NASCAR operations of Chip Ganassi Racing

Main article: 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 then-DaimlerChrysler-owned 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.

Earnhardt-Ganassi Era

Car No. 1 history (2009-2021)

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.

Main articles: Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch

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)

McMurray's No. 1 during the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500.

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.

Jamie McMurray in the No. 1 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2016

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)

Kurt Busch in the No. 1 at Sonoma Raceway in 2019

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			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				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				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				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				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				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