When Lucy Heslin saw Scott Dixon crash out of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil last month, the 9-year-old who just finished second grade at St. Luke’s Catholic School in Indianapolis became upset and went to her room to compose herself.

Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull started his journey with the team exactly 25 years ago today, June 23, 1992, and what an amazing run it has been.

Gathered around an iPad on Sunday night, members of Chip Ganassi’s sports-car team and visitors from the IndyCar program cheered. They’d fallen short in their quest to repeat in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. IndyCar was off. But they shared in a victory nearly 4,000 miles away.

Chip Ganassi Racing is one of the most feared names in IndyCar Series and IMSA sports cars, but has not been much of a factor in recent seasons in NASCAR. That has changed.

You might not think of NASCAR when you think of Fremont, Iowa, but you should. Just look at Fremont native, Chad Norris, crew chief for the NASCAR Xfinity Series 2017 No. 48 DC Solar Chevrolet, that will be piloted by Brennan Poole at the Iowa Speedway this weekend.

Max Chilton had his best IndyCar finish at the Indy 500, and he spoke to FanSided about how he’ll use that result to have a strong second half of the season.

It’s been 42 races since Tony Kanaan stood on the top step of the podium – the same number as his age. The last victory for the Chip Ganassi Racing driver, in his 20th Indy car season, came in the 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series season finale at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.