Car owner Chip Ganassi, who has an unexpected hole to fill on his NASCAR team, said Tuesday that IRL driver Dan Wheldon is not a candidate to replace Casey Mears.
“There is no story here,” Ganassi said. “Dan has a commitment to Target right now to drive an Indy car and that’s where he’ll stay.”
Wheldon, who won both the IndyCar Series championship and the Indianapolis 500 last year, is in his first season driving for Ganassi’s open wheel team. His name has been popping up as a possible replacement for Mears, who told Ganassi last week he is leaving when his contract expires at the end of the season.
But the switch from open wheel cars to full-bodied stock cars can be difficult, and few drivers have been successful with the changeover. Champ Car’s Jimmy Vasser ran a few Busch Series races before giving it up, and Paul Tracy also competed in Busch events this year but recently signed a five-year contract extension to remain in Champ.
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