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Chip Ganassi Racing has made significant changes to most of its race engineering rosters for the upcoming season. In the downsizing from five entries to three for 2025, the defending IndyCar Series…
Chip Ganassi Racing has made significant changes to most of its race engineering rosters for the upcoming season, downsizing from five entries to three for 2025. The defending IndyCar Series champions have recruited former Newman/Haas Racing and RuSport Champ Car engineer Luke Goldenstein to engineer Kyffin Simpson in the No. 8 Honda and moved 2022 Indianapolis 500-winning engineer Brad Goldberg to Scott Dixon’s No. 9 Honda.
Goldenstein joins the team from Colorado’s JDX Racing outfit while Goldberg steps across to Dixon and Ganassi’s highest-profile engineering position after considerable success with previous drivers. Angela Ashmore, Goldberg’s Indy-winning assistant race engineer, has reunited with Marcus Armstrong, who was signed by Meyer Shank Racing during the offseason.
With Ashmore and Bunnell attached to MSR via Ganassi, the last engineering combo to detail is the No. 10 Honda of three-time title winner Alex Palou. Palou’s entry is the only car from the CGR stable with no changes as Julian Robertson returns for his fifth season on Palou’s timing stand.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Director of Racing Teams, Taylor Kiel, expressed excitement over the return of Goldenstein and Goldberg’s new position, expecting considerable rewards from these changes. Kiel also highlighted the contributions of Ashmore and Bunnell in strengthening the partnership with Meyer Shank Racing. The team is focused on ensuring organizational strength and success with the new engineering lineup.