POR MEA CLE 51st 0 [33]
Machinists Union Racing MIS1
22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ROA POC MDO SAN MIS2 LS PHX MIA
1986 Machinists Union Racing PHX1
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LBH INDY
21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MIS1 POC MDO SAN MIS2 ROA LS PHX2 MIA 43rd 0 [34]

Indianapolis 500

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1987 Template:Flagicon Kouros Racing Template:Flagicon Johnny Dumfries
Template:Flagicon Mike Thackwell 		Sauber-Mercedes C9 C1 37 DNF
(Gearbox)

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

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1986 Template:Flagicon RC Buick Hawk/Conte Template:Flagicon John Paul Jr.
Template:Flagicon Ivan Capelli
Template:Flagicon Whitney Ganz 		March-Buick 85G GTP 310 DNF
(Engine)

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

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1980 Template:Flagicon I.M.C. Toyota Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Remion
Template:Flagicon José Close 		Toyota Corolla GT ser.T1.6 DNQ

References

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  13. ↑ Chip Ganassi at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
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Sporting positions
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