Chip Ganassi says it will be special to see Dario Franchitti drive one of his Chip Ganassi Racing Indianapolis 500 winning cars ahead of next Sunday’s Greatest Spectacle In Racing.
Speaking to Paddock Eye during a media availability on Turtle Wax Fast Friday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ganassi said:
Yeah, really special. I was very pleased that for many years, our Indy-winning cars have been in our race shop sitting up there on the wall, and we’ve all seen those pictures of those cars up on the wall.
Speaking more about the cars that he has sold to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum, Ganassi told Paddock Eye:
47 people a year would see them up there, and it was kind of a, hey, that’s our Indy winners up there on the wall. But the fact of the matter is it dawned on me one day that they should be where other — they should be among other Indy winners, and what a better place where they should be than the Indianapolis Motor Speedway museum. So I’m very happy that they’re there now, or they will be soon, so everybody can enjoy them.
Other people should enjoy Dario’s and Montoya’s and Scott’s successes, and to see them in this new facility there at the museum, it’s really a special place. If you haven’t been over there, I would encourage you to go see it. It’s going to take this — I think it’s going to add a lot to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It’s going to add a lot to the race. It’s going to add a lot to the community.
What a better place for those cars to be than among all the other winners so people can enjoy them.