In 2001 Chip Ganassi bought an 80% stake in Felix Sabates' Sabco Racing forming Chip Ganassi Racing. Ganassi kept veteran driver Sterling Marlin but was looking to add another driver to field a second car that was open due to the tragic death of Kenny Irwin the year prior. Ganassi tapped young rookie Jason Leffler to drive the newly rechristened 01 machine.
Hendrick Motorsports was uncharacteristically productive during the 2001 season. Even though Jeff Gordon showed his usual dominance winning his third and final cup. The rest of the team was not to par. Jerry Nadeau's 2001 was solid enough for most teams but he did not produce at the typical level Hendrick's other teams had preformed. While Terry Labonte was showing his age bad. A single top 5 and 3 top tens and an average finish of 24.1. --- Post updated --- Underfunded or Underdogs many one to two car operations entered the 2001 Winston Cup Series. With Notable entries as the 33 and 55 of legendary crew chief Andy Petree, both scoring wins piloted by Bobby Hamilton Sr. and Joe Nemecheck. Aswell as the Historic 21 of the Wood Brothers returning to victory lane driven by Elliott Sadler.
its the 26th --- Post updated --- oh wait its gonna release on the 28 --- Post updated --- or is the 28 a different thing?
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