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During Nikon Indy 300 race weekend meetings, officials of the sanctioning body presented date options to carnival organizers to either dovetail the event its annual trip to Twin Ring Motegi or shift it to March. The Indy Japan 300 on Sept. 19 will be the penultimate race on the 18-event IndyCar Series schedule -- preceding the IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights championship weekend Oct. 9-10 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The 2009 season kicks off April 6 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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As it has since 1982, scattered details of history, tradition and competitors will resonate with Chip Ganassi when he drives through the North tunnel of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 6.
"You think about the first time you were here, the first win you had here, and for me you think about all the time and effort you spent here," the five-time Indianapolis 500 starter and longtime IndyCar Series team owner says. "There have been some glorious moments, but at the same time some of our saddest moments here. The one constant that you have at Indianapolis is as they say it's 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.' I can't tell you how much every year I look forward to coming here for all those reasons and being part of a great event."
This year, Target Chip Ganassi Racing enters with the past two champions of the 500-Mile Race and IndyCar Series - Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti.
Dating to the first American Automobile Association-sanctioned Indianapolis 500 in 1911, the FIA-sanctioned Monaco Grand Prix in 1950 and the NASCAR-sanctioned Daytona 500 in 1959, no team has ever paired the previous two winners of the sport's driver championship and its respective crown jewel event. However, success, as Ganassi notes, for a third consecutive year isn't predicated on that historical tidbit.
"You have to look at it from the fact that after winning in 2008 on the heels of losing it to Dario in 2007 a lot of things go through your head in 2009," he says. "Coming in to 2009, having those two guys on our team, it looks great on paper and looks like a winner for sure. The fact of the matter it's going to be more work than ever."
Still, Ganassi says, "We're up to the task and ready to go. The whole key is preparation."
That's where managing director Mike Hull, team managers Barry Wanser and Scott Harner and their respective crews come in. The opening practice session is 2-5 p.m. (ET) May 6.
"In open-wheel racing, I think what you try to achieve is winning the Indy 500 and surrounding yourself with the kinds of people it takes to continue to win," Hull says. "We've been very fortunate over time to have Target and all the associated support from Target and from all the vendors that supplied us the resources it takes to not only have the cars and the equipment and the kinds of things it takes to be successful, but it's allowed us to have championship-caliber drivers drive our cars. It's exciting to actually have two drivers with the pedigree that each has competing with each other and competing with other people on the racetrack. It's really going to be a lot of fun to experience this."
Dixon gained some momentum with a victory at Kansas Speedway last week, and Franchitti won in his second race for TCGR on the streets of Long Beach, Calif.
"Scott is a great competitor, and he's going to push me on," says Franchitti, who won the '07 500-Mile Race from the third starting position. "We're going to push each other, for sure. That's what it means to us and the team. We both believe we can do the job, Chip believes we can do the job, the guys on the team believe we can do the job."
In his heart, so does Ganassi.
"They are very similar drivers in that they are both, calm, cool and patient and are equally adept on road courses as they are on ovals," he says. "I know we have had some pretty good duos in our cars over the years like (Jimmy) Vasser and (Alex) Zanardi, Vasser and (Juan Pablo) Montoya and Dixon and (Dan) Wheldon, but I think this one has the chance to be real special."
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