“It’s another world,” one driver told me on signing with Chip Ganassi Racing. “We all know their track record is amazing, and we know their determination to win. But to be honest, it’s their human resources that are just incredible. So many smart people there. And they’re not just smart, they work so hard. Total dedication to achieve success.
“The first test with them, I found there were curbs I could use that I couldn’t even think about touching in ‘my’ car – the same basic car! – because it would have bounced out of control, lost a bunch of time. But Ganassi had come up with a shock and damper solution that means the driver is working with the car, not fighting it all the time. I thought, ‘This is just shocks and dampers: how many other little things have they done to improve the car?’ I realized what we’d been up against this whole time. It’s not a money thing; it’s about knowing how to spend it to make the car the best it can be.”
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