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In 2009, Ganassi partnered with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. owner Teresa Earnhardt to merge their NASCAR operations into Ganassi's shop and run under the banner of 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. [2]
On November 12, 2008, Chip Ganassi and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. owner Teresa Earnhardt, widow of seven-time Cup Series champion and DEI namesake Dale Earnhardt, announced that the two teams would merge in time for the 2009 season and run under the name of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (EGR).
The team was rechristened Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and moved all team operations to CGR's shop, effectively switching the latter to Chevrolets. The No. 42 team joined the No. 1 and No. 8 for the 2009 Sprint Cup season. [40] In 2014, EGR reverted to the Chip Ganassi Racing name [41] before being sold to Trackhouse Racing Team in 2021. [2]
As a result, Chip Ganassi Racing merged with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to form Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. They fielded the No. 1 and No. 8 from DEI and No. 42 from Ganassi, and shut down the DEI No. 01 and No. 15 teams as well as Ganassi's No. 40 and No. 41 teams, as the No. 40 was a full-time team in 2008 until July, when it was ...
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing: Chevrolet 9 20: Joey Logano (R) Joe Gibbs Racing: Toyota 10 11: Denny Hamlin: Joe Gibbs Racing: Toyota 11 8: Aric Almirola: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing: Chevrolet 12 96: Bobby Labonte: Hall of Fame Racing: Ford: 13 2: Kurt Busch: Penske Championship Racing: Dodge: 14 88: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports ...
Prior to the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, due to financial woes, the team merged with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to form Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. The team would revert to the Ganassi Racing name in 2014. [12] As of 2021, the team's drivers include Kurt Busch in the No. 1 car and Ross Chastain in the No. 42. In his nearly 30 seasons in the NASCAR ...
The 2011 Goody's Fast Relief 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on April 3, 2011 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia.Contested over 500 laps, it was the sixth race of the 2011 season.
At the beginning of the 2009 season, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. merged into Chip Ganassi Racing and was renamed Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. The move was in effect a closing of DEI, and Truex's No. 1 moved to Ganassi to replace the defunct No. 41 of Reed Sorenson. Truex began the year by winning the pole for the Daytona 500. Later in ...