Hull figured he'd need about 25 people per car, so he looked for inside help first, then assigned nearly every person at Ganassi headquarters, including secretaries, a job on race day. He even pulled Andy Graves, who ran the Indy project last year, from Ganassi's Winston Cup team to help spot for one of the drivers during the race. The drivers are at ease with the situation. Gough said the team also had to borrow some equipment, including fuel tanks from Jeff Sinden Racing and some radio systems from CART's Team Rahal. With all of its new IRL cars qualified, Ganassi's team had to pull last year's winning car out of the team's showroom to practice pit stops.
Tires are in even shorter supply.
As tires come off the cars, a crewman will take them to the garage area to have the wheels remounted with fresh tires from Firestone. As race day approaches, Hull and Gough have seemingly worked out all the obstacles. The pit crews are established, the spotters lined up, the details worked out.