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The exclusive list of NASCAR Cup champions with Indy 500 starts

Only five NASCAR Cup Series drivers have ventured into the world of American open-wheel racing. Among that group, only five were or went on to be Cup champions. Kyle Larson will be the sixth when he takes the green flag in the 2024 Indianapolis 500.

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Ferrari stripped of WEC Spa pole, Porsche takes top spot

The car driven by Antonio Fuoco to a second consecutive WEC pole position in Friday afternoon's Hyperpole session by a margin of 0.507s has lost all of its times from qualifying and will now start from the rear of the Hypercar field for Saturday's 6 Hour race. The #5 Porsche…

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Polesitting Ferrari disqualified after WEC Spa qualifying

The car driven by Antonio Fuoco to a second consecutive WEC pole position in Friday afternoon's Hyperpole session has lost all of its times from qualifying and will now start from the rear of the Hypercar field for Saturday's 6 Hour race. The #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh will…

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Cadillac confirms two-driver Hypercar line-up as Imola WEC entry list announced

Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn will drive the Ganassi-run #2 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh as a duo in this month’s Imola 6 Hours, round two of the 2024 WEC.

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Cadillac disqualified from WEC opener in Qatar for technical breach

The #2 Chip Ganassi-entered Cadillac V-Series.R shared by Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Sebastien Bourdais has lost its fifth place result at the Losail International Circuit after post-race checks revealed that the bodywork of the car didn’t comply with the homologated model.

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IndyCar teams at odds: Ganassi defends Penske, bashes Andretti

The charter system has been a major talking point – and a divisive one – throughout the entirety of the IndyCar offseason, which reaching a boiling point on the first day of the season on Friday ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

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Indycar Seeks To Elevate Racing Experience Over F1

IndyCar gears up for a competitive season opener in St. Petersburg, aiming to enhance its appeal and attract a broader audience in the world of motorsports.

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Lundqvist continues IndyCar education with F3 running in France

The opportunity for the 24-year-old Swede to get some extra running on Monday and Tuesday came about after hopes for track time in last month’s Daytona 24 Hours fell through.

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Palou to make Le Mans debut as third driver of Cadillac's WEC entry

Palou will move across from Ganassi’s IndyCar Series squad for the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship on 15/16 June to drive the #2 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh alongside car regulars Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn.

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Cadillac commits to entering six-hour WEC races with two drivers

Ganassi has revealed that only for the longer races — the Qatar 1812km or 10-hour season-opener next month, the Le Mans 24 Hours and then the Bahrain 8 Hours season finale — does it intend to run a third driver alongside Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn.

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Cadillac commits to entering six-hour WEC races with two drivers

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Daytona 24h, H1: Acura grabs lead from Cadillac after crash-filled opening

As movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer waved the green flag, poleman Pipo Derani (#31 Action Express Cadillac) led from the #7 Penske Porsche of Felipe Nasr, who grabbed second place into Turn 1 from Bourdais’ Chip Ganassi-run Caddy.

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DHL on move to Ganassi, Palou: "Chance to compete at the front of the field"

DHL made the switch to Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) after an extended partnership with Andretti Global (formerly recognized as Andretti Autosport) that dated back to 2010. With Andretti, DHL captured the 2012 IndyCar title and the 2014 Indianapolis 500 in the iconic yellow and red entry driven by Ryan Hunter-Reay.

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DHL joins Chip Ganassi Racing in multi-year deal as primary sponsor for Alex Palou

The 26-year-old Spaniard’s first race to fly the recognizable yellow and red colors will be at the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 10, just a few hundred miles away from DHL Regional Headquarters in Plantation, Florida.

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Why cockpit heat is such a big issue for F1 drivers

The race was a perfect storm of high ambient temperatures, humidity that ramped up on race day, draining heavy g-loadings through the fast corners, and the one-off tyre rules that turned the race into a series of four sprints, with little respite for the drivers.The FIA soon promised an investigation…

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IndyCar Laguna Seca: Start times, how to watch, entry list & more

This weekend’s event on 11-turn, 2.238-mile permanent road course in Monterey will comprise 95 laps (212 miles). This will be the 26th IndyCar race at the track.

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Honda hails “superhuman” and “mind-boggling” IndyCar ace Dixon

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dixon spun to the tail of the field on the opening lap after being rear-ended by Romain Grosjean as his team-mate Marcus Armstrong spun in front of the pack, but he pulled off a remarkable recovery by pitting immediately and then executing a pseudo two-stop strategy at…

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What happens next in the Alex Palou IndyCar contract saga

You couldn’t make this up, because if you did you’d simply get laughed at. Just over 12 months after his contractual future between Chip Ganassi Racing and McLaren blew up, a second explosion has been detonated by the likely two-time IndyCar champion.

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IndyCar Mid-Ohio: Start times, how to watch, entry list

This weekend’s event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will be held over 80 laps (180 miles) around the 13-turn, a 2.258-mile permanent road course in Lexington, Ohio.

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Could IndyCar’s top team lose its standout 2023 drivers?

Ganassi heads into this weekend’s halfway IndyCar round at Mid-Ohio holding a 1-2 in points with Palou leading Ericsson by a whopping 74 points. Team Penske's Josef Newgarden is the best non-Ganassi driver, a further seven points behind.

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Ericsson wants to be "treated as a top driver" in IndyCar contract talks

Ericsson, who won the 2022 Indy 500 and has finished sixth in the IndyCar standings with Ganassi for the past two seasons, has no deal in place for next year but can’t formally negotiate with other teams until August.

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Ericsson wants to be “treated as a top driver” in contract talks

Ericsson, who won the 2022 Indy 500 and has finished sixth in the IndyCar standings with Ganassi for the past two seasons, has no deal in place for next season but can’t formally negotiate with other teams until August.

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IndyCar on Indy road course: Start time, how to watch, entry list

This weekend’s event will be the 14th Indy car race on the Indianapolis road course, and all eight of the previous winners here will be in action this weekend. Will Power has scored five wins here, with Simon Pagenaud racking up three, while Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Rinus VeeKay, Colton…

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IndyCar Barber: McLaughlin tops incident-packed first practice

Inevitably, after a warm-up lap at the start of the session, the veterans parked and let the rookies use their extra set of primary tyres to clean the track and add grip to the surface already christened with Firestone rubber thanks to the Indy NXT cars on track earlier in…

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Indy 500 testing: Ericsson leads Castroneves in first session

After half an hour of the first two-hour session for the Indy 500 veterans, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Ericsson sat at the top of the speed charts.

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