# NASCAR operations of Chip Ganassi Racing

The NASCAR operation of Chip Ganassi Racing was established in 1989 by Cuban-American businessman Felix Sabates. The team was known as SABCO Racing, formed after Sabates purchased an R&D team from Hendrick Motorsports. The team was renamed Team SABCO in 1996. In 2001, Ganassi bought 80% of the ownership interest in the then-two-car team to form Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates; the same year the team switched from Chevrolet to full-works Dodge and received a same partnership treatment as Penske Racing (from 2003), Evernham Motorsports, Bill Davis Racing, Melling Racing and Petty Enterprises teams. In 2009, Ganassi partnered with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. owner Teresa Earnhardt to merge their NASCAR operations into Ganassi's shop and entered under the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates banner, while returning to Chevrolet equipment. The NASCAR team dropped the Earnhardt name in 2014, and Ganassi revealed that Teresa was never truly involved with the team. Rob Kauffman, chairman of the Race Team Alliance, purchased a stake in the team in 2015. The NASCAR program has fielded full-time entries for notable drivers including Kyle Petty, Joe Nemechek, Sterling Marlin, Jimmy Spencer, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jamie McMurray, Kyle Larson, Kurt Busch, and Ross Chastain. After already having his name removed from the team previously, at the end of the 2019 season, Sabates announced his retirement as a co-owner from the team, taking effect after the 2020 season.
In June 2021, Ganassi accepted an unsolicited offer from former CGR Xfinity Series driver Justin Marks to sell the entire NASCAR operation to Marks' Trackhouse Racing team, with the deal finalized after that season.

## NASCAR Cup Series

On November 12, 2008, Chip Ganassi and Dale Earnhardt, Inc. owner Teresa Earnhardt, widow of seven-time Cup Series champion and DEI namesake Dale Earnhardt, announced that the two teams would merge in time for the 2009 season and run under the name of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (EGR). The Chevrolet equipment of DEI and its engine partnership with Richard Childress Racing (as Earnhardt Childress Racing Technologies) were moved under the Ganassi umbrella, and the new team operated out of the CGR NASCAR shop. The move contracted the two organizations with six collective entries to three Sprint Cup Series teams – the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops car driven by Martin Truex Jr. and the No. 8 car of Aric Almirola from the former DEI stable, and the No. 42 car of Juan Pablo Montoya from Ganassi's stable. The other two DEI cars – the No. 01 and the No. 15 – were disbanded. The No. 41 Ganassi team was planned to continue, but was ultimately shut down when driver Reed Sorenson left for Gillett Evernham Motorsports and when sponsor Target was moved to the No. 42, with the number transferred by NASCAR to Jeremy Mayfield's short-lived owner-driver team. The No. 8 car was also shut down early in the 2009 season.
In 2010 former Ganassi driver Jamie McMurray replaced Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 1 car, making Truex the final driver from the DEI stable to leave. In 2013 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing switched to Hendrick Motorsports engines after four years with Earnhardt-Childress Racing engines. During the five-year tenure of EGR, Teresa Earnhardt had little influence in day-to-day operations of the team, leading Ganassi and Sabates to revert to the team's original name for the 2014 season.
In mid-2015, Rob Kauffman, then co-owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, purchased a stake in the team. Initially expected to absorb one of the two MWR entries, CGR later announced it would remain a two-car operation.
The pit crew department won the 2017 Comcast Community Champion Award in recognition of their charitable work.

### Car No. 01 history
#### Part-time (1999–2000)

In 1999, the team fielded No. 01 and served as the team's research and development car. Jeff Green, Steve Grissom, and Ron Hornaday Jr. drove the car on a limited schedule.
In 2000, The No. 01 replaced the No. 42 after New Hampshire and was driven by Ted Musgrave.

#### Jason Leffler (2001)

For 2001, Chip Ganassi purchased a majority stake in SABCO, and the BellSouth brand Cingular Wireless became the sponsor. Busch Series driver and former USAC standout Jason Leffler was hired to drive the car, which was now a Dodge. Leffler's rookie season was a struggle, despite winning a pole at the inaugural race at Kansas Speedway. Leffler failed to qualify for four races, and was replaced with Trans-Am Series driver Dorsey Schroeder at Sonoma and Scott Pruett at Watkins Glen. Leffler would fail to qualify for the race at Watkins Glen in the No. 04 car and he was released at the end of the season.

#### Car No. 01 results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
| 1999 | Jeff Green | 01 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | TEX | BRI | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT DNQ | DOV | MCH | POC 21 | SON | DAY | NHA | POC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60th | 100 |
| 1999 | Steve Grissom | 01 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | IND DNQ | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | | | | | | TAL 28 | CAR | PHO | HOM | ATL | | | | 60th | 100 |
| 1999 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | 01 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 29 | NHA | DOV | MAR DNQ | CLT | | | | | | | | | | | 60th | 100 |
| 2000 | Ted Musgrave | 01 | Chevy | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | MCH | POC | SON | DAY | NHA | POC 16 | IND 24 | | MCH 26 | BRI 17 | DAR 13 | RCH 21 | NHA 14 | DOV 23 | MAR 21 | CLT 29 | TAL 32 | CAR DNQ | PHO 25 | HOM DNQ | | | | 28th | 2815 |
| 2000 | P. J. Jones | 01 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28th | 2815 |
| 2000 | Bobby Hamilton Jr. | 01 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ATL 31 | | | | 28th | 2815 |
| 2001 | Jason Leffler | 01 | Dodge | DAY 34 | CAR 33 | LVS 28 | ATL 32 | DAR 39 | BRI DNQ | TEX 17 | MAR DNQ | TAL 20 | CAL 18 | RCH 26 | CLT 30 | DOV 13 | MCH 19 | POC 41 | | DAY 24 | CHI 24 | NHA 27 | POC 21 | IND 26 | | MCH 24 | BRI 30 | DAR 43 | RCH 28 | DOV DNQ | KAN 28 | CLT 43 | MAR 37 | TAL 15 | PHO 41 | CAR 30 | HOM 10 | ATL DNQ | NHA 30 | 37th | 2413 |
| 2001 | Dorsey Schroeder | 01 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SON 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 2413 |
| 2001 | Scott Pruett | 01 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 2413 |

### Car No. 1 history

Note: Before merging with Chip Ganassi Racing, Dale Earnhardt Inc. fielded a No. 1 car through 2008, most notably with Steve Park driving. For more information, see Dale Earnhardt, Inc. This section concerns the lineage of Chip Ganassi Racing's entry that later became the No. 1 after the merger with Dale Earnhardt Inc.

#### Martin Truex Jr. (2009)

Ganassi would move the Target sponsorship to the No. 42 car to replace Texaco/Havoline for 2009, leaving the No. 41 without a driver or a sponsor. As a result, Ganassi merged his team with the struggling Dale Earnhardt, Inc., and the DEI No. 1 car. DEI's driver (Martin Truex Jr.) and sponsor (Bass Pro Shops) also came over to join Ganassi. Bass Pro Shops, however, reduced its schedule to 20 races. The team also carried its Earnhardt-Childress Engine program over to Ganassi, and switched manufacturers from Dodge to Chevrolet. Truex failed to win a race in his only season driving for Ganassi, and left the team after the season for Michael Waltrip Racing.

#### Jamie McMurray (2010–2018)

Truex was replaced by Jamie McMurray, who had previously driven for the Ganassi organization from 2002 until 2005, winning his first Cup race with the team as a substitute driver. Bass Pro Shops was joined by McDonald's as a primary sponsor. McMurray started the year off with a bang, winning the 2010 Daytona 500 for Ganassi in his first race in the No. 1 car. It was the first win for a Ganassi team car since Juan Pablo Montoya won the 2007 Toyota/Save Mart 350. McMurray returned to the winner's circle by winning the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, the first time that he had won multiple races in a season since joining the Cup Series full-time in 2003. Inconsistency throughout the season, however, kept McMurray out of the Chase for the Cup. He added a third win at the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte during the Chase, the same race he won for the 40 team in 2002. McMurray earned four poles, nine top fives and twelve top tens to finish 14th in the final standings, his best points finish since his earlier tenure with Ganassi.
McMurray and the Ganassi team struggled in 2011, earning two top fives and four top tens while failing to finish five races, with a dismal 27th-place points finish. The struggles continued in 2012, with only three top tens and a 21st-place points finish. For 2013, CGR would switch to Hendrick engines looking to improve performance. McDonald's would become the main sponsor as Bass Pro Shops scaled down to two races. The team also gained a 10 race sponsorship from the Textron Company, with brands Cessna, Bell Helicopter, Bad Boy Buggies, and E-Z-Go adorning the car. After more struggles in the first half of 2013, McMurray finally broke back into victory lane at the fall Talladega race, his first victory in three seasons. After an improved 15th-place points finish, McMurray would sign a contract extension to return in 2014.
McMurray won the Sprint All-Star Race in 2014, taking two tires under the final caution and passing leader Carl Edwards within the final ten laps to score the victory and the $1 million bonus. However, the team did not win a points race during the season and missed the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Both McMurray and teammate Kyle Larson would rebound after missing the playoff, with the 1 car scoring a pole and four top-fives in the final ten races of the year. Overall, McMurray had seven top fives and 13 top tens to finish 18th in points.
For 2015, former Yates Racing driver Matt McCall was hired as crew chief for McMurray, replacing Keith Rodden. McMurray started 2015 on a high note, climbing to 8th in the standings within the first ten races and making the Chase for the first time in his career, but ended up being eliminated in the first round on a tiebreaker. He finished 13th in points. McMurray would once again be eliminated from championship contention in the first round of the Chase in 2016, following an engine failure at Dover, he finished 13th in points for the 2nd year in a row. In 2017, McMurray scored 17 top 10s, his best number since 2004, advancing to the Chase once again. This time, he was able to make past the first round but was eliminated in the Round of 12 after crashing at Talladega and Kansas. He finished the season 12th in points.
McMurray failed to make the 2018 Playoffs with a string of disappointing finishes, with one top-five and six top-10s during the regular season. A second-place finish at the 2018 Bank of America Roval 400 was the high point of his season. McMurray finished the 2018 season 20th in points. On September 10, 2018, it was announced that McMurray will not return to Chip Ganassi Racing in 2019.

#### Kurt Busch (2019–2021)

On December 4, 2018, it was announced that former Stewart-Haas Racing driver and 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Champion Kurt Busch, along with sponsor Monster Energy, would move to the No. 1 team in the 2019 season. Busch scored his first win with CGR at Kentucky. On November 2, CGR officially announced that Busch had signed on with the No. 1 team for at least two more years.
Busch managed to make the 2020 playoffs without winning a race by staying consistent with four top-fives and 14 top-10 finishes. He scored his 32nd career win and his first of 2020 at Las Vegas; the win secured him a spot in the Round of 8. He failed to advance to the Championship 4 and finished 10th in the final standings.
In 2021, Busch won at Quaker State 400 on July 11, holding off his younger brother Kyle Busch and locking himself into the playoffs. However, Busch was eliminated from the playoffs following the conclusion of the Round of 16 at Bristol, which also ended Ganassi's final chance at a Cup championship as an owner. After the season concluded when Trackhouse bought the assets to the team, the second team used the number 1, however that team is the old 42 team including driver, crew chief, crew members, and sponsors.

#### Car No. 1 results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
| 2009 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | Chevy | DAY 11 | CAL 27 | LVS 32 | ATL 10 | BRI 26 | MAR 29 | TEX 25 | PHO 7 | TAL 33 | RCH 22 | DAR 6 | CLT 23 | DOV 21 | POC 18 | MCH 26 | SON 25 | NHA 37 | DAY 25 | CHI 16 | IND 17 | POC 19 | GLN 28 | MCH 21 | BRI 22 | ATL 26* | RCH 39 | NHA 19 | DOV 33 | KAN 16 | CAL 22 | CLT 9 | MAR 28 | TAL 31 | TEX 14 | PHO 5 | HOM 9 | 23rd | 3503 |
| 2010 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevy | DAY 1 | CAL 17 | LVS 34 | ATL 29 | BRI 8 | MAR 30 | PHO 24 | TEX 30 | TAL 2 | RCH 19 | DAR 2 | DOV 32 | CLT 2 | POC 36 | MCH 24 | SON 15 | NHA 18 | DAY 39 | CHI 5 | IND 1 | POC 22 | GLN 6 | MCH 20 | BRI 3 | ATL 15 | RCH 17 | NHA 3 | DOV 13 | KAN 11 | CAL 17 | CLT 1 | MAR 11 | TAL 36 | TEX 16 | PHO 10 | HOM 21 | 14th | 4325 |
| 2011 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevy | DAY 18 | PHO 35 | LVS 27 | BRI 21 | CAL 23 | MAR 7 | TEX 22 | TAL 21 | RCH 18 | DAR 9 | DOV 20 | CLT 37 | KAN 29 | POC 33 | MCH 19 | SON 15 | DAY 22 | KEN 36 | NHA 31 | IND 4 | POC 22 | GLN 17 | MCH 23 | BRI 5 | ATL 16 | RCH 14 | CHI 38 | NHA 23 | DOV 15 | KAN 22 | CLT 27 | TAL 29 | MAR 35 | TEX 36 | PHO 17 | HOM 14 | 27th | 795 |
| 2012 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevy | DAY 31 | PHO 37 | LVS 8 | BRI 7 | CAL 32 | MAR 20 | TEX 14 | KAN 14 | RCH 14 | TAL 11 | DAR 34 | CLT 21 | DOV 19 | POC 10 | MCH 14 | SON 19 | KEN 15 | DAY 13 | NHA 20 | IND 22 | POC 17 | GLN 39 | MCH 14 | BRI 17 | ATL 24 | RCH 22 | CHI 21 | NHA 26 | DOV 24 | TAL 34* | CLT 17 | KAN 15 | MAR 17 | TEX 18 | PHO 23 | HOM 20 | 21st | 868 |
| 2013 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevy | DAY 32 | PHO 22 | LVS 13 | BRI 10 | CAL 19 | MAR 7 | TEX 16 | KAN 7 | RCH 26 | TAL 23 | DAR 16 | CLT 19 | DOV 33 | POC 13 | MCH 33 | SON 25 | KEN 2 | DAY 7 | NHA 12 | IND 15 | POC 16 | GLN 11 | MCH 22 | BRI 19 | ATL 11 | RCH 4 | CHI 19 | NHA 5 | DOV 11 | KAN 16 | CLT 19 | TAL 1 | MAR 10 | TEX 31 | PHO 18 | HOM 30 | 15th | 1007 |
| 2014 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevy | DAY 14 | PHO 10 | LVS 15 | BRI 38 | CAL 6 | MAR 42 | TEX 17 | DAR 16 | RCH 13 | TAL 29 | KAN 39 | CLT 5 | DOV 13 | POC 10 | MCH 12 | SON 4 | KEN 37 | DAY 30 | NHA 16 | IND 20 | POC 7 | GLN 14 | MCH 14 | BRI 8* | ATL 12 | RCH 4 | CHI 9 | NHA 4 | DOV 22 | KAN 25 | CLT 3 | TAL 35 | MAR 16 | TEX 5 | PHO 14 | HOM 5 | 18th | 1014 |
| 2015 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevy | DAY 27 | ATL 40 | LVS 11 | PHO 2 | CAL 21 | MAR 10 | TEX 6 | BRI 14 | RCH 4 | TAL 11 | KAN 13 | CLT 19 | DOV 7 | POC 7 | MCH 7 | SON 11 | DAY 15 | KEN 14 | NHA 26 | IND 17 | POC 15 | GLN 40 | MCH 16 | BRI 11 | DAR 14 | RCH 13 | CHI 16 | NHA 14 | DOV 4 | CLT 12 | KAN 20 | TAL 39 | MAR 2 | TEX 10 | PHO 15 | HOM 13 | 13th | 2295 |
| 2016 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevy | DAY 17 | ATL 21 | LVS 16 | PHO 16 | CAL 10 | MAR 23 | TEX 13 | BRI 13 | RCH 16 | TAL 4 | KAN 26 | DOV 21 | CLT 19 | POC 17 | MCH 9 | SON 17 | DAY 34 | KEN 7 | NHA 6 | IND 19 | POC 20 | GLN 8 | BRI 8 | MCH 8 | DAR 15 | RCH 7 | CHI 11 | NHA 19 | DOV 40 | CLT 10 | KAN 37 | TAL 19 | MAR 8 | TEX 19 | PHO 11 | HOM 5 | 13th | 2231 |
| 2017 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevy | DAY 28 | ATL 10 | LVS 8 | PHO 15 | CAL 6 | MAR 38 | TEX 7 | BRI 12 | RCH 6 | TAL 2 | KAN 8 | CLT 12 | DOV 7 | POC 37 | MCH 5 | SON 10 | DAY 14 | KEN 7 | NHA 17 | IND 15 | POC 26 | GLN 14 | MCH 9 | BRI 12 | DAR 10 | RCH 14 | CHI 10 | NHA 16 | DOV 9 | CLT 5 | TAL 37 | KAN 34 | MAR 29 | TEX 18 | PHO 6 | HOM 13 | 12th | 2224 |
| 2018 | Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevy | DAY 16 | ATL 19 | LVS 36 | PHO 26 | CAL 17 | MAR 26 | TEX 3 | BRI 19 | RCH 19 | TAL 28 | DOV 16 | KAN 31 | CLT 6 | POC 15 | MCH 10 | SON 37 | CHI 12 | DAY 30 | KEN 17 | NHA 18 | POC 20 | GLN 7 | MCH 21 | BRI 29 | DAR 9 | IND 7 | LVS 35 | RCH 21 | CLT 2 | DOV 18 | TAL 35 | KAN 17 | MAR 16 | TEX 19 | PHO 6 | HOM 18 | 20th | 683 |
| 2019 | Kurt Busch | 1 | Chevy | DAY 25 | ATL 3 | LVS 5 | PHO 7 | CAL 6 | MAR 12 | TEX 9 | BRI 2 | RCH 11 | TAL 6 | DOV 13 | KAN 7 | CLT 27 | POC 11 | MCH 2 | SON 13 | CHI 13 | DAY 10 | KEN 1 | NHA 18 | POC 27 | GLN 10 | MCH 23 | BRI 9 | DAR 7 | IND 30 | LVS 39 | RCH 18 | CLT 20 | DOV 9 | TAL 28 | KAN 4 | MAR 6 | TEX 9 | PHO 11 | HOM 21 | 13th | 2237 |
| 2020 | Kurt Busch | 1 | Chevy | DAY 33 | LVS 25 | CAL 3 | PHO 6 | DAR 3 | DAR 15 | CLT 7 | CLT 5 | BRI 7 | ATL 6 | MAR 9 | HOM 17 | TAL 9 | POC 18 | POC 13 | IND 13 | KEN 5 | TEX 8 | KAN 9 | NHA 17 | MCH 10 | MCH 10 | DAY 14 | DOV 40 | DOV 13 | DAY 34 | DAR 8 | RCH 13 | BRI 15 | LVS 1 | TAL 32 | CLT 4 | KAN 38 | TEX 7 | MAR 5 | PHO 12 | 10th | 2287 |
| 2021 | Kurt Busch | 1 | Chevy | DAY 22 | DAY 4 | HOM 8 | LVS 19 | PHO 15 | ATL 39 | BRI 16 | MAR 21 | RCH 13 | TAL 35 | KAN 15 | DAR 35 | DOV 13 | COA 27 | CLT 38 | SON 6 | NSH 8 | POC 6 | POC 20 | ROA 4 | ATL 1* | NHA 16 | GLN 13 | IND 6 | MCH 4 | DAY 12 | DAR 6 | RCH 37 | BRI 19 | LVS 8 | TAL 4 | CLT 25 | TEX 16 | KAN 4 | MAR 7 | PHO 16 | 11th | 2297 |

### Car No. 40 history
#### Kenny Wallace (1993)

The No. 40 car debuted in 1993 as the second car in the SABCO stable. It had sponsorship from Dirt Devil and was piloted by rookie driver Kenny Wallace. After Wallace finished 3rd behind Bobby Labonte and Jeff Gordon in the NASCAR Rookie of the Year standings, he was released at the end of the season.

#### Multiple Drivers (1994–1997)

Bobby Hamilton drove the car the next season with sponsorship from Kendall Motor Oil, during which the No. 40 car was bought by Dick Brooks. Hamilton finished 23rd in points that year.
The 1995 season saw multiple drivers such as Rich Bickle, Greg Sacks, and Shane Hall pilot the car. But at the end of the season, Brooks closed up shop and sold the team back to Sabates. The team came back in the 1996 season with First Union sponsoring the car and Greg Sacks, Jay Sauter, and Robby Gordon in select events
The team returned for 1997 full-time with rookie driver Robby Gordon, Coors Light moving over from the No. 42, and the team switching from Pontiac to Chevrolet. Gordon won the pole at the spring Atlanta race. Unfortunately, open-wheel ace Gordon suffered burns during the Indianapolis 500. By the time he returned, the damage was done and despite picking up a Top 5 finish at Watkins Glen, Gordon was released. Sabates later said in a 2007 interview that hiring Robby Gordon was "a mistake", while Gordon said that his departure stemmed from Sabates focusing more on making money than improving the team. Sacks returned to finish out the year.

#### Sterling Marlin (1998–2005)

For the 1998 season, Sabates chose a more experienced driver in 2-time Daytona 500 winner Sterling Marlin. Marlin did not qualify at the spring Atlanta race—one year after the team won the pole position there, marking the first time since 1986 that Marlin missed a race. At the end of the year, Marlin had six top-10 finishes and ended up 13th in the points standings. Marlin showed a brief resurgence in the 1999 season when he won the pole at Pocono. The next year, Marlin placed runner-up to Jeff Gordon at Sonoma, which was his best finish of the season.
In 2001, the car got a new silver-red paint scheme, a manufacturer switch to Dodge, a new crew chief in Lee McCall, and a new owner in Ganassi. Marlin won his qualifying race for the Daytona 500. On the last lap of the 500, Marlin was involved in the crash that killed Dale Earnhardt. Many fans sent misguided hate mail and death threats to Marlin and his wife, blaming him for Earnhardt's death. Earnhardt's drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip came to Marlin's defense, and Marlin was cleared of any responsibility by NASCAR's investigation into the crash.
Marlin was able to rise above the controversy, and gave Dodge its first win since its return to NASCAR at Michigan, won again at the UAW-GM Quality 500, and finished 3rd in points, well ahead of the factory-backed Dodges from Evernham Motorsports. Marlin led the points standings for most of the 2002 season and won two races, but he suffered a fractured vertebra in a crash at Kansas Speedway, which ended his season. Some say that Marlin's injury signified the beginning of the struggles for the team. Jamie McMurray, who was scheduled to drive the No. 42 car the following season, filled in for Marlin in six races, with Mike Bliss running the car at Martinsville. At Charlotte, McMurray beat out Bobby Labonte to win his 1st race in just his 2nd Winston Cup start. This emotional victory was capped off with a phone call from Marlin through the television network congratulating McMurray on his victory. Marlin would go winless over the next three seasons, with a best finish of 18th in points in 2003 and was released after 2005.

#### David Stremme (2006–2007)

Rookie David Stremme replaced Marlin in the 2006 season. This move outraged some fans, since Coors Light and Ganassi both stated that the decision was partly due to Coors Light attempting to target the younger demographic. A new primary sponsor, Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, joined the team and split time with Coors. Stremme did not finish higher than 11th, with an average finish of 26th, and had a 33rd-place finish in the points. Before the 2007 season started, Lone Star left the No. 40 team as primary sponsor, leaving only Coors Light. After the beginning of the season, Tums also came on as a sponsor of the No. 40 team. Stremme had a much better start to the season, earning his first Top 10 in the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, posting his best career finish, 8th, two weeks later in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, and ended the season with three Top 10s. Stremme was released due to Coors Light's departure to become the "Official Beer of NASCAR".

#### Dario Franchitti (2008)

On October 3, 2007, reigning Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Champion Dario Franchitti was announced as the new driver of the No. 40 car for the 2008 season. Due to the lack of sponsorship, the team had to procure one-race partnerships on a rotational basis, with The Hartford, Kennametal, Dodge Journey, Target, Dodge Avenger, and Wii Fit appearing on the car. Franchitti suffered ankle injuries in a Nationwide Series race at Talladega, causing him to miss several races. Marlin, Stremme, Ken Schrader, and Jeremy Mayfield filled in during his absence.
Ganassi shut the team down in July due to its lack of funding mid-season, with around 70 employees laid off. Franchitti, meanwhile, moved to CGR's IndyCar operation. The team was revived for several fall races with Bryan Clauson driving, but race qualifying was rained out twice and the team did not make the field due to being too low in the owner points. When qualifying was finally staged at Texas, Clauson subsequently failed to qualify, and the team was shut down again.

#### Car No. 40 results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
| 1993 | Kenny Wallace | 40 | Pontiac | DAY 23 | CAR 23 | RCH 26 | ATL 16 | DAR 32 | BRI 13 | NWS 15 | MAR 24 | TAL 14 | SON 36 | CLT 23 | DOV 13 | POC 15 | MCH 29 | DAY 28 | NHA 21 | POC 23 | TAL 35 | GLN 9 | MCH 23 | BRI 9 | DAR 10 | RCH 32 | DOV 16 | MAR 15 | NWS 27 | CLT 35 | CAR 37 | PHO 17 | ATL 30 | | | | | | | 25th | 2893 |
| 1994 | Bobby Hamilton | 40 | Pontiac | DAY 12 | CAR 38 | RCH 33 | ATL 19 | DAR 25 | BRI 9 | NWS 14 | MAR 13 | TAL 12 | SON 33 | CLT 17 | DOV 34 | POC 27 | MCH 41 | DAY 24 | NHA 40 | POC 23 | TAL 22 | IND 24 | GLN 34 | MCH DNQ | BRI 28 | DAR 22 | RCH 34 | DOV 31 | MAR 13 | NWS 12 | CLT 19 | CAR 33 | PHO 11 | ATL 24 | | | | | | 23rd | 2749 |
| 1995 | Greg Sacks | 40 | Pontiac | DAY DNQ | CAR 41 | RCH 19 | ATL 29 | DAR 22 | BRI 36 | NWS 35 | MAR 22 | TAL 35 | SON DNQ | CLT DNQ | DOV 28 | POC 33 | MCH DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40th | 1548 |
| 1995 | Andy Hillenburg | 40 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAY 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40th | 1548 |
| 1995 | Rich Bickle | 40 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NHA 38 | POC 30 | | IND 37 | | MCH DNQ | BRI 31 | DAR 21 | | DOV 35 | MAR DNQ | NWS 27 | CLT 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40th | 1548 |
| 1995 | Randy LaJoie | 40 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 40 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40th | 1548 |
| 1995 | Butch Leitzinger | 40 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40th | 1548 |
| 1995 | Shane Hall | 40 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH DNQ | | | | | CAR 36 | PHO DNQ | ATL DNQ | | | | | | | | | 40th | 1548 |
| 1996 | Jay Sauter | 40 | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | DAR | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL | SON | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | DAY | NHA | POC | TAL | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR DNQ | RCH DNQ | DOV | MAR | NWS | | | | | | | | | | 56th | 235 |
| 1996 | Greg Sacks | 40 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 24 | | | ATL 18 | | | | | | | | | 56th | 235 |
| 1996 | Robby Gordon | 40 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CAR 42 | PHO 42 | | | | | | | | | | | 56th | 235 |
| 1997 | Robby Gordon | 40 | Chevy | DAY 16 | CAR 33 | RCH 28 | ATL 14 | DAR 34 | TEX 34 | BRI 43 | MAR 41 | SON 41 | | CLT 41 | | | | | DAY 22 | NHA 34 | POC 42 | IND 28 | GLN 4 | MCH 17 | BRI DNQ | DAR 22 | RCH 42 | NHA 24 | DOV 33 | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 1940 |
| 1997 | Joe Nemechek | 40 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | TAL 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 1940 |
| 1997 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | 40 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | DOV 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 1940 |
| 1997 | Greg Sacks | 40 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 42 | MCH DNQ | CAL 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 39 | CAR 39 | PHO 21 | ATL DNQ | | | | | | | 37th | 1940 |
| 1997 | Steve Park | 40 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAR 41 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 1940 |
| 1997 | Elliott Sadler | 40 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37th | 1940 |
| 1998 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | Chevy | DAY 22 | CAR 25 | LVS 24 | ATL DNQ | DAR 14 | BRI 40 | TEX 14 | MAR 36 | TAL 9 | CAL 14 | CLT 15 | DOV 19 | RCH 10 | MCH 18 | POC 9 | SON 7 | NHA 35 | POC 11 | IND 11 | GLN 7 | MCH 15 | BRI 21 | NHA 17 | DAR 8 | RCH 15 | DOV 16 | MAR 18* | CLT 30 | TAL 14 | DAY 18 | PHO 12 | CAR 13 | ATL 42 | | | | 13th | 3530 |
| 1999 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | Chevy | DAY 32 | CAR 37 | LVS 15 | ATL 18 | DAR 16 | TEX 9 | BRI 14 | MAR 13 | TAL 25 | CAL 16 | RCH 18 | CLT 40 | DOV 29 | MCH 22 | POC 4 | SON 25 | DAY 12 | NHA 34 | POC 28 | IND 16 | GLN 33 | MCH 15 | BRI 7 | DAR 40 | RCH 4 | NHA 21 | DOV 38 | MAR 11 | CLT 29 | TAL 22 | CAR 8 | PHO 40 | HOM 17 | ATL 31 | | | 16th | 3397 |
| 2000 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | Chevy | DAY 24 | CAR 15 | LVS 18 | ATL 12 | DAR 21 | BRI 10 | TEX 34 | MAR 24 | TAL 8 | CAL 32 | RCH 29 | CLT 19 | DOV 31 | MCH 10 | POC 22 | SON 2 | DAY 25 | NHA 25 | POC 42 | IND 30 | GLN 30 | MCH 15 | BRI 8 | DAR 17 | RCH 20 | NHA 22 | DOV 37 | MAR 9 | CLT 31 | TAL 41 | CAR 33 | PHO 15 | HOM 26 | ATL 8 | | | 19th | 3363 |
| 2001 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | Dodge | DAY 7 | CAR 8 | LVS 3 | ATL 35 | DAR 5 | BRI 12 | TEX 34 | MAR 5 | TAL 23* | CAL 9 | RCH 11 | CLT 15 | DOV 6 | MCH 3 | POC 4 | SON 28 | DAY 39 | CHI 9 | NHA 17 | POC 16 | IND 2 | GLN 25 | MCH 1 | BRI 9 | DAR 16 | RCH 32 | DOV 8 | KAN 5 | CLT 1* | MAR 10 | TAL 17 | PHO 34 | CAR 11 | HOM 5 | ATL 2 | NHA 2 | 3rd | 4741 |
| 2002 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | Dodge | DAY 8* | CAR 2 | LVS 1 | ATL 9 | DAR 1 | BRI 19 | TEX 7 | MAR 12 | TAL 5 | CAL 7 | RCH 11 | CLT 11 | DOV 13 | POC 4 | MCH 21 | SON 43 | DAY 3 | CHI 16 | NHA 14 | POC 3* | IND 27 | GLN 30 | MCH 6 | BRI 7 | DAR 4 | RCH 43 | NHA 21 | DOV 21 | KAN 33 | | | | | | | | 8th | 4503 |
| 2002 | Jamie McMurray | 40 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TAL 26 | CLT 1* | | ATL 7 | CAR 15 | PHO 40 | HOM 22 | 8th | 4503 |
| 2002 | Mike Bliss | 40 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAR 14 | | | | | | | 8th | 4503 |
| 2003 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | Dodge | DAY 17 | CAR 40 | LVS 8 | ATL 14 | DAR 39 | BRI 6 | TEX 29 | TAL 6 | MAR 7 | CAL 10 | RCH 13 | CLT 7 | DOV 35 | POC 6* | MCH 6* | SON 18 | DAY 19 | CHI 21 | NHA 39 | POC 10 | IND 34 | GLN 43 | MCH 19 | BRI 17 | DAR 31 | RCH 22 | NHA 29 | DOV 13 | TAL 39 | KAN 34 | CLT 15 | MAR 43 | ATL 16 | PHO 11 | CAR 10 | HOM 10 | 18th | 3745 |
| 2004 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | Dodge | DAY 37 | CAR 4 | LVS 18 | ATL 16 | DAR 14 | BRI 4 | TEX 26 | MAR 9 | TAL 31 | CAL 27 | RCH 15 | CLT 39 | DOV 29 | POC 31 | MCH 6 | SON 21 | DAY 20 | CHI 7 | NHA 21 | POC 15 | IND 33 | GLN 36 | MCH 15 | BRI 6 | CAL 26 | RCH 14 | NHA 12 | DOV 15 | TAL 34 | KAN 34 | CLT 12 | MAR 4 | ATL 19 | PHO 25 | DAR 12 | HOM 16 | 21st | 3857 |
| 2005 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | Dodge | DAY 8 | CAL 15 | LVS 35 | ATL 16 | BRI 11 | MAR 6 | TEX 5 | PHO 26 | TAL 34 | DAR 41 | RCH 23 | CLT 39 | DOV 32 | POC 16 | MCH 40 | SON 26 | DAY 22 | CHI 32 | NHA 34 | POC 28 | IND 9 | | MCH 21 | BRI 29 | CAL 19 | RCH 41 | NHA 11 | DOV 41 | TAL 7 | KAN 13 | CLT 40 | MAR 38 | ATL 20 | TEX 23 | PHO 34 | HOM 26 | 30th | 3183 |
| 2005 | Scott Pruett | 40 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30th | 3183 |
| 2006 | David Stremme | 40 | Dodge | DAY 28 | CAL 33 | LVS 33 | ATL 33 | BRI 36 | MAR 38 | TEX 21 | PHO 29 | TAL 34 | RCH 33 | DAR 25 | CLT 31 | DOV 41 | POC 26 | MCH 19 | | DAY 16 | CHI 21 | NHA 11 | POC 29 | IND 18 | | MCH 28 | BRI 35 | CAL 36 | RCH 26 | NHA 20 | DOV 18 | KAN 26 | TAL 33 | CLT 15 | MAR 15 | ATL 39 | TEX 24 | PHO 18 | HOM 11 | 33rd | 2865 |
| 2006 | Scott Pruett | 40 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SON 30 | | | | | | GLN 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 33rd | 2865 |
| 2007 | David Stremme | 40 | Dodge | DAY 11 | CAL 19 | LVS 20 | ATL 13 | BRI 13 | MAR 35 | TEX 10 | PHO 43 | TAL 8 | RCH 38 | DAR 37 | CLT 17 | DOV 36 | POC 23 | MCH 40 | SON 32 | NHA 27 | DAY 22 | CHI 34 | IND 26 | POC 25 | GLN 21 | MCH 21 | BRI 14 | CAL 34 | RCH 19 | NHA 42 | DOV 39 | KAN 17 | TAL 17 | CLT 9 | MAR 37 | ATL 39 | TEX 41 | PHO 20 | HOM 11 | 24th | 3163 |
| 2008 | Dario Franchitti | 40 | Dodge | DAY 33 | CAL 32 | LVS 33 | ATL 33 | BRI 36 | MAR 22 | TEX DNQ | PHO 32 | | | | | | POC 41 | MCH 43 | SON DNQ | NHA 38 | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | | | | | | | 44th | 1058 |
| 2008 | David Stremme | 40 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | TAL 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44th | 1058 |
| 2008 | Ken Schrader | 40 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | RCH DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44th | 1058 |
| 2008 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 34 | CLT 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44th | 1058 |
| 2008 | Jeremy Mayfield | 40 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | DOV 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44th | 1058 |
| 2008 | Bryan Clauson | 40 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT DNQ | MAR | ATL DNQ | TEX DNQ | PHO | HOM | 44th | 1058 |

### Car No. 41 history
#### Jimmy Spencer (2002)

With Cingular moving to Richard Childress Racing to sponsor the No. 31 car, long time Ganassi backer Target became the sponsor of the former 01 team, the number was changed to No. 41, and veteran Jimmy Spencer was tabbed to replace Leffler. Spencer did not qualify for the Daytona 500, and was replaced by road course ringer Scott Pruett at Watkins Glen, with Pruett finishing a strong sixth. The high point of the season was at the Food City 500 at Bristol in the spring, when Spencer and fierce rival Kurt Busch engaged in a heated battle at the end of the race. Busch, on worn tires, would go to victory lane while Spencer scored a season-best second-place finish. In 34 races, Spencer scored two Top 5's and six Top 10 finishes en route to a 27th-place points finish, and was released to make way for Ganassi's Busch driver, Casey Mears.

#### Casey Mears (2003–2005)

Busch Series driver Casey Mears was hired to drive the car, joining fellow rookie teammate Jamie McMurray. Mears struggled in his rookie season but steadily improved over the next two seasons.

#### Reed Sorenson (2006–2008)

For 2006 another young driver, Reed Sorenson was hired to drive the No. 41 car full-time, and Mears replaced McMurray in the No. 42 car. Sorenson had five Top 10's and ended the 2006 season 24th in the standings. After finishing 22nd in the standings with three Top 5's and six Top 10's in 2007, the No. 41 team only managed one Top 5 and two Top 10's and dropped to 32nd in the final standings in 2008. In an effort to keep the car higher in points, Scott Pruett took over at Sonoma, finishing 38th after a late-race wreck. Sorenson left the team to drive for Richard Petty Motorsports.

#### Car No. 41 results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
| 2002 | Jimmy Spencer | 41 | Dodge | DAY DNQ | CAR 20 | LVS 10 | ATL 26 | DAR 37 | BRI 2 | TEX 8 | MAR 21 | TAL 17 | CAL 27 | RCH 10 | CLT 25 | DOV 23 | POC 21 | MCH 28 | SON 36 | DAY 4 | CHI 32 | NHA 11 | POC 32 | IND 31 | | MCH 34 | BRI 8 | DAR 18 | RCH 42 | NHA 15 | DOV 35 | KAN 24 | TAL 21 | CLT 32 | MAR 24 | ATL 30 | CAR 31 | PHO 23 | HOM 42 | 27th | 3187 |
| 2002 | Scott Pruett | 41 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 3187 |
| 2003 | Casey Mears | 41 | Dodge | DAY 27 | CAR 30 | LVS 15 | ATL 23 | DAR 34 | BRI 32 | TEX 27 | TAL 40 | MAR 36 | CAL 34 | RCH 28 | CLT 35 | DOV 40 | POC 21 | MCH 20 | SON 26 | DAY 25 | CHI 34 | NHA 16 | POC 35 | IND 29 | GLN 32 | MCH 41 | BRI 21 | DAR 35 | RCH 41 | NHA 17 | DOV 36 | TAL 37 | KAN 24 | CLT 42 | MAR 17 | ATL 28 | PHO 42 | CAR 33 | HOM 27 | 35th | 2638 |
| 2004 | Casey Mears | 41 | Dodge | DAY 14 | CAR 21 | LVS 7 | ATL 34 | DAR 15 | BRI 36 | TEX 7 | MAR 37 | TAL 8 | CAL 8 | RCH 32 | CLT 7 | DOV 28 | POC 10 | MCH 31 | SON 7 | DAY 11 | CHI 15 | NHA 26 | POC 18 | IND 26 | GLN 4 | MCH 20 | BRI 30 | CAL 29 | RCH 35 | NHA 29 | DOV 24 | TAL 8 | KAN 31 | CLT 20 | MAR 29 | ATL 13 | PHO 34 | DAR 26 | HOM 26 | 22nd | 3690 |
| 2005 | Casey Mears | 41 | Dodge | DAY 26 | CAL 22 | LVS 7 | ATL 19 | BRI 43 | MAR 17 | TEX 4 | PHO 39 | TAL 14 | DAR 39 | RCH 28 | CLT 34 | DOV 24 | POC 18 | MCH 21 | SON 20 | DAY 43 | CHI 9 | NHA 33 | POC 21 | IND 6 | GLN 23 | MCH 14 | BRI 34 | CAL 32 | RCH 23 | NHA 23 | DOV 10 | TAL 38 | KAN 8 | CLT 6 | MAR 22 | ATL 21 | TEX 4 | PHO 22 | HOM 5 | 22nd | 3637 |
| 2006 | Reed Sorenson | 41 | Dodge | DAY 29 | CAL 21 | LVS 40 | ATL 10 | BRI 22 | MAR 12 | TEX 13 | PHO 40 | TAL 26 | RCH 23 | DAR 11 | CLT 10 | DOV 19 | POC 36 | MCH 5 | SON 29 | DAY 34 | CHI 7 | NHA 24 | POC 26 | IND 30 | GLN 12 | MCH 8 | BRI 36 | CAL 21 | RCH 14 | NHA 17 | DOV 11 | KAN 43 | TAL 39 | CLT 36 | MAR 35 | ATL 29 | TEX 17 | PHO 29 | HOM 16 | 24th | 3434 |
| 2007 | Reed Sorenson | 41 | Dodge | DAY 13 | CAL 43 | LVS 31 | ATL 9 | BRI 43 | MAR 18 | TEX 40 | PHO 15 | TAL 25 | RCH 21 | DAR 40 | CLT 4 | DOV 27 | POC 24 | MCH 23 | SON 40 | NHA 26 | DAY 42 | CHI 12 | IND 5 | POC 28 | GLN 28 | MCH 38 | BRI 15 | CAL 21 | RCH 32 | NHA 14 | DOV 30 | KAN 7 | TAL 10 | CLT 30 | MAR 41 | ATL 3 | TEX 40 | PHO 19 | HOM 22 | 22nd | 3275 |
| 2008 | Reed Sorenson | 41 | Dodge | DAY 5 | CAL 37 | LVS 18 | ATL 31 | BRI 31 | MAR 36 | TEX 24 | PHO 42 | TAL 43 | RCH 12 | DAR 32 | CLT 22 | DOV 26 | POC 33 | MCH 34 | | NHA 6 | DAY 22 | CHI 31 | IND 17 | POC 35 | GLN 31 | MCH 33 | BRI 36 | CAL 27 | RCH 26 | NHA 22 | DOV 30 | KAN 26 | TAL 23 | CLT 15 | MAR 35 | ATL 39 | TEX 37 | PHO 31 | HOM 31 | 32nd | 2795 |
| 2008 | Scott Pruett | 41 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SON 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32nd | 2795 |

### Car No. 42 history
#### 1989–2000: Original No. 42
##### Kyle Petty (1989–1996)

The No. 42 car debuted in 1989 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, as PEAK-sponsored Pontiac for SABCO Racing, Felix Sabates' race team. The car was driven by Kyle Petty, who finished fourth in the race. The car ran on and off for the rest of the year before moving to full-time status in 1990. Petty scored one victory and finished 11th in points that year. He was running strong in 1991 with a new sponsorship from Mello Yello, before he broke his leg in a crash at Talladega Superspeedway. Over the next 11 races, he was replaced by Bobby Hillin Jr., Tommy Kendall, and Kenny Wallace while recovering. After returning, he won four races finished fifth in points in both 1992 and 1993. After that, Petty's career began to run out of steam. He won his final race in 1995 at Dover, the first year the car had Coors Light as a sponsor. In 1996, Petty was temporarily replaced by Jim Sauter to recover from more injuries.

##### Joe Nemechek (1997–1999)

In 1997, Kyle Petty and team owner Sabates split and sponsor Coors Light moved to the No. 40 car. The team switched from Pontiac to Chevy. Joe Nemechek and sponsor BellSouth proceeded to come on board. The year got off to a rocky start when Nemechek did not qualify for the Daytona 500 but was able to get in on a car bought from Phil Barkdoll. After losing his brother John in a crash at Homestead-Miami Speedway (and missing Darlington to attend his funeral, during which he was replaced by Phil Parsons), Nemechek won two pole positions and finished 28th in points, followed up by a then-career best 26th in 1998. Weeks after announcing that they would not race together after the 1999 season had ended, Nemechek won his first Winston Cup race at New Hampshire International Speedway, and won two more poles. The No. 42 was 87 in 1996.

#### 2000: Transition to Chip Ganassi Racing
##### Kenny Irwin Jr. (2000)

In 2000, former Winston Cup Rookie of the Year Kenny Irwin Jr. took over the 42 car. He was just adjusting to his new team, scoring a single top ten in the first 17 races, when in July he was killed in an accident at New Hampshire during Cup Series practice, the first race since the team won there the previous year. The team took one week off and returned as the No. 01 driven by Ted Musgrave.

##### Jamie McMurray (2003–2005)

Originally the 42 was planned to run the Daytona 500 with Swedish CART driver Kenny Bräck in the car and even completed testing at Daytona, the team never attempted the Daytona 500. The car came back as No. 42 in 2002 at Watkins Glen when Jimmy Spencer attempted but failed to qualify the car while Scott Pruett drove Spencer's normal car, the No. 41. The car was scheduled to run seven more races with Jamie McMurray driving, but when McMurray filled in for Sterling Marlin, the team did not run until 2003. The No. 42 team ran full-time in 2003, with McMurray as the driver and Texaco/Havoline as the sponsor. McMurray won Rookie of the Year honors in the Winston Cup Series. He failed to win a race in 2004, but had a very good season, with 23 Top-10s. He finished 11th in series points, the best of the non-Chasers. In 2005, McMurray missed the Chase after he was passed by Ryan Newman just before the Chase started, and McMurray finished 12th in points.

##### Casey Mears (2006)

McMurray left after the 2005 season to replace Kurt Busch at Roush Racing. Casey Mears moved over from the No. 41 to take his place during the 2006 season. He finished runner-up at the Daytona 500, but failed to win a race during the season and finished 14th in points. Mears decided to leave Ganassi, moving to Hendrick Motorsports for 2007.

##### Juan Pablo Montoya (2007–2013)

In July 2006, it was announced that former Indianapolis 500 winner, CART Champion, and at-that-time Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya would replace Mears in the No. 42 for 2007. Texaco returned to sponsor the car, with additional funding from Wrigley gum brands Big Red and Juicy Fruit. Montoya won his first career Nextel Cup race during his rookie season at Sonoma in the Toyota/Save Mart 350, ending a nearly five-year victory drought the Chip Ganassi Racing organization had since the 2002 UAW-GM Quality 500. He ended the year 20th in points and won Rookie of the Year. After he failed to return to victory lane and dropped to 25th in points despite some good results and a second place in the Aaron's 499 in 2008, Texaco/Havoline left the team.
With Texaco leaving and the Wrigley Company not able to cover the full season, long-time Ganassi sponsor Target moved over from the No. 41 to the No. 42 for 2009. Upon merging with DEI, the team absorbed the team's Chevrolet equipment after running Dodges since 2001. In 2009, Montoya had a breakout season, with seven top 5s, 18 top 10s, and 2 poles. He qualified for the Chase for the Sprint Cup and finished eighth in the overall standings, the best season-ending points position for Ganassi since Sterling Marlin's third-place finish in the final standings in 2001. Midway through 2010, Montoya had sported great runs but didn't have the finishes to show for it, specifically at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where Montoya dominated, but his crew chief Brian Pattie called for four tires late in the race, causing Montoya to fall to 8th and never recover. A similar situation happened the following week at Pocono when Montoya was running second at a late stage in the race, and Pattie again called for four tires, placing Montoya back in traffic. Montoya and Pattie were heard arguing over the radio. The next weekend, however, Montoya won his second career race, dominating at Watkins Glen. Montoya ended up placing 17th in the overall standings for 2010.
The 2011 season started fast for the 42 bunch. Montoya posted a 6th in the season opener at Daytona and then finished 3rd at the Las Vegas. At Talladega Montoya was involved in a late crash with the No. 39 car of Ryan Newman. Two weeks later at Richmond, Newman and Montoya were involved in two crashes, relegating them to 20th and 29th-place finishes respectively. At Dover Montoya was running for the lead but after a vibration and a crash involving the No. 27 car of Paul Menard, Montoya finished 32nd. Later at the Toyota/Save Mart 350, Montoya had a great run and looked like he was going to fight Kurt Busch for the lead but crashed in an incident with Brad Keselowski near the end of the race and finished in 22nd. Montoya was inconsistent for the rest of the year except for a 7th-place finish at Watkins Glen on August 14 and a 9th-place finish on August 25 at the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire.
Montoya's struggles continued through 2012, as the Ganassi program as a whole was looking for answers. In 2013, after Ganassi switched to Hendrick Motorsports engines, Montoya nearly won at Dover, but was passed in the final laps by Tony Stewart, and finished second. Montoya would also have a strong run at Richmond leading several laps, but would again come up short. Later, on August 13, 2013, it was announced that Montoya's contract with Ganassi would not be renewed for the 2014 season.

##### Kyle Larson (2014–2020)

For 2014, promising development driver Kyle Larson took over the No. 42 after winning the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year. Montoya, meanwhile departed for Chip Ganassi's rival, Team Penske, in the IndyCar Series. For 2014, Larson competed with what many deemed to be the strongest rookie class in the series' history, including 2013 Nationwide Series champion Austin Dillon and several of their former Nationwide Series competitors. Larson nearly won at Auto Club Speedway, finishing second to Kyle Busch after a late-race restart. Larson defeated Busch the day before to capture the victory in the Nationwide Series race. He had a steady amount of top 10 finishes in the first half of 2014 and finished fourth at his second road course race at Watkins Glen. Larson had numerous crashes and tire failures but won a competitive Rookie of the Year title. He would struggle in 2015, including having to miss the 2015 STP 500 due to dehydration. Larson's best finish that year would be third at the spring Dover race, but he would finish 19th in points. In 2016, Larson would rebound from his sophomore year, taking his first career victory at the 2016 Pure Michigan 400, qualifying him for the Chase for the Sprint Cup. However, both he and teammate McMurray would be eliminated from championship contention after the Citizen Soldier 400.
In 2017, Larson captured his second career victory at the 2017 Auto Club 400 after securing pole position for the race. This completed his first "Weekend Sweep", which is when a driver wins every race run during the weekend. Larson would win three more races that year, sweeping both Michigan races and winning the last race before the playoffs at Richmond. Larson looked like a championship contender for most of the year, staying in the top-three in points from races 3 to 31 of the season. However, an engine failure at Kansas resulted in him being eliminated at the Round of 12 of the Playoffs, the first of four straight DNFs for Larson, relegating him to an eighth-place finish in points.
In 2018, Larson returned with his Credit One Bank/DC Solar Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. Despite being winless, he made the Playoffs by staying consistent in the regular season with four second-place finishes, eight top-fives, and 14 top-10s. Larson had a dominant car at the Inaugural Charlotte Roval race but was caught in a multi-car pileup in a late restart that also involved Playoff contenders Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch. His heavily damaged No. 42 car took advantage of Jeffrey Earnhardt being spun out by Daniel Hemric on the final lap and limped across the finish line in 25th place, securing him in the top 12. Larson experienced further bad luck at the fall Talladega race when he blew a right-front tire and spun out. He finished 11th in the race but was docked 10 driver and 10 owner points after the team violated the damaged vehicle policy by using metal tabs instead of fasteners and/or tape to repair the torn right front fender. Despite finishing third at the fall Kansas race, Larson was eliminated in the Round of 12 of the Playoffs. He finished the season ninth in points.
During the 2019 season, Larson made history by becoming only the third driver to win the Monster Energy Open and the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race. Larson once again made the Playoffs, his 4th straight appearance. Right after advancing past the Round of 16, Larson broke a 75-race winless streak by winning at Dover after qualifying second, immediately advancing to the Round of 8.
On April 13, 2020, NASCAR and iRacing indefinitely suspended Larson after he used a racial slur during an iRacing event. In a statement posted to Twitter, Chip Ganassi Racing had announced that they had suspended Larson without pay. As a result of his actions, McDonald's, Credit One Bank, Advent Health and Fiserv terminated their sponsorship of Larson. In addition, Chevrolet suspended its relationship with Larson indefinitely. CGR fired Larson the following day.

##### Matt Kenseth (2020)

On April 27, 2020, it was announced that Matt Kenseth would fill in for the remainder of the season. In addition, NASCAR granted him a waiver for eligibility in the 2020 playoffs. Other than a second-place run in the Brickyard 400, the season was forgettable for the 42 team as Kenseth finished 28th in the final standings with two Top 10's in his 32 races. After the year, Kenseth formally retired from NASCAR and primary sponsor Credit One Bank left the organization.

##### Ross Chastain (2021)

On September 21, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that Ross Chastain would replace Kenseth in the No. 42 Chevrolet in 2021. After a few great runs including a third-place finish in the Southern 500 and a second place at the inaugural Ally 400 at Nashville, the team missed the playoffs and finished 20th in points in his first fulltime season as a Cup driver. After the season however, Ganassi sold his assets to Justin Marks and the Trackhouse Racing. After a short decision, the team decided to bring the whole 42 team over including Ross, crew chief Phil Surgen, the crew and sponsors including AdventHealth but the 42 number did not come over as that team now runs as the 1 car. The 42 number however was not out of use long as the Petty GMS Racing team picked up its second car as the 42.

#### Car No. 42 results

| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Owners | Pts |
| 1989 | Kyle Petty | 42 | Pontiac | DAY DNQ | CAR | ATL 4 | RCH DNQ | DAR 28 | BRI | NWS | MAR | TAL 28 | CLT | DOV | SON | POC | MCH 6 | DAY 14 | POC 14 | TAL 7 | GLN | MCH 9 | BRI 27 | DAR 14 | RCH 32 | DOV 11 | MAR 30 | CLT 29 | NWS 31 | CAR 10 | PHO 21 | ATL 6 | | | | | | | | 30th | 2099 |
| 1990 | Kyle Petty | 42 | Pontiac | DAY 24 | RCH 11 | CAR 1* | ATL 6 | DAR 13 | BRI 10 | NWS 10 | MAR 16 | TAL 7 | CLT 17 | DOV 9 | SON 16 | POC 10 | MCH 8 | DAY 10 | POC 35 | TAL 8 | GLN 17 | MCH 16 | BRI 28 | DAR 25 | RCH 6 | DOV 8 | MAR 23 | NWS 10 | CLT 4 | CAR 20* | PHO 41 | ATL 41 | | | | | | | | 12th | 3501 |
| 1991 | Kyle Petty | 42 | Pontiac | DAY 16* | RCH 25 | CAR 1* | ATL 39 | DAR 6 | BRI 21 | NWS 18 | MAR 2 | TAL 33 | | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 22 | RCH 26 | DOV 12 | MAR 12 | NWS 16 | CLT 15 | CAR 9 | PHO 20 | ATL 19 | | | | | | | | 25th | 2810 |
| 1991 | Kenny Wallace | 42 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | CLT 13 | DOV 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 2810 |
| 1991 | Tommy Kendall | 42 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | SON 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 2810 |
| 1991 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | 42 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | POC 15 | MCH 15 | DAY 15 | POC 28 | TAL 11 | GLN 18 | MCH 33 | BRI 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 2810 |
| 1992 | Kyle Petty | 42 | Pontiac | DAY 6 | CAR 29 | RCH 20 | ATL 8 | DAR 27 | BRI 19 | NWS 28 | MAR 18 | TAL 10 | CLT 3* | DOV 29 | SON 12 | POC 6 | MCH 4 | DAY 14 | POC 7 | TAL 6 | GLN 1* | MCH 6 | BRI 4 | DAR 7 | RCH 12 | DOV 3 | MAR 4 | NWS 3 | CLT 3* | CAR 1* | PHO 19 | ATL 16 | | | | | | | | 5th | 3945 |
| 1993 | Kyle Petty | 42 | Pontiac | DAY 31 | CAR 32 | RCH 5* | ATL 7 | DAR 7 | BRI 3 | NWS 2 | MAR 5 | TAL 18 | SON 5 | CLT 14 | DOV 29 | POC 1* | MCH 12 | DAY 33 | NHA 8 | POC 27 | TAL 4 | GLN 26 | MCH 18 | BRI 30 | DAR 16 | RCH 9 | DOV 14 | MAR 10 | NWS 4 | CLT 7 | CAR 13 | PHO 3 | ATL 11 | | | | | | | 5th | 3860 |
| 1994 | Kyle Petty | 42 | Pontiac | DAY 39 | CAR 8 | RCH 5 | ATL 13 | DAR 11 | BRI 20 | NWS 4 | MAR 26 | TAL 13 | SON 11 | CLT 26 | DOV 11 | POC 12 | MCH 17 | DAY 34 | NHA 8 | POC 27 | TAL 19 | IND 25 | GLN 37 | MCH 6 | BRI 15 | DAR 12 | RCH 38 | DOV 6 | MAR 24 | NWS 26 | CLT 30 | CAR 36 | PHO 6 | ATL 22 | | | | | | 16th | 3339 |
| 1995 | Kyle Petty | 42 | Pontiac | DAY 12 | CAR 10 | RCH 33 | ATL 14 | DAR 35 | BRI 35 | NWS 31 | MAR 9 | TAL 31 | SON 28 | CLT 29 | DOV 1* | POC 39 | MCH 42 | DAY 7 | NHA 37 | POC 28 | TAL 6 | IND 25 | GLN 39 | MCH 42 | BRI DNQ | DAR 24 | RCH 25 | DOV 26 | MAR 11 | NWS 30 | CLT 15 | CAR 32 | PHO 39 | ATL 33 | | | | | | 30th | 2638 |
| 1996 | Kyle Petty | 42 | Pontiac | DAY 18 | CAR 11 | RCH 20 | ATL 22 | DAR 12 | BRI 15 | NWS 30 | MAR 30 | TAL 18 | SON 30 | CLT 23 | DOV 18 | POC 20 | MCH 38 | DAY 24 | NHA 28 | POC 26 | TAL 12 | IND 38 | GLN 23 | | | DAR 17 | RCH 18 | DOV 8 | MAR 8 | NWS 31 | CLT 41 | CAR 25 | PHO 29 | ATL DNQ | | | | | | 27th | 2696 |
| 1996 | Jim Sauter | 42 | Pontiac | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 21 | BRI 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 2696 |
| 1997 | Joe Nemechek | 42 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | CAR 35 | RCH 39 | ATL 39 | | TEX 29 | BRI 19 | MAR 19 | SON DNQ | TAL DNQ | CLT 19 | DOV 15 | POC 36 | MCH 41 | CAL 18 | DAY 24 | NHA 40 | POC 21 | IND 32 | GLN 12 | MCH 27 | BRI 38 | DAR 23 | RCH 6 | NHA 13 | DOV 20 | MAR 25 | CLT 16 | TAL 31 | CAR 10 | PHO 24 | ATL 8 | | | | | 30th | 2714 |
| 1997 | Phil Parsons | 42 | Chevy | | | | | DAR 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30th | 2714 |
| 1998 | Joe Nemechek | 42 | Chevy | DAY 26 | CAR 39 | LVS 37 | ATL 35 | DAR 37 | BRI DNQ | TEX 4 | MAR 24 | TAL 32 | CAL 22 | CLT 6 | DOV 26 | RCH 12 | MCH 9 | POC 35 | SON 25 | NHA 36 | POC 17 | IND 24 | GLN 12 | MCH 12 | BRI 31 | NHA 18 | DAR 35 | RCH 37 | DOV 29 | MAR 40 | CLT 7 | TAL 29 | DAY 17 | PHO 18 | CAR 17 | ATL 40 | | | | 26th | 2897 |
| 1999 | Joe Nemechek | 42 | Chevy | DAY 36 | CAR 24 | LVS 35 | ATL 14 | DAR 19 | TEX 33 | BRI 36 | MAR 37 | TAL 34 | CAL 40 | RCH 6 | CLT 32 | DOV 25 | MCH 34 | POC 42 | SON 19 | DAY 16 | NHA 37 | POC 29 | IND 22 | GLN 30 | MCH 22 | BRI 19 | DAR 6 | RCH 20 | NHA 1 | DOV 35 | MAR 38 | CLT 13 | TAL 30 | CAR 26 | PHO 19 | HOM 21 | ATL 32 | | | 30th | 2956 |
| 2000 | Kenny Irwin Jr. | 42 | Chevy | DAY 14 | CAR 22 | LVS 24 | ATL 24 | DAR 38 | BRI 40 | TEX 17 | MAR 37 | TAL 4 | CAL 42 | RCH 42 | CLT 24 | DOV 17 | MCH 35 | POC 25 | SON 23 | DAY 22 | NHA | POC | IND | GLN | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | MAR | CLT | TAL | CAR | PHO | HOM | ATL | | | 28th | 2815 |
| 2002 | Jimmy Spencer | 42 | Dodge | DAY | CAR | LVS | ATL | DAR | BRI | TEX | MAR | TAL | CAL | RCH | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | CHI | NHA | POC | IND | GLN DNQ | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | CAR | PHO | HOM | 72nd | 22 |
| 2003 | Jamie McMurray | 42 | Dodge | DAY 31 | CAR 5 | LVS 32 | ATL 36 | DAR 22 | BRI 11 | TEX 10 | TAL 27 | MAR 39 | CAL 5 | RCH 22 | CLT 25 | DOV 13 | POC 32 | MCH 14 | SON 20 | DAY 37 | CHI 8 | NHA 40 | POC 28 | IND 3 | GLN 22 | MCH 36 | BRI 3 | DAR 4 | RCH 19 | NHA 10 | DOV 6 | TAL 16 | KAN 8 | CLT 7 | MAR 8 | ATL 15 | PHO 12 | CAR 35 | HOM 9 | 13th | 3965 |
| 2004 | Jamie McMurray | 42 | Dodge | DAY 36 | CAR 3 | LVS 4 | ATL 37 | DAR 21 | BRI 8 | TEX 10 | MAR 7 | TAL 9 | CAL 15 | RCH 38 | CLT 4 | DOV 15 | POC 9 | MCH 37 | SON 2 | DAY 37 | CHI 13 | NHA 7 | POC 30 | IND 7 | GLN 13 | MCH 4 | BRI 7 | CAL 4 | RCH 9 | NHA 5 | DOV 8 | TAL 17 | KAN 7 | CLT 8 | MAR 2 | ATL 8 | PHO 24 | DAR 4 | HOM 7 | 11th | 4597 |
| 2005 | Jamie McMurray | 42 | Dodge | DAY 32 | CAL 4 | LVS 15 | ATL 11 | BRI 24 | MAR 25 | TEX 2 | PHO 25 | TAL 5 | DAR 6 | RCH 10 | CLT 21 | DOV 26 | POC 10 | MCH 13 | SON 13 | DAY 2 | CHI 22 | NHA 40 | POC 11 | IND 17 | GLN 13 | MCH 20 | BRI 26 | CAL 8 | RCH 40 | NHA 12 | DOV 29 | TAL 12 | KAN 18 | CLT 31 | MAR 7 | ATL 6 | TEX 11 | PHO 18 | HOM 18 | 12th | 4130 |
| 2006 | Casey Mears | 42 | Dodge | DAY 2 | CAL 7 | LVS 9 | ATL 21 | BRI 25 | MAR 27 | TEX 14 | PHO 20 | TAL 20 | RCH 17 | DAR 17 | CLT 23 | DOV 21 | POC 43 | MCH 7 | SON 20 | DAY 7 | CHI 25 | NHA 21 | POC 23 | IND 23 | GLN 35 | MCH 16 | BRI 17 | CAL 14 | RCH 11 | NHA 21 | DOV 22 | KAN 2 | TAL 30 | CLT 12 | MAR 6 | ATL 28 | TEX 7 | PHO 26 | HOM 32 | 14th | 3914 |
| 2007 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Dodge | DAY 19 | CAL 26 | LVS 22 | ATL 5 | BRI 32 | MAR 16 | TEX 8 | PHO 33 | TAL 31 | RCH 26 | DAR 23 | CLT 28 | DOV 31 | POC 20 | MCH 43 | SON 1 | NHA 19 | DAY 32 | CHI 15 | IND 2 | POC 16 | GLN 39 | MCH 26 | BRI 17 | CAL 33 | RCH 41 | NHA 23 | DOV 10 | KAN 28 | TAL 15 | CLT 37 | MAR 8 | ATL 34 | TEX 25 | PHO 17 | HOM 15 | 20th | 3487 |
| 2008 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Dodge | DAY 32 | CAL 20 | LVS 19 | ATL 16 | BRI 15 | MAR 13 | TEX 19 | PHO 16 | TAL 2 | RCH 32 | DAR 23 | CLT 30 | DOV 12 | POC 38 | MCH 38 | SON 6 | NHA 32 | DAY 38 | CHI 18 | IND 38 | POC 40 | GLN 4 | MCH 25 | BRI 19 | CAL 20 | RCH 31 | NHA 17 | DOV 39 | KAN 20 | TAL 25 | CLT 34 | MAR 14 | ATL 40 | TEX 43 | PHO 17 | HOM 17 | 25th | 3329 |
| 2009 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevy | DAY 14 | CAL 11 | LVS 31 | ATL 27 | BRI 9 | MAR 12 | TEX 7 | PHO 24 | TAL 20 | RCH 10 | DAR 20 | CLT 8 | DOV 30 | POC 8 | MCH 6 | SON 6 | NHA 12 | DAY 9 | CHI 10 | IND 11 | POC 2 | GLN 6 | MCH 19 | BRI 25 | ATL 3 | RCH 19 | NHA 3 | DOV 4 | KAN 4 | CAL 3 | CLT 35 | MAR 3 | TAL 19 | TEX 37 | PHO 8 | HOM 38 | 8th | 6252 |
| 2010 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevy | DAY 10 | CAL 37 | LVS 37 | ATL 3 | BRI 26 | MAR 36 | PHO 5 | TEX 34 | TAL 3 | RCH 6 | DAR 5 | DOV 35 | CLT 38 | POC 8 | MCH 13 | SON 10 | NHA 34 | DAY 27 | CHI 16 | IND 32 | POC 16 | GLN 1 | MCH 7 | BRI 7 | ATL 9 | RCH 7 | NHA 16 | DOV 14 | KAN 29 | CAL 14 | CLT 11 | MAR 19 | TAL 3 | TEX 28 | PHO 16 | HOM 35 | 17th | 4118 |
| 2011 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevy | DAY 6 | PHO 19 | LVS 3 | BRI 24 | CAL 10 | MAR 4 | TEX 13 | TAL 30 | RCH 29 | DAR 23 | DOV 32 | CLT 12 | KAN 17 | POC 7 | MCH 30 | SON 22 | DAY 9 | KEN 15 | NHA 30 | IND 28 | POC 32 | GLN 7 | MCH 25 | BRI 19 | ATL 15 | RCH 15 | CHI 14 | NHA 9 | DOV 22 | KAN 23 | CLT 14 | TAL 23 | MAR 22 | TEX 18 | PHO 15 | HOM 31 | 21st | 932 |
| 2012 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevy | DAY 36 | PHO 11 | LVS 25 | BRI 8 | CAL 17 | MAR 21 | TEX 16 | KAN 12 | RCH 12 | TAL 32 | DAR 24 | CLT 20 | DOV 28 | POC 17 | MCH 8 | SON 34 | KEN 14 | DAY 28 | NHA 25 | IND 21 | POC 20 | GLN 33 | MCH 26 | BRI 13 | ATL 21 | RCH 20 | CHI 23 | NHA 22 | DOV 26 | TAL 38 | CLT 19 | KAN 16 | MAR 20 | TEX 34 | PHO 12 | HOM 28 | 22nd | 810 |
| 2013 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevy | DAY 39 | PHO 12 | LVS 19 | BRI 30 | CAL 38 | MAR 26 | TEX 20 | KAN 27 | RCH 4 | TAL 25 | DAR 8 | CLT 18 | DOV 2 | POC 14 | MCH 20 | SON 34 | KEN 16 | DAY 39 | NHA 24 | IND 9 | POC 28 | GLN 5 | MCH 11 | BRI 3 | ATL 7 | RCH 16 | CHI 32 | NHA 19 | DOV 23 | KAN 18 | CLT 12 | TAL 41 | MAR 13 | TEX 20 | PHO 6 | HOM 18 | 21st | 894 |
| 2014 | Kyle Larson | 42 | Chevy | DAY 38 | PHO 20 | LVS 19 | BRI 10 | CAL 2 | MAR 27 | TEX 5 | DAR 8 | RCH 16 | TAL 9 | KAN 12 | CLT 18 | DOV 11 | POC 5 | MCH 8 | SON 28 | KEN 40 | DAY 36 | NHA 3 | IND 7 | POC 11 | GLN 4 | MCH 43 | BRI 12 | ATL 8 | RCH 11 | CHI 3 | NHA 2 | DOV 6 | KAN 2 | CLT 6 | TAL 17 | MAR 30 | TEX 7 | PHO 13 | HOM 13 | 17th | 1080 |
| 2015 | Kyle Larson | 42 | Chevy | DAY 34 | ATL 26 | LVS 8 | PHO 10 | CAL 26 | | TEX 25 | BRI 7 | RCH 12 | TAL 42 | KAN 15 | CLT 25 | DOV 3 | POC 8 | MCH 17 | SON 15 | DAY 39 | KEN 35 | NHA 31 | IND 9 | POC 12 | GLN 12 | MCH 13 | BRI 41 | DAR 10 | RCH 12 | CHI 7 | NHA 17 | DOV 9 | CLT 21 | KAN 29 | TAL 24 | MAR 19 | TEX 37 | PHO 21 | HOM 5 | 19th | 872 |
| 2015 | Regan Smith | 42 | Chevy | | | | | | MAR 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19th | 872 |
| 2016 | Kyle Larson | 42 | Chevy | DAY 7 | ATL 26 | LVS 34 | PHO 12 | CAL 39 | MAR 3 | TEX 14 | BRI 35 | RCH 15 | TAL 29 | KAN 35 | DOV 2 | CLT 13 | POC 11 | MCH 3 | SON 12 | DAY 6 | KEN 19 | NHA 17 | IND 5 | POC 6 | GLN 29 | BRI 24 | MCH 1* | DAR 3 | RCH 2 | CHI 18 | NHA 10 | DOV 25 | CLT 5 | KAN 30 | TAL 6 | MAR 14 | TEX 15 | PHO 3 | HOM 2* | 9th | 2288 |
| 2017 | Kyle Larson | 42 | Chevy | DAY 12 | ATL 2 | LVS 2 | PHO 2 | CAL 1* | MAR 17 | TEX 2 | BRI 6* | RCH 14 | TAL 12 | KAN 6 | CLT 33 | DOV 2* | POC 7 | MCH 1* | SON 26 | DAY 29 | KEN 2 | NHA 2 | IND 28 | POC 33 | GLN 23 | MCH 1 | BRI 9 | DAR 14* | RCH 1 | CHI 5 | NHA 2 | DOV 5 | CLT 10 | TAL 13 | KAN 39 | MAR 37 | TEX 37 | PHO 40 | HOM 3* | 8th | 2320 |
| 2018 | Kyle Larson | 42 | Chevy | DAY 19 | ATL 9 | LVS 3 | PHO 18 | CAL 2 | MAR 16 | TEX 36 | BRI 2* | RCH 7 | TAL 40 | DOV 10 | KAN 4* | CLT 7 | POC 2 | MCH 28 | SON 14 | CHI 2 | DAY 29 | KEN 9 | NHA 12 | POC 23 | GLN 6 | MCH 17 | BRI 2 | DAR 3* | IND 14 | LVS 2 | RCH 7 | CLT 25* | DOV 12 | TAL 11 | KAN 3 | MAR 37 | TEX 5 | PHO 3 | HOM 13 | 9th | 2299 |
| 2019 | Kyle Larson | 42 | Chevy | DAY 7 | ATL 12* | LVS 12 | PHO 6 | CAL 12 | MAR 18 | TEX 39 | BRI 19 | RCH 37 | TAL 24 | DOV 3 | KAN 8 | CLT 33 | POC 26 | MCH 14 | SON 10 | CHI 2 | DAY 20 | KEN 4 | NHA 33 | POC 5 | GLN 8 | MCH 3 | BRI 6 | DAR 2 | IND 33 | LVS 8 | RCH 6 | CLT 13 | DOV 1 | TAL 39 | KAN 14 | MAR 9 | TEX 12 | PHO 4 | HOM 40 | 6th | 2339 |
| 2020 | Kyle Larson | 42 | Chevy | DAY 10 | LVS 9 | CAL 21 | PHO 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 642 |
| 2020 | Matt Kenseth | 42 | Chevy | | | | | DAR 10 | DAR 30 | CLT 26 | CLT 23 | BRI 16 | ATL 15 | MAR 23 | HOM 25 | TAL 40 | POC 11 | POC 12 | IND 2 | KEN 25 | TEX 18 | KAN 17 | NHA 37 | MCH 17 | MCH 15 | DAY 26 | DOV 23 | DOV 15 | DAY 28 | DAR 14 | RCH 16 | BRI 14 | LVS 18 | TAL 16 | CLT 34 | KAN 40 | TEX 39 | MAR 14 | PHO 25 | 22nd | 642 |
| 2021 | Ross Chastain | 42 | Chevy | DAY 7 | DAY 39 | HOM 17 | LVS 23 | PHO 19 | ATL 14 | BRI 35 | MAR 17 | RCH 15 | TAL 16 | KAN 14 | DAR 15 | DOV 15 | COA 4 | CLT 37 | SON 7 | NSH 2 | POC 33 | POC 26 | ROA 7 | ATL 21 | NHA 8 | GLN 12 | IND 29 | MCH 35 | DAY 18 | DAR 3 | RCH 7 | BRI 14 | LVS 23 | TAL 33 | CLT 23 | TEX 28 | KAN 13 | MAR 27 | PHO 14 | 20th | 729 |

### Additional cars
#### Part Time as the No. 46 (1997–1998)

The No. 46 car began as the No. 87 NEMCO Motorsports car owned and driven by Joe Nemechek. After he signed with SABCO in 1996, Sabates became the majority owner of the team, which debuted at the 1997 Daytona 500 as the No. 46 First Union Chevrolet driven by Wally Dallenbach Jr. After skipping several races, the team moved to full-time racing. Dallenbach competed in 22 races and finished 41st in points. He only raced in four races in the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series before he was replaced by a rotation of drivers including Jeff Green, Morgan Shepherd, and Tommy Kendall.
After First Union stopped their backing at the end of the season, the team was scheduled to close down, but instead it changed its number to No. 01 and served as the team's research and development car.

#### Part Time as the No. 04 (2001)

In 2001, The team fielded the No. 04 at Sears Point for Jason Leffler. He attempted to make the race while Dorsey Schroeder piloted Leffler's regular ride, the No. 01; Leffler did not qualify for the race.

#### Part Time as the No. 09 (2003)

CGR has occasionally run an additional part-time entry for research and development or for rookie drivers making their debut. The team debuted in 2003 at Sonoma Raceway as the No. 09 Target Dodge, run under the Phoenix Racing banner, with road course specialist Scott Pruett, finishing a lap down in 34th after an incident while running in the top ten.

#### Part Time as the No. 39 (2003–2006)

In the same year, Pruett would run for CGR itself at Watkins Glen as the No. 39. Pruett started 28th and finished 2nd. Pruett and the car reappeared in 2004 and 2005 at Sonoma, where Pruett finished 3rd and 31st, respectively. He also attempted Watkins Glen, but he failed to qualify both years. In 2005, former champion Bill Elliott drove the car in the Bud Shootout, due to his ride at Evernham Motorsports being unavailable. The car was sponsored by Coors, running a tribute scheme that Elliott had run in the past with the sponsor. Development driver David Stremme then drove seven races in preparation for his bid in 2006 for NASCAR Rookie of the Year, making his debut at Chicagoland Speedway in July. Stremme finished 16th in his debut. Reed Sorenson also drove at Atlanta with Discount Tire sponsorship in preparation for his full-time cup season in 2006.
In August 2005, CGR announced their plans to expand to four full-time teams, with Home123 moving up from the Busch Series to sponsor the new entry. Casey Mears, then the driver of the 41 car, was selected to drive the new entry, with Reed Sorenson moving into his old ride. Home123, then the "official mortgage company of NASCAR", was one of several mortgage companies that specialized in subprime loans to make a large investment in the sport during the peak of the U.S. housing bubble. By November, however, Home123 and Ganassi mutually ended their agreement, and Mears was tabbed to replace the departing Jamie McMurray in the No. 42 Texaco Havoline Dodge.

#### Part Time as the No. 30 (2007)

In preparation for running full-time in the No. 42 car in 2007, Formula One and Indy 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya made his Cup debut at the 2006 season finale Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, in a Texaco Havoline car numbered No. 30. Montoya qualified 29th and ran as high as 13th, but was involved in an incident with Ryan Newman on lap 254, leading Montoya's car to crash and erupt in flames. Montoya was credited with a 34th-place finish.

#### Aric Almirola and the No. 8 (2008)

After the DEI merger, Ganassi gained a set of owners' points from the former DEI No. 8 car, which had been driven by Mark Martin and Aric Almirola in 2008. (For more information about the No. 8 prior to the merger, including the time during which the car was driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr., see Dale Earnhardt, Inc.). Although Ganassi did not have enough sponsorship to run three cars, and after Bobby Labonte turned down an offer to drive the car, Aric Almirola was tentatively signed to return to the No. 8 Chevrolet for the full 2009 season, pending sponsorship. The team was able to sign Guitar Hero for four races including the Daytona 500, and one-race deals with Cub Cadet, TomTom, and Champion Apparel. After seven races and while sitting 37th in owner points, Ganassi announced that the operations of the No. 8 team were being suspended indefinitely due to lack of sponsorship. Almirola later sued Ganassi for breach of contract, which he alleged promised a full-season ride, and the dispute was settled out of court.

#### Part Time as the No. 34 With Front Row Motorsports (2009)

In addition to the No. 8 car, for 2009 EGR formed an alliance with Front Row Motorsports's No. 34 car and driver John Andretti. FRM received the owner points of DEI's former No. 15 car, allowing the team to qualify for the first five races of the season. The teams also formed a technical alliance, with EGR crew chief Steve Lane moving to FRM and the No. 34 fielded as a fourth EGR entry in select races including the Daytona 500.

## Xfinity Series

CGR/FS began running in the then-Busch Series as SABCO Racing in 1995, running the No. 42 Band-Aid-sponsored Pontiac in eight races with Bobby Hamilton and Dennis Setzer. SABCO returned to the series in 2000, fielding two full-time teams (numbered 81 and 82) and one part-time (numbered 42). The No. 42 BellSouth-sponsored Chevrolet was primarily driven by Kenny Irwin Jr., with Steadman Marlin running two races at Nashville and Memphis. The No. 42 had run 10 races with Irwin finishing in the Top 10 twice before he was killed in a practice accident at New Hampshire. Like Irwin's Cup team, the number was switched to 01, and Sterling Marlin became the new driver. He raced three races in the 01, finishing in the Top 10 twice. Blaise Alexander drove the No. 81 TracFone/WCW Chevy full-time in 2000, and had two top-tens and finished 25th in points, despite failing to qualify for the season-opening race. Dave Steele was hired by SABCO to drive the No. 82 Channellock-sponsored Chevy full-time, but after failing to qualify for three out of the first five races, he was released. Sterling Marlin won the next race at Bristol in the No. 82, while Jeff Fuller failed to qualify in his attempt in the car the following week at Texas. After Derek Gilcrest drove for a pair of races, Glenn Allen Jr. drove for the next five races, not finishing better than 29th. Jason White drove for two short track races, followed by Anthony Lazzaro at Watkins Glen, Andy Houston at Milwaukee, and Austin Cameron at Nazareth and Pikes Peak. Ted Musgrave then signed on for the next eight races, finishing eighth at Lowe's. Marty Houston finished the season in the No. 82, with a best finish of 14th. At the end of the 2000 season, SABCO's Busch equipment was sold to HighLine Performance Group (later FitzBradshaw Racing), owned by Sabates' son-in-law Armando Fitz.
The Busch Series program was restarted by CGR from 2004 to 2008, run primarily to develop drivers including Reed Sorenson, David Stremme, Dario Franchitti, and Bryan Clauson. The team won eight races over the five year stretch, but shut down following CGR's merger with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. At the end of 2014, CGR acquired Steve Turner's interest in the Nationwide (now Xfinity) operations of Turner Scott Motorsports, which had fielded entries in the Nationwide Series, Truck Series, K&N Pro Series East and West, and ARCA Racing Series for Ganassi drivers Kyle Larson and Dylan Kwasniewski between late 2012 and 2014. Though Turner Scott was a two car Xfinity operation (at one point operating as many as five entries), the operation under Ganassi was reduced to a single-car entry running under Harry Scott's banner, HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi.
On January 4, 2019, Chip Ganassi Racing announced the closure of their Xfinity program due to lack of sponsorship. The shutdown was announced after the home of the CEO of DC Solar, the team's primary sponsor, was raided by the FBI on December 18, 2018.

### Car No. 14 history

In 2003, CGR Cup driver Casey Mears drove 14 races in the No. 19 Dodge for Braun Racing sponsored by CGR partner Target, with Braun forming a technical alliance with Ganassi. For 2004, the alliance continued, with Braun fielding the No. 32 TrimSpa Dodge for Ganassi development driver David Stremme. Late in the season, Stremme left Braun to drive the No. 14 NAVY Chevrolet for FitzBradshaw Racing – formed from Felix Sabates' former Busch Series team in 2000 – replacing Casey Atwood. In a similar technical alliance with Ganassi, the team switched to Dodge to field Stremme for the full 2005 season. Stremme had five top 5s and 10 top 10s en route to a 13th-place finish, then moved up to the No. 40 Cup ride with Ganassi for 2006.

### Car No. 40 history

As part of the alliance with FitzBradshaw Racing, in 2005 a new No. 40 car was fielded by Fitz as a Dodge team with Ganassi's veteran Cup driver Sterling Marlin as the primary driver. Cottman Transmission, Family Dollar and Jani-King served as primary sponsors. Marlin ran 18 races for the team with five Top 10s, then replaced Tim Fedewa in the team's No. 12 car at Gateway. Reed Sorenson moved over to the No. 40 at Atlanta when his No. 41 Ganassi car missed the race, finishing 19th. CGR development driver Scott Lagasse Jr. ran five races in the car, with a best finish of 22nd. Carlos Contreras, Paul Wolfe, and Erin Crocker also ran races in the 40 car.
For 2008, rookies Franchitti and Bryan Clauson shared the No. 40 car, along with Reed Sorenson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett, and Kevin Hamlin, with sponsorship coming from Fastenal. Late in the season, with Franchitti departing from the sport, Clauson took over the car permanently. The drivers combined for three Top 5 finishes and five Top 10s, with a best finish of third at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez with Pruett. Clauson finished second in Rookie of the Year standings to Landon Cassill. In December 2008, the newly formed Earnhardt Ganassi Racing announced that they had closed the No. 40 team down, due to a lack of sponsorship.

### Car No. 41 history
#### Reed Sorenson (2004–2006)

The 41 car began racing at the 2004 Kroger 200 when Reed Sorenson made his NASCAR debut with sponsorship from Discount Tire. He qualified third and finished 13th. For the rest of the season, Sorenson, Casey Mears, and Jamie McMurray ran limited schedules in the No. 41, with McMurray picking up a win at Phoenix. In 2005, Sorenson drove full-time, picking up two wins and finishing fourth in points. He drove most of the 2006 season, except the AT&T 250, where David Stremme finished eleventh in his place.

#### Multiple drivers (2007–2008)

For 2007 Discount Tire left for Roush Fenway Racing and Wrigley's became the new sponsor. Brian Pattie was the team crew chief. Sorenson and Stremme shared the No. 41 for most of the season, with Sorenson winning at Gateway. Scott Pruett ran the road courses. At Montreal with 3 laps left, Pruett was running in third place when he got in contact with Kevin Harvick. Harvick responded by waving his hand in anger and spinning Pruett around in turn 1. Pruett's accident collected Ron Fellows, Jeff Burton, Ron Hornaday Jr., and several others. Pruett restarted in 10th place but his speed never returned; finishing him in 14th place. Later in the season, Bryan Clauson came on board with Memorex sponsorship then drove for five races with a best finish of eighteenth, before A. J. Allmendinger finished out the season in the No. 41. Bryan Clauson began the 2008 season in the No. 41 with Polaroid sponsorship, before Kyle Krisiloff drove for a few races. After the spring Talladega race, the 41 was shut down.

### Car No. 42 history

In 1995, SABCO Racing, running the No. 42 Band-Aid-sponsored Pontiac in eight races with Bobby Hamilton and Dennis Setzer. SABCO returned to the series in 2000, fielding the No. 42 BellSouth-sponsored Chevrolet was primarily driven by Kenny Irwin Jr., with Steadman Marlin running two races at Nashville and Memphis. The No. 42 had run 10 races with Irwin finishing in the Top 10 twice before he was killed in a practice accident at New Hampshire.

#### Casey Mears (2006)

The car debuted under Ganassi in 2006 as the No. 42 Texaco/Havoline-sponsored Dodge. Casey Mears drove nine races and won his first career race at Chicagoland Speedway. Juan Pablo Montoya drove the last four races of the year, posting an 11th-place finish in his series debut at Memphis, and two top tens.

#### Multiple drivers (2007)

For 2007, Ganassi announced that Montoya and Kevin Hamlin would split the driving duties. Montoya drove seventeen races the next season, and won his first race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and had three top-tens. Hamlin made seven starts, including two consecutive Top 10's at Gateway and IRP. After Michael Valiante drove at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and David Stremme at Bristol, it was announced the 42 team would shut down effective immediately, but that decision and was rescinded and A. J. Allmendinger was named driver for the next five races, though he failed to finish higher than 14th. Dario Franchitti finished out the year with Target sponsorship, qualifying in the Top 10 twice.

#### Smith-Ganassi Racing (2009)

With Ganassi switching to Chevrolet, the remnants of the No. 40 team were purchased by businessman Eddie Smith and professional boxer Evander Holyfield in February 2009 to form Smith-Ganassi Racing, later known as Team 42 Racing, renumbering the car once again to 42. The team ran part-time schedules over the next two years, primarily with Kenny Hendrick, David Gilliland, and Team Penske development driver Parker Kligerman. Ganassi driver Kevin Hamlin also ran a single 2009 race at Gateway.
At the 2009 Bristol spring race, EGR fielded a car for then-DEI development driver Trevor Bayne, leasing the No. 52 owner's points from Means Racing. The car was provided to Ganassi by then-partner Front Row Motorsports, with FRM sponsor Taco Bell appearing on the car. Bayne would finish 23rd in his series debut, later moving to Michael Waltrip Racing.

#### Multiple drivers (2013–2018)

In 2013, Turner Scott Motorsports was contracted to field CGR development driver Kyle Larson in their No. 32 car, with Larson winning Rookie of the Year. In 2014, the car was renumbered to Ganassi's No. 42, with Larson and Dylan Kwasniewski sharing the ride, with Kwasniewski ran the majority of the season in TSM's No. 31 car. Larson scored his first win at Auto Club Speedway in March, and won again at Charlotte in May.
At the end of 2014, crew chief Scott Zipadelli was released from the team. In December 2014, it was announced that Chip Ganassi Racing would partner with TSM co-owner Harry Scott to bring the 42 car in-house under the name HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi. The 31 team was shut down due to logistical and funding issues. Larson returned for a part-time schedule. Larson's sponsors included Parker Hannifin, which sponsored him as an adolescent midget car racer, and returning sponsor ENEOS. Target, and its associated brands, also ran some races. On February 10, 2015, ARCA Racing Series race winner Brennan Poole was signed to contest a 15-race schedule – later expanded to 17 races – in the 42, sponsored by DC Solar Solutions. Poole replaced Kwasniewski, whose sponsor Rockstar Energy chose not to renew. In March after two races, it was confirmed that Kwasniewski would not drive for the team at all. This expanded Larson's schedule to around 14 races. Justin Marks, partner with Harry Scott in the K&N Series, ran the three road course events for the team. Poole finished 9th in his series debut at Las Vegas. He scored two top tens and ten top-15s during the season. Larson scored a win in the season finale at Homestead, after leading 118 laps and passing Austin Dillon with four laps to go.
Though the team was run in-house in 2015, the No. 42 was brought back under the Ganassi umbrella in full for 2016. Larson returned for 17 races, with the same sponsorship from Eneos and Parker. With Poole moving to a new No. 48 Ganassi entry, Marks expanded his schedule to take over all of the oval races not run by Larson, in addition to road courses. Marks, in the No. 42 Katerra-sponsored Chevrolet picked up the win in the 2016 Mid-Ohio Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in rainy conditions.
In 2017, Larson returned with the same sponsors and schedule (Eneos and Parker), winning two races. The team also added former Brad Keselowski Racing driver Tyler Reddick to drive on a part-time basis in 2017. Hendrick Motorsports development driver Alex Bowman also made two starts in the car. In addition to Larson's two wins, both young drivers also won a race in 2017. Reddick won at Kentucky with Broken Bow Records on the car, while Bowman was victorious at Charlotte with Hendrick and Vannoy Construction sponsorship.
In 2018, Larson returned once again for a part-time schedule. This time, series rookie John Hunter Nemechek ran the majority of the races in the 2018 season after Tyler Reddick left the team at the end of 2017 to go to JR Motorsports. Nemechek previously was running full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2017. Larson won in four of his six starts in the car, while Nemechek took his first Xfinity win at Kansas. Late in the season, JD Motorsports driver Ross Chastain joined the team for three races, winning at Las Vegas. McMurray and Marks also each made three starts in the car.
Chastain had been hired to drive the No. 42 full-time for 2019 at the time of the shutdown announcement, and remained "tied to us" according to a team statement; he would eventually drive Ganassi's #42 Cup Series car in 2021. MBM Motorsports purchased the Xfinity #42 owner points and some of the equipment before the 2019 season.

### Car No. 48 history
#### Brennan Poole (2016–2017)

For 2016, Brennan Poole, who drove a part-time schedule in Ganassi's No. 42 the previous season, moved into a new No. 48 car full-time with DC Solar sponsoring the full season. Chad Norris is the crew chief for the No. 48. Poole's best finish thus far has been a second-place finish at Kentucky. He also almost won the 2016 spring race in Talladega in which he passed two cars on the final lap, only to be told that he had in fact finished third after a yellow-flag came out on the final lap.
It was announced before the end of 2017 that Poole would not return in 2018, and after the season was over, CGR shut down the #48 team, focusing their Xfinity operation solely on the #42.
On June 18, 2018, it was announced that Poole would sue Chip Ganassi Racing and Spire Sports + Entertainment for breach of contract, alleging that CGR and Spire conspired to take away DC Solar's sponsorship from Poole and move it to the No. 42 CGR Cup Series team of Kyle Larson and that Spire's involvement representing both driver and team constituted a conflict of interest. Ganassi and Spire both released statements through attorneys denying the claims, with CGR's statement saying the sponsorship of Poole ended "because he never won a race despite the advantages of the best equipment in the garage." The dispute was later settled in the aftermath of DC Solar's FBI raid, though terms were not specified.

## Partnerships
### Richard Childress Racing

Earnhardt-Childress Racing Technologies was formed in May 2007 as a cooperation between Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and Richard Childress Racing to develop and build common engines for the Chevrolet Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series teams campaigned by the two companies. The partnership was inherited by CGR following its merger with DEI. The company is now known as ECR Engines, no longer connected with DEI or CGR.

### Hendrick Motorsports

On November 2, 2012, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that it would get its engine supply from Hendrick Motorsports whilst retaining its Chevrolet stable.

### Turner Scott Motorsports

Turner Scott Motorsports ran Ganassi development drivers in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. They were Kyle Larson and Dylan Kwasniewski. Kwasniewski drove for TSM in the K&N Pro Series East before signing with Ganassi as a development driver. Ganassi would eventually assume complete control of the team's Xfinity program.