A busy week of Silly Season continued on Friday as Chip Ganassi Racing announced it would rejoin Honda's lineup in 2017. The Ganassi organization used Honda power in 2012 and 2013 before switching to Chevrolet, and previously rose to prominence in the 1990s using Honda power.

"The Honda-Ganassi association is one of the most successful in the history of Honda’s North American racing programs," said President of Honda Performance Development Art St. Cyr. "The Ganassi organization was one of our partners when Honda won its first Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) Manufacturers’ Championship in 1996; and a Ganassi driver, Jimmy Vasser, won our first CART drivers’ title that same year. The Honda-Ganassi partnership has produced 77 race victories and multiple series championships in both CART and INDYCAR, including all three of Dario Franchitti’s Indianapolis 500 wins and Scott Dixon’s championship season in 2013. We welcome the return of our partnership, and look forward to returning to Victory Circle together in 2017.”

Ganassi echoed similar sentiments. “We’ve had a long and successful relationship with Honda over the years and we look forward to getting it back on track. I feel a little like I am going home after having previously spent 12 years with them. Much of our organization’s success has been with Honda power in our cars so we are all very excited.”

The signing of Chip Ganassi's team provide Honda with a numbers advantage of terms of teams under its umbrella compared to Chevrolet's, however it remains unclear if more teams may switch manufacturers in the off-season.