Chip Ganassi Racing
Year Champion Wins Chassis Engine Tyres
1996 Jimmy Vasser 4 Reynard 96I Honda HRH V8t Firestone
1997 Alex Zanardi 5 Reynard 97i Honda HRR V8t Firestone
1998 Alex Zanardi ( 2 ) 7 Reynard 98i Honda HRK V8t Firestone
1999 Juan Pablo Montoya ( R ) 7 Reynard 99i Honda HRS V8t Firestone
2003 Scott Dixon 3 G-Force GF09 Toyota Indy V8 Firestone
2008 Scott Dixon ( 2 ) 6 Dallara IR-05 Honda HI8R Firestone
2009 Dario Franchitti 5 Dallara IR-05 Honda HI9R Firestone
2010 Dario Franchitti ( 2 ) 3 Dallara IR-05 Honda HI10R Firestone
2011 Dario Franchitti ( 3 ) 4 Dallara IR-05 Honda HI11R Firestone
2013 Scott Dixon ( 3 ) 4 Dallara DW12 Honda HI13TT V6t Firestone
2015 Scott Dixon ( 4 ) 3 Dallara DW12 Chevrolet IndyCar V6t Firestone
2018 Scott Dixon ( 5 ) 3 Dallara DW12 Honda HI18TT V6t Firestone
American open wheel racing history -- IndyCar champions
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams or simply Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR), is an American auto racing organization with teams competing in the NTT IndyCar Series, and NASCAR Cup Series. They have formerly competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Global Rallycross Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It was founded in 1990 by businessman and former race driver Chip Ganassi, from the assets of Patrick Racing to compete in the CART IndyCar World Series. After winning four consecutive CART championships from 1996-1999 with drivers Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya, in 2000 Ganassi became the first CART organization to return to the Indianapolis 500 after the open wheel Split between CART and the Indy Racing League in 1996. A dominant victory with Montoya would foresee the teams permanent switch to the IRL (now IndyCar Series), where further championships would be won with Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti, including another four straight from 2008-2011. The team fields the Nos. 8, 9, and 10 Dallara-Hondas for Marcus Ericsson, Dixon and Felix Rosenqvist. In 2001, Ganassi bought a majority stake in Felix Sabates' Team SABCO NASCAR team, which had operated since 1989, marking his entry into that championship and inheriting that organizations history, while also partnering to compete in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. In 2009, Ganassi partnered with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. owner Teresa Earnhardt to merge their NASCAR operations into Ganassi's shop and run independently as Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. The NASCAR team dropped the Earnhardt name in 2014, and Ganassi revealed that Teresa was never truly involved with the team. Rob Kauffman, chairman of the Race Team Alliance, purchased a stake in the team in 2015. After the 2020 season, Sabates will retire from his ownership role.