Chip Ganassi had quite the weekend at Daytona International
Speedway.
Ganassi was the grand marshal for the 56th Rolex 24 At
Daytona, giving the command to start engines Saturday. Then Sunday, he watched
his Ford GTs come home 1-2 after a dominating performance in the GTLM class.
The Nos. 67 and 66 led at every hour-long mark (and a total of 774 of 783 laps) and finished two laps ahead of
the closest competitor, the third-place Corvette.
With the dominating win by Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon and
Richard Westbrook, Ganassi also achieved a 200th
team victory in his career, an amazing milestone. It was the eighth Rolex 24
win for the Pittsburgh native, and sixth overall. Ironically, it was the 56th Rolex
24 that gave him his 56th sports car victory.
So what’s the breakdown of Ganassi’s wins? The 200 includes
103 victories in IndyCars, 56 in sports cars, 39 in stock cars and two in
Global Rallycross.
Here are some statistics related to Chip Ganassi and his 200
team victories.
IndyCar Racing
- Wins: 103 (40 in CART, 63 in IRL/IndyCar Series)
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Indianapolis 500: 4 (Dario Franchitti [2], Juan
Pablo Montoya [1], Scott Dixon [1])
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Michael Andretti gave CGR its first victory in
1994, in the season-opener at Surfers Paradise.
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Scott Dixon leads all CGR drivers in IndyCar
wins with 40, including at least one win in 13 consecutive seasons and 14
seasons overall. The 2003 season was the last for CGR without an IndyCar
victory.
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A total of 12 drivers have won IndyCar races for
Ganassi: Scott Dixon (40), Alex Zanardi (15), Dario Franchitti (13), Juan Pablo
Montoya (11), Jimmy Vasser (9), Dan Wheldon (6), Bruno Junqueira (3), Michael
Andretti (2), Kenny Brack (1), Jeff Ward (1), Charlie Kimball (1), Tony Kanaan
(1)
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Those 103 victories are spread out among five
manufacturers: Honda (79), Toyota (12), Chevrolet (9), Ford (2), Oldsmobile
(1).
Stock Car Racing
- Wins: 39 (which includes at least 16 in NASCAR Cup Series,
14 in NASCAR Xfinity Series, 5 in ARCA)
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Stirling Marlin was the first driver to win a
NASCAR race for CGR, a 400-mile race at Michigan International Speedway.
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Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray each have five
Cup Series victories. Sterling Marlin has four and Juan Pablo Montoya has two.
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Daytona 500: 1 (2010, with Jamie McMurray)
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Brickyard 400: 1 (2010, with Jamie McMurray)
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Five of the NASCAR Cup Series victories came as
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
Sports Car Racing
- Wins: 56
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GRAND-AM Rolex Series: 41
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Scott Pruett was part of 40 of those victories –
all in a Daytona Prototype. Memo Rojas was part of 27 of those wins.
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Additionally, Dario Franchitti, Juan Pablo
Montoya, Graham Rahal, Joey Hand, Charlie Kimball, Salvador Duran, Luis Diaz
and Max Papis also assisted in victories with Pruett.
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Scott Dixon, Dan Wheldon and Casey Mears won the
2006 Rolex 24 At Daytona.
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A total of 13 drivers co-won races with CGR in
GRAND-AM.
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IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: 11 (5
in DP, 6 in GT)
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Scott Pruett won four races in DPs between 2014/2015.
He shared three victories with Memo Rojas, one win with Marino Franchitti (12
Hours of Sebring third driver) and one with Joey Hand.
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Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook have co-won
four races together since 2016 (co-won 2018 Rolex 24 with Scott Dixon). Joey
Hand and Dirk Mueller have won together twice, sharing the 2017 Rolex 24 win
with Sebastien Bourdais.
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World Endurance Championship: 4
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24 Hours of Le Mans: 1 (Olivier Pla, Stefan
Mucke and Billy Johnson won the race in 2016)
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Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell each hold three
victories for the team, with Pipo Derani sharing in one of those wins in 2017.
Global Rallycross
- Wins: 2
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Both victories came in 2016, with Steve Arpin
and Brian Deegan each winning a race.
Additional Notes of
Interest
- A total of 39 drivers have won or co-won races with Chip Ganassi
Racing since 1994.
- Of the 200 victories, Scott Dixon has been a part of 43 of
those (40 IndyCar, three sports car). Dixon also earned the team’s 100th
victory, in a 2008 IndyCar Series race at Nashville, Tenn.
- Scott Pruett leads all drivers in victories with 44,
followed by Dixon’s 43.
- Ganassi is the only team owner to win the Indianapolis
500, 24 Hours of Le Mans, Daytona 500, Rolex 24 At Daytona, Brickyard 400 and
12 Hours of Sebring.
- Chip Ganassi Racing has won at least one sports car race
every year since 2004.
- Juan Pablo Montoya is the only driver to win races for CGR
in IndyCar, NASCAR and sports cars.
Sources:
- Chip Ganassi Racing media guide
- GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series media guide
- NASCAR media guide
- Wikipedia
- IMSA race results
- Chip Ganassi Racing website
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