Ganassi withdraws Franchitti and No 40 from All Star Race
Quote selected text Published May 14th, 2008 in NASCAR News
With driver Dario Franchitti still on the mend, the unsponsored No. 40 Chip Ganassi Racing team will withdraw from the NASCAR Sprint Showdown non-points event, which is scheduled for Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, a Chip Ganassi spokesman confirmed.
Franchitti, the defending Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar Series champion, broke his left ankle in a crash during the Nationwide Series race April 26 at Talladega Superspeedway. The team has used David Stremme, Ken Schrader and Sterling Marlin in his place.
With the car not having sponsorship for the all-star event and with Franchitti still nursing the injury, the decision was made to withdraw. Franchitti will be re-evaluated to see if he can drive in the Coca-Cola 600 next week.
- Marlin expected to run the No 40 car in the Coca Cola 600
- Franchitti to NASCAR’s Ganassi team expected this week
- Sponsorship problems for Franchitti??
- Franchitti and Hornish will not run Indy 500
- Franchitti to test for Ganassi, run ARCA race at Talladega-UPDATE
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