“Lost every single one of them!” Justin Marks spill the beans on real reason behind Trackhouse acquiring CGR
Trackhouse Racing co-owner Justin Marks has shared why the team expanded in 2022, by acquiring Ganassi’s team.
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Trackhouse Racing entered the NASCAR Cup series in 2021 alongside 23XI Racing and since been one of the best teams in the top-tier. One of the most significant steps Trackhouse took in their path to becoming a championship contender was acquiring Chipp Ganassi Racing and their charters head of the 2022 season.
They started fielding three cans from that season, also signed the then CGR racer Ross Chastain as their driver, which turned out to be another great investment. In a recent interview Justin Marks the team’s co-owner, alongside Pitbull, revealed that they bought CGR, after multiple failed attempts to buy other charters with this being their last shot at getting creative.
I mean, it was, you know, the acquisition of CGR was because I had tried to acquire four or five charters and lost every single one of them, and had to just start getting creative.
Justin Marks said via EPARTRADE.
Further talking about the same point, he asserted that he got himself into a situation where he was willing to do everything to expand the team. Now with three cars and a star line-up, his determination has paid of for Trackhouse.
I just got to a point where I was like, ‘I’m willing to get hung up on, you know, I’m willing to get laughed out of the room, but I’ve got to go for it and ask the questions
Justin Marks added.
Justin Marks explains why Trackhouse got into MotoGP
One of the major investments Trackhouse Racing has made in 2024, was buying a MotoGP team with Aprilla. They had strong debut season and going into 2025, has high expectations. Marks revealed that they invested in the series, as they are looking to huge business opportunity outside NASCAR.
Certainly, we have that in NASCAR with the Charter system, and in MotoGP… I really went to go kind of explore a form of motorsport that I didn’t really have a lot of exposure to previously… really to take a look at where there might be opportunity for the business outside of the NASCAR industry.
Justin Marks said.
Going into the 2025 racing season, Justin Marks and co has huge expectations, as they are building a truly international racing brand. It will be interesting to see the upcoming projects coming out of Trackhouse that is going to make a real difference.
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