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Sep 18, 2026
Chris HeroyGUEST
I didn't know much, that's for sure, about NASCAR.
Chris HeroyGUEST
But worked hard, figured it out, took my lumps, and then got an opportunity to crew chief on Pablo Montoya at Ganassi Racing.
Chris HeroyGUEST
So I made that change, did that for four years with Ganassi, Another year at Petty crew chiefing.
Chris HeroyGUEST
And then my dad basically called and was,
Isaac LeeHOST
hey, how you, what do you think? You want to come back?
Ross ChastainHOST
Yeah.
Ross ChastainHOST
Andy gets you at least an introduction, like guidance to Chip Ganassi Racing.
Mike RobertsGUEST
Right.
Ross ChastainHOST
What year is that?
Kurt CavinHOST
He has gone 21st to 17th to 13th.
Kurt CavinHOST
Now he is with Chip Ganassi Racing.
Kurt CavinHOST
I get that.
Kurt CavinHOST
He came within four points of the six time series champion in his third season in this series.
GarrettHOST
I think it just shows the stupidity of McLaren for basically kicking him to the curb for a dinosaur and a guy that has two wins in eight or nine seasons in IndyCar.
GarrettHOST
So that one continues to perplex me from a McLaren standpoint, but kudos to Lungard, and I think he'll have a good ride next year, maybe Ganassi.
speaker_1HOST
yeah i don't know what i'm not sure what the overarching plan is for mclaren wants to take over the world okay they just announced well maybe they didn't announce it yet but i was listening to an interview with zach brown they're coming to imsa with a prototype car next year yeah so now they've got strong presence in just about every every sector of racing um i don't know what's gonna happen with that driver change i i can't imagine the guy's gonna come in and light the world on fire for for uh mclaren but who knows um Yeah, Maluka's fifth in the Drivers' Championship just didn't have a really great year.
GarrettHOST
I don't know about that.
GarrettHOST
I think...
GarrettHOST
You're going to see at least a little bit more of a fight from perhaps a Kyle Kirkwood.
GarrettHOST
I think if Lungard ends up at Chip Ganassi, that becomes really interesting.
GarrettHOST
In Penske... seemed like they've turned the page from their completely terrible season last year and the first half of this year being okay um it seems like they've figured it out they finally won on a road course with scott mclaughlin here at laguna seca so i would expect at least malukas and mclaughlin to be pretty damn competitive next year i'm not so sure about new garden but Yeah, that's kind of my hope for 27 is that, yes, it could very well end up being a lame duck year, like you say, but hopefully the championship is more competitive.
Alexander RossiHOST
Mechanics are from pretty much every team.
Alexander RossiHOST
There was one mechanic from McLaren, a mechanic from Ganassi, a mechanic from Andretti, a mechanic from ECR, a mechanic from Dreyer.
Alexander RossiHOST
Every team has people at this test because IndyCar is trying to do all they can that even though it's Alex and I doing these tests... it's Alex and I doing these tests because there's only one.
Alexander RossiHOST
There's only one car, right? So IndyCar's trying to have everyone be involved so that there's no clear advantage that gets created between, let's say, Ganassi and ECR versus the rest of the field.
Alexander RossiHOST
The mechanics from Andretti, the mechanics from McLaren, the mechanics from Ganassi, everyone has seen what's happening.
Alexander RossiHOST
Everyone is able to report back to kind of their individual organization as to what works, what doesn't work, you know, what the car is like, what my feedback is like.
Alexander RossiHOST
And so it's really a clever way that IndyCar is doing it in order to get this car on the ground with current drivers, but not, oh, I'm sorry, is this boring you? I'm not
Landon CassillHOST
Jeff, you know, I got on the phone with Kyle, Jeff, you know, Kyle's telling me how to drive the car and how to get around Caraway kind of cool stuff like that, you know? But yeah, so Jeff spent a lot of those early 2000 spotting for Kyle and represented drivers through the MMI days.
Landon CassillHOST
He was a huge reason why Jamie McMurray got his opportunity at Ganassi, which led to his sort of career resurgence.
Landon CassillHOST
Worked kind of adjacent to Denny Hamlin and his management team because Denny's agent, Rob Moskowitz... which now owns...
Landon CassillHOST
What is his agency called? Fuel?
Tim DurhamPANELIST
He's the champion.
Alexander RossiHOST
But no, celebrating the 10 car, Ganassi, Dennis Hauger, Kyle Kirkwood, Christian Lungard.
Alexander RossiHOST
Walk us through that kind of evening, please, James.
James HinchcliffeHOST
So, you know, it was exactly what you think.
Will ErnestHOST
In 2018, they had all the... aero package stuff and then 2012 is when the last chassis debuted so they had that thing for 15 years but the ir28 it's it's not only new aero changes but also just a completely new chassis so i'm curious if it's going to end up like the next gen was when it debuted in 22 on the nascar side if it's going to completely just throw caution to the wind and just have parity and just have a new winner basically every single week so I'm curious if that's what it's going to do, but of course, with the IndyCar season now over, which we'll talk about Laguna Sega in a bit, Silly Season's beginning to ramp up as well.
Will ErnestHOST
Connor Daly will run full-time in the 24 for Dryer and Reinbold Racing, and they're returning as a team to IndyCar for the first time since 2012, and it was announced during Laguna Sega weekend that Mick Schumacher will fill Felix Rosenquist's seat at Meyerschenk Racing next year as Rosenquist heads to McLaren along with Scott Dixon, who left Chip Ganassi Racing after 25 years, so that ride's up for grabs but I wouldn't be surprised if Christian Lingard got that right as he's now out of McLaren now that the season's over but there's not really any other seat that's as coveted as Dixon's seat I mean I guess Palou but of course Palou's not going anywhere so I'm curious who's going to fill that seat
Ethan WolfeGUEST
I would think Lundgaard is definitely a top candidate, especially with his prowess on road courses.
Ethan WolfeGUEST
I know Chip Ganassi said in an interview a while ago, Alex Pillow wants somebody that can challenge him, and I definitely feel like Christian Lundgaard is that guy that can challenge him.
Scott McLaughlinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I was really happy.
Stephen McIvorHOST
We must remember, too, that Laguna Seca was the final race for Chip Ganassi Racing for Scott Dixon.
Stephen McIvorHOST
He spoke to some reporters afterwards about the emotion attached with it.
Scott DixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's definitely a tough one, but it kind of ended like it started, to be honest.
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Gary OrtonGUEST
The good thing here is, especially in our series, is the scholarship for winning is actually really, really quite fantastic.
Gary OrtonGUEST
So that's quite an attraction.
Stephen McIvorHOST
And your alignment with Chip Ganassi Racing, I assume that's still in place because that must be an incredibly important part of the whole campaign and just set up for you.
Gary OrtonGUEST
Yeah, that is.
Kevin LeeHOST
This is his time, and he's got a lot more time to add to it.
Kevin LeeHOST
Alex Pillow and the Chip Ganassi Racing Team,
Kurt CavinHOST
your 2026 NTT IndyCar champion.
Kurt CavinHOST
Highlights,
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Kevin LeeHOST
Question mark.
Kevin LeeHOST
Alex Pillow does not finish on the podium in the final five races.
Kevin LeeHOST
That's not happened before on road courses with Chip Ganassi racing, or I guess in any stretch of five races.
Kurt CavinHOST
Yeah, I don't know what to make of that.
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