IMS Museum Adds to Collection with Acquisition from Chip Ganassi Racing

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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) Museum has acquired 14 cars from INDYCAR team Chip Ganassi Racing, including five Indianapolis 500 winners, to add to its car collection. It is the museum's largest vehicle acquisition since 2011 and marks the first time modern-era Indy cars have been added to the collection.

The five Indianapolis 500 winners joining the collection are:

  • Juan Pablo Montoya's 2000 Indianapolis 500 Winner, Target G-force GF05
  • Scott Dixon's 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner, Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara IR6
  • Dario Franchitti's 2010 Indianapolis 500 Winner, Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara IR6
  • Dario Franchitti's 2012 Indianapolis 500 Winner, Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara IR12
  • Marcus Ericsson's 2022 Indianapolis 500 Winner, Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Dallara IR18


The other nine acquisitions are:

  • Scott Dixon's 2022 Indianapolis 500 Pole Winner, PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Dallara DW12, in which he passed Al Unser as the all-time leader in most laps led in the "500"
  • Jamie McMurray's 2010 NASCAR Brickyard 400 Winner, Bass Pro Shops/ Tracker Boats Chevrolet Impala SS
  • Michael Andretti's 1994 Target/Scotch Video Reynard 94I, Chip Ganassi Racing's first team win
  • 1996 Player's/Indeck Reynard 96I, Greg Moore's rookie year car
  • 1998 CART Championship-winning car, the 1998 Reynard 98I, driven by Alex Zanardi
  • Juan Pablo Montoya's Target Lola B2K/00, which won the 2000 Michigan 500
  • Tomas Scheckter's Target Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force GF09, in which he placed fourth at the 2003 "500"—the South African driver's best finish at Indianapolis
  • Scott Dixon's 2015 IndyCar Championship-winning car, Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Dallara DW12
  • Delta Wing, one of three chassis proposals for the 2012 IndyCar season, which was unveiled at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show


Several of the cars will be on display within the year, the museum said.

For more information, visit imsmuseum.org.

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