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10-23-2013, 02:08 AM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a></p><a href="/2013/10/22/andretti-autosport-honda-power-indycar/#continued"><img alt="Marco Andretti" data-caption="31 March - 2 April, 2006, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, Marco Andretti, ? 2006 Dan Streck/USA, LAT Photographic. " data-mep="16221" src="http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/5e01b8ea0f12eb19a8ed579379be7995/streck_marco_9815.jpg" /></a><br />
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The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/indy/">IndyCar</a> grid was split pretty evenly this season between <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/">Chevy</a> power. Thing is, most of the front-running teams have been running Chevrolet engines. Except for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/chip+ganassi/">Chip Ganassi Racing</a>, the team that fields the likes of Ryan Briscoe, Scott Fixon and Dario Franchitti - but earlier this month Chip Ganassi announced it was switching to Chevy engines too, just like most of the other pack-leading teams.<br />
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Honda insisted it didn't need a flagship team to replace Ganassi, but that's exactly what it announced this weekend with the signing of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/andretti/">Andetti Autosport</a>. The team run by Michael Andretti won a few IndyCar Series titles under Honda power (in 2004, 2005 and 2007), and two Indy 500 wins (in 2005 and 2007), but switched to the Bowtie two seasons ago, winning the championship last season. But the vast majority of the team's victories - 39 out of 48 race wins - have been powered by Honda, and the two outfits undoubtedly hope they'll return to the winner's circle again with their new multi-year partnership that takes effect next season.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/22/andretti-autosport-honda-power-indycar/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Andretti Autosport switches to Honda power</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/22/andretti-autosport-honda-power-indycar/">Andretti Autosport switches to Honda power</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/22/andretti-autosport-honda-power-indycar/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20749762/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/22/andretti-autosport-honda-power-indycar/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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The <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/indy/">IndyCar</a> grid was split pretty evenly this season between <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/">Chevy</a> power. Thing is, most of the front-running teams have been running Chevrolet engines. Except for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/chip+ganassi/">Chip Ganassi Racing</a>, the team that fields the likes of Ryan Briscoe, Scott Fixon and Dario Franchitti - but earlier this month Chip Ganassi announced it was switching to Chevy engines too, just like most of the other pack-leading teams.<br />
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Honda insisted it didn't need a flagship team to replace Ganassi, but that's exactly what it announced this weekend with the signing of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/andretti/">Andetti Autosport</a>. The team run by Michael Andretti won a few IndyCar Series titles under Honda power (in 2004, 2005 and 2007), and two Indy 500 wins (in 2005 and 2007), but switched to the Bowtie two seasons ago, winning the championship last season. But the vast majority of the team's victories - 39 out of 48 race wins - have been powered by Honda, and the two outfits undoubtedly hope they'll return to the winner's circle again with their new multi-year partnership that takes effect next season.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/22/andretti-autosport-honda-power-indycar/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Andretti Autosport switches to Honda power</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/22/andretti-autosport-honda-power-indycar/">Andretti Autosport switches to Honda power</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/22/andretti-autosport-honda-power-indycar/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20749762/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/22/andretti-autosport-honda-power-indycar/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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