Marks bypasses charters to buy entire Ganassi NASCAR team
FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, file photo, Justin Marks walks through the garage during practice for the NASCAR Daytona 500 Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation's top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop and all its assets to Marks for 2022. “He made me a great offer that required my attention,” Ganassi told The Associated Press on Wednesday, June 30, 3031, as the sale was announced (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, file photo, Justin Marks walks through the garage during practice for the NASCAR Daytona 500 Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation's top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop and all its assets to Marks for 2022. “He made me a great offer that required my attention,” Ganassi told The Associated Press on Wednesday, June 30, 3031, as the sale was announced (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

Jun. 30, 2021 02:03 PM EDT
The No. 99 Chevrolet driven by Daniel Suarez for Trackhouse Racing is displayed outside Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, June 17, 2021. Trackhouse hopes to be operating from downtown Nashville by 2023 and Marks is using Sunday’s first Cup race in the market in 37 years to lay the groundwork for his move. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)

The No. 99 Chevrolet driven by Daniel Suarez for Trackhouse Racing is displayed outside Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, June 17, 2021. Trackhouse hopes to be operating from downtown Nashville by 2023 and Marks is using Sunday’s first Cup race in the market in 37 years to lay the groundwork for his move. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)

Jun. 18, 2021 12:51 PM EDT
Marcus Ericsson, right, of Sweden, celebrates with team owner Chip Ganassi after winning the first race of the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix auto racing doubleheader on Belle Isle in Detroit, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Marcus Ericsson, right, of Sweden, celebrates with team owner Chip Ganassi after winning the first race of the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix auto racing doubleheader on Belle Isle in Detroit, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Jun. 12, 2021 05:56 PM EDT
FILE - Jamie McMurray, left, and car owner Chip Ganassi greet each other on pit road before a NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Fla., in this Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, file photo. Ganassi won the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400, two of the biggest races in NASCAR, with McMurray in 2010. Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation's top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop and all its assets to Marks for 2022. “He made me a great offer that required my attention,” Ganassi told The Associated Press on Wednesday, June 30, 3031, as the sale was announced. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

FILE - Jamie McMurray, left, and car owner Chip Ganassi greet each other on pit road before a NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Fla., in this Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, file photo. Ganassi won the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400, two of the biggest races in NASCAR, with McMurray in 2010. Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation's top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop and all its assets to Marks for 2022. “He made me a great offer that required my attention,” Ganassi told The Associated Press on Wednesday, June 30, 3031, as the sale was announced. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

Jun. 30, 2021 02:15 PM EDT
FILE - Jamie McMurray, left, and car owner Chip Ganassi celebrate on the start-finish line after McMurray won the NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, in this Sunday, July 25, 2010, file photo. Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation's top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop and all its assets to Marks for 2022. “He made me a great offer that required my attention,” Ganassi told The Associated Press on Wednesday, June 30, 3031, as the sale was announced. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland, File)

FILE - Jamie McMurray, left, and car owner Chip Ganassi celebrate on the start-finish line after McMurray won the NASCAR Brickyard 400 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, in this Sunday, July 25, 2010, file photo. Chip Ganassi has sold his NASCAR team to Justin Marks, owner of Trackhouse Racing, and will pull out of the nation's top stock car series at the end of this season. Ganassi fields two cars in the Cup Series but will transfer his North Carolina race shop and all its assets to Marks for 2022. “He made me a great offer that required my attention,” Ganassi told The Associated Press on Wednesday, June 30, 3031, as the sale was announced. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland, File)

Jun. 30, 2021 02:21 PM EDT