IMS museum to add 14 cars, including 5 Indy 500 winners, to collection

INDIANAPOLIS — Officials with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum recently announced that it will add a series of new cars, including five Indianapolis 500 winners, to its collection.

According to a news release, the museum announced on Thursday that it has acquired 14 cars from Chip Ganassi Racing to add to its car collection. This is the museum’s largest vehicle acquisition since 2011 and is the first time that modern-era cars have been added to the collection.

The newly renovated museum opened this month, including the addition of new exhibits, interactive play and more than 55,000 artifacts.

The five Indianapolis 500 winners that will be added to the museum’s collection include:

• Juan Pablo Montoya’s 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner Target G-force GF05
• Scott Dixon’s 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara IR6
• Dario Franchitti’s 2010 Indianapolis 500 winner Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara IR6
• Dario Franchitti’s 2012 Indianapolis 500 winner Target Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara IR12
• Marcus Ericsson’s 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Dallara IR18

The other cars that were acquired for the museum include:

• Scott Dixon’s 2022 Indianapolis 500 pole winner, PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Dallara DW12
• Jamie McMurray’s 2010 NASCAR Brickyard 400 winner, Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet Impala SS
• Michael Andretti’s 1994 Target/Scotch Video Reynard 94I
• 1996 Player’s/Indeck Reynard 96
• 1998 Reynard 98I, the 1998 CART Championship-winning car
• Juan Pablo Montoya’s Target Lola B2K/00, which won the 2000 Michigan 500
• Tomas Scheckter’s Target Chip Ganassi Racing G-Force GF09
• Scott Dixon’s 2015 IndyCar Championship-winning car, Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Dallara DW12
• Delta Wing, one of three chassis proposals for the 2012 IndyCar season

“When we decided to deaccess and sell 11 vehicles from our collection this year, we did so to create a robust fund that could be used to care for our collection and also for acquisitions that fall within the mission of our Museum,” Joe Hale, the museum’s president, said in the release. “While we certainly had hoped to add items that would fill voids in our collection, what we couldn’t have predicted was to have the opportunity to make additions so quickly.”

The release said that several of the cars will be displayed in the museum within a year for guests to enjoy.

“Having my cars on display at the IMS Museum is a true honor. This is where they belong – at the heart of racing history, surrounded by the legends and moments that define the Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” Chip Ganassi, the president and CEO of Chip Ganassi Racing, said in the release.

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