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Charlie Kimball – Photo Credit: Catchfence Open Wheel Editor: Paul Powell

Race: Kentucky Indy 300 on Sunday, October 2 (2:00 PM ET, VERSUS)
Track: Kentucky Speedway (1.5-mile oval)
Location: Sparta, Kentucky

NOTES/NEWS

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Team Manager Mitch Davis on Kentucky: “Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing and Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing are prepared for the final two 1.5-mile ovals of the season. The Service Central team tested at Kentucky Speedway last week and made a lot of progress trying out different set-ups. The No. 38 Service Central car was really quick at the end of the test session and Graham (Rahal) feels confident that we’ll have really good race cars this weekend. Charlie (Kimball) utilized the practice session as a spectator and understands what we need to do at Kentucky to capitalize on the final two races of the season – earning good finishes and moving up in the points.”

Charlie Kimball and the No. 83 Novo Nordisk Team

Follow Charlie on Twitter: Follow @racewithinsulin for updates as the driver of the No. 83 Levemir and NovoLog FlexPen Honda completes his rookie year with Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

Kentucky Results: In 2010, Kimball scored his best start of third and best finish of sixth at Kentucky Speedway in Firestone Indy Lights.

Oval Improvement: Kimball earned his career-best finish of ninth at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after starting in the top-10 for the second consecutive race.

Moving Up: Kimball captured his season-best qualifying effort of seventh at Twin Ring Motegi, marking the third top-10 start of his rookie season.

Award Winning Moves: Kimball is the Firestone Tire-ific Move of the Race winner for the Indy Japan The Final for his aggressive move to the inside at the start of the race to gain three positions.
Rookie Race: Kimball holds third place in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year points standings, 68 markers behind leader J.R. Hildebrand.

Points Standings: Kimball is 19th in the overall IZOD IndyCar Series point standings, 326 points behind leader Will Power.

Motegi Recap: The green flag flew for the 63-lap race and Kimball slid the No. 83 Novo Nordisk car into fourth-place on the first lap. Kimball had a solid run going in the top 10 until he was forced to veer off into the gravel to avoid an on-track melee on lap 26, causing the unharmed No. 83 to drop back to 21st. With two laps remaining, Kimball was running 19th when he made contact with another car, which resulted in a 23rd-place finish for Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing.

TEAM ROSTERS

Mitch Davis – Team Manager

No. 83 (IndyCar)
Crew Chief (Air Jack): Mark Sampson Race Strategist: Mitch Davis
Engineer: Brad Goldberg Gear Box (L/F): Jerry Bouchard
Assistant Engineer: Luke Goldenstien Rear End (R/F): Josh Junge
Tires/Transport Driver: Mark Easley Front End/Fueler: Brad Wright
Spotter: Mike Burrell Front End (R/R): Mike Soboleski
Rear End: Glen Scott Composite/Body (L/R): Jeremy Washburn

About Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
Chip Ganassi created his own one-car IndyCar team in 1990 and established a partnership with sponsor, Target. Today, Chip Ganassi Racing Teams includes two entries in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, four in the IZOD IndyCar Series and one Daytona Prototype in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Cars Series. Overall his teams have 13 championships and 145 victories, including three Indianapolis 500s, a Daytona 500, a Brickyard 400 and four Rolex 24 At Daytonas. Ganassi boasts state-of-the-art race shop facilities in Indianapolis and Brownsburg, Ind. and Concord, N.C., with a corporate office in Pittsburgh, Penn.

For more information log onto novonordiskchipganassiracing.com

- Chip Ganassi Racing, Press Release