Chip ganassi born

By John Zimmermann

Hall of Fame recognition is regularly reserved for those who’ve been successful throughout their chosen careers, acknowledgment of a lifetime’s body of work well done.

This is not always the case, however, as on occasion those still active in the sport are honored on the sheer strength of their accomplishments.

So it is with Chip Ganassi, Class of 2016, but “active” is an entirely insufficient adjective to describe the Pittsburgh native who presently fields 14 cars for 18 drivers in six different professional series.

After his promising driving career was redirected by a nasty Indycar crash, Ganassi moved into an ownership role that enabled him to continue pursuing a passion sparked when his late father Floyd brought home a film of the 1963 Indy 500.

The Duquense University business school graduate will tell you that standard business principles guide that passion, with decisions based on his four corporate cornerstones of integrity, i