Chip Ganassi hits brakes on 20 years of NASCAR racing
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, Sunday, July 25, 2010. Chip Ganassi will close his 20-year run in NASCAR in Sunday’s, Nov. 7, 2021, season finale. (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, Sunday, July 25, 2010. Chip Ganassi will close his 20-year run in NASCAR in Sunday’s, Nov. 7, 2021, season finale. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland, File)

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FILE - Car owner Chip Ganassi, left, and driver Kyle Larson talk in their garage during a practice session for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb. 13, 2015. Chip Ganassi will close his 20-year run in NASCAR in Sunday’s, Nov. 7, 2021, season finale. Ganassi will attend his final race and watch Kyle Larson compete for the Cup title driving for Hendrick Motorsports. It was Ganassi who discovered Larson but he had to fire him last year when Larson used a racial slur. It was just one of the many bad breaks Ganassi suffered since entering NASCAR in 2001. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

FILE - Car owner Chip Ganassi, left, and driver Kyle Larson talk in their garage during a practice session for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb. 13, 2015. Chip Ganassi will close his 20-year run in NASCAR in Sunday’s, Nov. 7, 2021, season finale. Ganassi will attend his final race and watch Kyle Larson compete for the Cup title driving for Hendrick Motorsports. It was Ganassi who discovered Larson but he had to fire him last year when Larson used a racial slur. It was just one of the many bad breaks Ganassi suffered since entering NASCAR in 2001. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

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FILE - NASCAR driver Kyle Larson, left, and team owner Chip Ganassi show their Rolex watches for winning the Rolex 24 auto race during the NASCAR Charlotte Motor Speedway media tour in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Chip Ganassi will “absolutely, 100%” be rooting for Kyle Larson to win the NASCAR championship in Sunday's, Nov. 7, 2021, finale. What an ironic ending that would be, though, for Larson to win his first championship on Ganassi's final day in NASCAR. Ganassi plucked Larson out of sprint car racing, developed him over nearly eight seasons and then, in Larson's free agency year, was forced to fire him in early 2020 over Larson's use of a racial slur. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

FILE - NASCAR driver Kyle Larson, left, and team owner Chip Ganassi show their Rolex watches for winning the Rolex 24 auto race during the NASCAR Charlotte Motor Speedway media tour in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. Chip Ganassi will “absolutely, 100%” be rooting for Kyle Larson to win the NASCAR championship in Sunday's, Nov. 7, 2021, finale. What an ironic ending that would be, though, for Larson to win his first championship on Ganassi's final day in NASCAR. Ganassi plucked Larson out of sprint car racing, developed him over nearly eight seasons and then, in Larson's free agency year, was forced to fire him in early 2020 over Larson's use of a racial slur. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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FILE - NASCAR team owner Chip Ganassi walks near the garages during auto racing practice at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb. 8, 2020. Chip Ganassi will close his 20-year run in NASCAR in Sunday’s, Nov. 7, 2021, season finale. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

FILE - NASCAR team owner Chip Ganassi walks near the garages during auto racing practice at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb. 8, 2020. Chip Ganassi will close his 20-year run in NASCAR in Sunday’s, Nov. 7, 2021, season finale. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

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FILE - Team owner Chip Ganassi, left, and driver Jamie McMurray celebrate in Victory Lane after McMurray won the Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Chip Ganassi will close his 20-year run in NASCAR in Sunday’s, Nov. 7, 2021, season finale. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - Team owner Chip Ganassi, left, and driver Jamie McMurray celebrate in Victory Lane after McMurray won the Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Chip Ganassi will close his 20-year run in NASCAR in Sunday’s, Nov. 7, 2021, season finale. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

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