Chip Ganassi
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Ganassi at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 2015
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Floyd Ganassi Jr. May 24, 1958 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Residence | Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania |
| Other names | Chip Ganassi |
| Education | B.A. Finance |
| Alma mater | Duquesne University |
| Occupation | Owner and CEO, Chip Ganassi Racing Teams |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Employer | Chip Ganassi Racing Teams |
| Home town | Pittsburgh |
| Website | ChipGanassiRacing.com |
Floyd "Chip" Ganassi Jr. (born May 24, 1958) is a former American 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 and is considered one of the most successful as well as innovative owners ever. 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 - six of the seven biggest races in the world.
He is currently the owner and CEO of Chip Ganassi Racing which operates teams in the IndyCar Series, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and Tudor United SportsCar Championship, World Endurance Championship and in Global Rally Cross. Overall, he runs 14 cars with 18 drivers across six different touring Series.
Ganassi attended the Bob Bondurant Driving School in 1977. 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 standing. 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, however, his career was cut short in his next race, by a big crash that injured him at Michigan.
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