Чип Ганасси: Автоспорт мансабы мен жетістіктері

American racing team owner

Floyd Ganassi Jr. (born May 24, 1958) better known as Chip Ganassi, 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.

Ganassi attended the Bob Bondurant Driving School in 1977 while a student at the Fox Chapel Area High School. He won his first auto race in a Formula Ford at the age of 18. He began his CART (Champ Car) racing career [Ed. at Trenton Speedway in 1978 `79—see Talk Page] 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, however, in his next race his career was cut short by a huge crash at Michigan involving Al Unser Jr. In a race full of huge accidents, he spun his car coming off one of the banked turns, he then collected Unser Jr., his car then skated across the grass run off area, slammed into the inside Armco barrier, his car tumbled multiple times and broke apart although Unser Jr. was uninjured, Ganassi suffered serious head injuries. When CART doctor Stephen Olvey reached Ganassi he found him unconscious and unresponsive, and initially feared the driver might not have survived. 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. Following the accident he did not race for 9 months; he never raced full time again. Although he returned to race briefly in 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.

Ganassi was formerly a vice president of FRG Group, his father's organization involved in commercial real estate, transportation and other areas. 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. He received an Honorary Doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University in 2011.

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

Season Series Position Team Car 1981 Robert Bosch Formula Super Vee Championship 6th March Volkswagen 79/80SVRalt Volkswagen RT5 1981 82 USAC Gold Crown Series 37th First Commercial Corp. Wildcat Cosworth 1982 PPG Indy Car World Series 34th Rhoades Racing Wildcat Cosworth 1982 83 USAC Gold Crown Series 16th Patrick Racing Wildcat Cosworth 1983 PPG Indy Car World Series 9th Patrick Racing Wildcat Cosworth 1983 84 USAC Gold Crown Series 32nd Patrick Racing March Cosworth 84C 1984 PPG Indy Car World Series 20th Patrick Racing Wildcat CosworthMarch Cosworth 84C 1986 IMSA Camel Light Championship 35th Spice Engineering Spice Pontiac SE86CL

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 NC 1982 Rhoades RacingPHX1ATLMIL1CLEMIS1MIL2POCRIVROAMIS2PHX234th10 1983 Patrick RacingATLINDYMILCLEMIS1ROAPOCRIVMDOMIS2LVGLSPHX9th56 1984 Patrick RacingLBHPHX1INDYMILPORMEACLEMIS1ROAPOCMDOSANMIS2PHX2LSLVG20th24 1985 A. J. Foyt EnterprisesLBHINDYMILPORMEACLE 51st 0 Machinists Union RacingMIS1ROAPOCMDOSANMIS2LSPHXMIA 1986 Machinists Union RacingPHX1LBHINDYMILPORMEACLETORMIS1POCMDOSANMIS2ROALSPHX2MIA43rd0

Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps 1986 RC Buick Hawk/Conte John Paul Jr. Ivan Capelli Whitney Ganz March Buick 85G GTP 310 DNF(Engine)

Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps 1980 I. M. C. Toyota Emmanuel Remion José Close Toyota Corolla GT ser. T1.6DNQ