Thursday, November 16, 2006

Open Wheelers Shine in Racing Incorporated

Open Wheelers Shine in Racing Incorporated

The one hour program Racing Incorporated lived up to it’s billing Wednesday night. The SPEED produced documentary took viewers behind to scenes to see how Chip Ganassi Racing works. Normally these programs are more reality shows than information. That is not the case with Racing Incorporated. The program gives insight to how Chip Ganassi Racing came about and Ganassi’s philosophies on winning.

The program focused on all four of CGR’s teams, IRL, NASCAR Busch, Cup and Grand Am. Racing Incorporated included a compelling interview with Dan Weldon on how not winning the 2006 Indy 500 broke him. At one point Weldon is almost moved to tears.

The program shows all of Ganassi’s wins and his quest for more.

It lays out both the NASCAR and IRL shops in detail explaining how and why they do what they do.

Unless you work in the business, the high flying aircraft in NASCAR and the IRL seems excessive but the program documents why it is a necessity to have a well functioning program.

Chip Ganassi in recent years has hired the best crewmembers and drivers. CGR is also developing drivers for it’s NASCAR programs. The documentary shows the viewers how the Montoya deal went down.

It also shows you how Ganassi is looking to USAC drivers for development of the next generation.

The program follows Bryan Clausen in his development process before his accident. Part 2 of Racing Incorporated will air tonight on SPEED at 8pm and 11pm eastern.

Images appearing in this blog courtesy of SPEED.
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