{"id":14100,"date":"2017-11-17T21:31:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T03:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=14100"},"modified":"2017-11-17T21:31:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T03:31:12","slug":"ganassi-team-danica-discuss-possibilities-for-2018-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/17\/ganassi-team-danica-discuss-possibilities-for-2018-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganassi, Team Danica discuss possibilities for 2018 partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brant James, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Team owner Chip Ganassi<\/strong> spoke personally with Danica Patrick<\/strong> and her representatives Thursday and Friday about the possibility of fielding cars for her in either the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500, or both, but said he doesn\u2019t yet have enough information to determine if participating in her farewell jaunt is feasible.<\/p>\n

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Danica Patrick. (Photo by Chris Trotman\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a great idea for her to do that,\u201d Ganassi said of Patrick ending her racing career at two tracks where she has enjoyed some of her greatest success. \u201cI think it\u2019s a fabulous idea, a fabulous marketing idea, it\u2019s a fabulous opportunity and obviously the business side of the deal has to work. … I\u2019m a long way from saying ‘Yes, I can do that.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Patrick has expressed confidence in being able to bring sponsorship to field both ventures. Ganassi said \u201cI would think it would be better to do it with one team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team owner said he has not had time to consider when he\u2019d need a commitment and firm details from Patrick\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n

Ganassi fields two-car teams in both the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and IndyCar.<\/p>\n

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Chip Ganassi. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/NASCAR via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of Ganassi\u2019s Monster Energy Series drivers, Kyle Larson, is a personal friend of Patrick who has in the past expressed an interest in attempting the open wheel classic. Ganassi said he doesn\u2019t know if Larson, who had a breakout four-win season, is still interested but said fielding a third car for him in May wouldn\u2019t preclude partnering with Patrick for a fourth.  That said, Ganassi noted doubling his roster for the Indianapolis 500 is something he would be unlikely to attempt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI doubt I would do four,\u201d he said..<\/p>\n

The only other team able to field rides in both the Monster Energy Series and IndyCar would be Team Penske, but owner Roger Penske said he has no plans to field five cars at Indianapolis again. Penske boasts a three-car IndyCar roster and will add a fourth in 2018 for three-time race champion Helio Castroneves, who will move the Penske\u2019s sports car program next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Brant James, NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Team owner Chip Ganassi spoke personally with Danica Patrick and her representatives Thursday and Friday about the possibility of fielding cars for her in either the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500, or both, but said he doesn\u2019t yet have enough information to determine if participating in her farewell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[411,16],"class_list":["post-14100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-danica-patrick","tag-nascar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hzTZ-3Fq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14437,"url":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/22\/danica-patrick-announces-full-plan-for-final-nascar-start\/","url_meta":{"origin":14100,"position":0},"title":"Danica Patrick announces full plan for final NASCAR start","author":"Mike Haag","date":"January 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"By Holly Cain,\u00a0NASCAR Wire Service Only four days after confirming that her longtime sponsor GoDaddy would sponsor her final Daytona 500 attempt next month, Danica Patrick announced Monday she will make that last NASCAR start driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro with Premium Motorsports. 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