It would be great if Ganassi went to Le Mans (split from Daytona 24 thread)

[johntt]

Originally Posted by chunterer

woo hoo get in there boys!

JPM does it again, with Pruett the anchorman, Dario and Memo. Great team.

JPM's gotta have some pops at La Sarthe now surely. Can Ganassi enter an LMP next year please!!

Well,
Ganassi run Lexus engines in GA.

Lexus are owned by Toyota.

Toyota are looking at an LMP programme (possibly).

Penske have moved in on Ganassi territory with their link up with Wayne Taylor's team, and the commentators on Speed reported that Penske have said that they would do a full season of GA if everything came together.

[AU N EGL]

Originally Posted by johntt

Well,
Ganassi run Lexus engines in GA.

Lexus are owned by Toyota.

Toyota are looking at an LMP programme (possibly).

Penske have moved in on Ganassi territory with their link up with Wayne Taylor's team, and the commentators on Speed reported that Penske have said that they would do a full season of GA if everything came together.

Looking for sponsors I bet.

Penske has Kurt Bush and Helio C, Patrich Long, Sassch Massen, Roman Dumas, Temo Bernard, Sam Hornish, Rayan Numan and Ryan Brisco on his payroll already. SO finding drivers would not be difficult.

http://www.penskeracing.com/

[Down F0rce]

Can't see JPM doing Le Mans while he is in NASCAR to be honest, being a NASCAR driver is a 12 month a year job. The only non-NASCAR race I could have seen him was the Indy 500, but it clashes with the 600 these days...

[johntt]

Originally Posted by Down F0rce

Can't see JPM doing Le Mans while he is in NASCAR to be honest, being a NASCAR driver is a 12 month a year job. The only non-NASCAR race I could have seen him was the Indy 500, but it clashes with the 600 these days...

Many drivers have managed to do both Indy and the 600, i'm sure JPM could manage it. I doubt any of Ganassi's Nascar drivers would do LM, but they could easily find other drivers to join their regular crew.

[Dead-Eye]

Originally Posted by johntt

Well,
Ganassi run Lexus engines in GA.

Lexus are owned by Toyota.

Toyota are looking at an LMP programme (possibly).

I'd say the only chance of that happening would be if Toyota suddenly started winning in F1 and therefore not pulled the plug on that operation. Because if they leave F1 by 2010 they'll most likely use the F1 infrastructure for LM.

On the other hand, maybe they need a "customer" team to run a third car like Audi...

Okay, back to topic: First time I watched any Grand Am, definitely not the last. I'm even warming up to the looks of the DPs.

[cmk]

Originally Posted by johntt

Many drivers have managed to do both Indy and the 600, i'm sure JPM could manage it. I doubt any of Ganassi's Nascar drivers would do LM, but they could easily find other drivers to join their regular crew.

That was before they changed the timing around to make it impossible for JPM, Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon and others to pull the double. I expect both Mssrs. Franchitti and Montoya will be pure NASCAR boys this year.

[Adam43]

These posts have been split from the Daytona 24 hour thread
http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=101994

[mountainstar]

I can tell you Ganassi was looking at something outside of GA and leaving GA was even on the cards for a while. But that's all I can say.

[PorscheFanNo1]

Originally Posted by mountainstar

I can tell you Ganassi was looking at something outside of GA and leaving GA was even on the cards for a while. But that's all I can say.

Werent they looking at ALMS?

[ss_collins]

It would be great to see such an innovative team there

[mountainstar]

Originally Posted by PorscheFanNo1

Werent they looking at ALMS?

Yes.

[old man]

I have to agree that this would stir things up a bit, LMP1 or 2? How far off is the car they run now? Was it Ganassi that was talking to Dalara? It would be good challange for them.