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Chip Ganassi

American racing team owner

Floyd "Chip" Ganassi Jr. (born May 24, 1958) is an American businessman, former racing driver, current team owner and member of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Chip Ganassi (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born May 24, 1958.¹

About

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 even a GT class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

From Wikipedia’s article on Chip Ganassi, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

G-Force TechnologiesFounder⁹

Early life and education

Date not recordedFox Chapel Area High School³
Date not recordedDuquesne University³

Career

Occupation: NASCAR team owner, racing automobile driver, racing driver.⁵

Date not recordedFounded G-Force Technologies⁴

Personal life

BornMay 24, 1958, Pittsburgh⁶
CitizenshipUnited States⁷
ResidenceFox Chapel⁸

Ganassi was formerly a vice president of FRG Group, his father's organization involved in commercial real estate, transportation and other areas. In addition to his racing interests, he is also a former minority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates major league baseball team. Ganassi is a strong supporter of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, to which his teams have donated over US$500,000.

Ganassi 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.

Ganassi appeared in Sylvester Stallone's movie Driven; the film took place in a fictionalized 2001 CART season. He is credited as "Team Owner" and Til Schweiger played as Beau Brandenburg.