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Sources: Ganassi considering Ford switch

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11:21 AM ET 10.24 | Could Earnhardt Ganassi Racing fill the void at Ford Motorsports? Given the current financial crisis at George Gillett's Richard Petty Motorsports and the probability of only two cars in the stable should the company move forward, Ford certainly has room for an additional organization to join the fold. While Chip Ganassi brushed off the possibility as "just a rumor" last week at Charlotte Motor Speedway, sources told FOXSports.com that Ford initiated discussions with the team in July, and a decision could come as early as next week at Talladega Superspeedway.

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Jamie McMurray, Chip Ganassi, Jason Smith/Getty Images Jamie McMurray, Chip Ganassi, Jason Smith/Getty Images
October 24, 2010  11:37 AM ET

Ganassi / DEI a FORD team wonder how much $$$$ cash FORD is offering to Chip. ...so Chip goes from Dodge to DEI CHEV to Ford

October 24, 2010  01:19 PM ET

this would be a dumb move IMO

October 24, 2010  01:58 PM ET

wow, ganassi subscribing to Robby Gordon and Rusty Wallace NW game? giving up on the partnership with Childress is a huge throw away. even to get tied in with Ford and Roush and Yates, at this point. FR9 is starting to show some balls, but not dominating.

October 24, 2010  10:10 PM ET
QUOTE(#1):

Ganassi / DEI a FORD team wonder how much $$$$ cash FORD is offering to Chip. ...so Chip goes from Dodge to DEI CHEV to Ford

Chip a money guy..he is the best at the deal in racing, that is why they always got bucks,,lol

October 24, 2010  10:15 PM ET
QUOTE(#3):

wow, ganassi subscribing to Robby Gordon and Rusty Wallace NW game? giving up on the partnership with Childress is a huge throw away. even to get tied in with Ford and Roush and Yates, at this point. FR9 is starting to show some balls, but not dominating.

Well at least they wont be the fourth wheel at Ford, right now Hendrick,Chidress and Stewart get primo attention from Chevy at Ford they should be seconf to Roush...lol

October 24, 2010  10:43 PM ET

Theresa finds a little more money.

October 24, 2010  11:00 PM ET

All is well in Nascar now, Jooonya led some laps. The crowd went wild, the tee shirt guy sold out as all the fair weather fans AMPED up. Our taxes will go down, unemployment will drop, minimum wage will go up, terrorism is over, world hunger is ended, all is well in Joooonya Nation. Just joshing LOL It was nice to hear the names Hermie Sadler and Ken Schrader during the race. The nice part was that Ken finished 18th and Hermie was 28th. Good for both of them. Gibbs had an awesome day. Logano keeps getting better. I even heard some people talking about a Cup win for Jooonya next year.

October 25, 2010  07:16 AM ET
QUOTE:

Can't wait for the Prius 500 at Daytona.

won't need restrictor plates, just a voltage regulator to keep em under, uh, 80?

October 25, 2010  08:46 AM ET
QUOTE(#15):

won't need restrictor plates, just a voltage regulator to keep em under, uh, 80?

LMAO! But there goes the "Draft" too, cause it doesn't work under 100 mph. It'll be more like a parade than a race. But then what can you expect from Brian France?

October 25, 2010  09:34 AM ET
QUOTE(#16):

LMAO! But there goes the "Draft" too, cause it doesn't work under 100 mph. It'll be more like a parade than a race. But then what can you expect from Brian France?

Yellow flags will be over an hour long for battery recharging.

October 25, 2010  09:35 AM ET

No more Sunoco Racing Fuel.... Rumor has it Con Ed will be the new "Official Fuel of NASCAR"

October 25, 2010  09:39 AM ET
QUOTE(#16):

LMAO! But there goes the "Draft" too, cause it doesn't work under 100 mph. It'll be more like a parade than a race. But then what can you expect from Brian France?

then again, a lot of daytona and 'dega have been parades until the last 50 laps or less in recent years.

October 25, 2010  09:40 AM ET
QUOTE(#13):

All is well in Nascar now, Jooonya led some laps. The crowd went wild, the tee shirt guy sold out as all the fair weather fans AMPED up. Our taxes will go down, unemployment will drop, minimum wage will go up, terrorism is over, world hunger is ended, all is well in Joooonya Nation. Just joshing LOL It was nice to hear the names Hermie Sadler and Ken Schrader during the race. The nice part was that Ken finished 18th and Hermie was 28th. Good for both of them. Gibbs had an awesome day. Logano keeps getting better. I even heard some people talking about a Cup win for Jooonya next year.

Watching that one restart where Kenny was actually leading was painful though.

October 25, 2010  10:29 AM ET

plenty of room under the ford umbrella-----------earnhardt ganassi ford----sounds pretty good

October 25, 2010  10:42 AM ET
QUOTE(#21):

plenty of room under the ford umbrella-----------earnhardt ganassi ford----sounds pretty good

Not sure it really much Matters. IROC rules are almost here already on everything but the brand decals.

October 25, 2010  10:42 AM ET

and, in the picture above, is Chip doing the "wave" in the stands?

October 25, 2010  11:11 AM ET
QUOTE(#23):

and, in the picture above, is Chip doing the "wave" in the stands?

Looks like he is giving the high fives to the lovely Theresa. They have done well this year. Good solid team, if they can get Montoya to get a few better finishes, they will be all set.

October 25, 2010  03:25 PM ET

Chip isn't anybody's fool....if he switches it's because the F9 motor will dominate for a while...

 
October 25, 2010  06:50 PM ET
QUOTE(#29):

Chip isn't anybody's fool....if he switches it's because the F9 motor will dominate for a while...

yeah, about the time GM brings out its new motor and it actually works as advertised, and on time.
oh wait.
never mind

yea, about the time TURD Brings out its new motor and it actually works as advertised, and on time.

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