NASCAR’s 2020 Awards will be presented during a 90-minute special airing Wednesday at 8 p.m. (EST) on NBC Sports Network. The virtual program will honor Cup Series champion Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports, Xfinity Series …
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Kanaan Joins Ganassi IndyCar ‘Dream Team’
Tony Kanaan and team owner Chip Ganassi are getting back together in IndyCar.
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
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Tony Kanaan is returning to the NTT IndyCar Series in 2021 with Chip Ganassi Racing via a multi-year deal fit for the aged.
Kanaan, the 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2004 series champion, will share CGR’s No. 48 Honda with INDYCAR rookie/seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champ Jimmie Johnson in a pairing of super-fit-and-fast 45-year-olds. Kanaan will compete in the series’ four oval-track races, including the 105th edition of the Indianapolis 500, while Johnson will run the series’ 13 road/street-course events.
“I told Chip I’ll win four races for him next year, if that was good enough,” Kanaan joked during a ZOOM conference with national media on Monday. “He said, ‘That’s totally fine.’ So yes. Yeah, the 500 would be the priority for sure.” Kanaan’s deal also includes the oval events in 2022.
A 17-time INDYCAR race-winner, Kanaan will contest the doubleheader weekend on Texas Motor Speedway’s high-banked/1.5-mile oval in Fort Worth on May 1-2; the Indy 500 on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 30 and Worldwide Technology Raceway’s 1.25-mile oval in Madison, Ill., on Aug. 21.
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