IMSA: Dixon joins Ganassi Ford Sebring line-up

IndyCar champion Scott Dixon will join the team's Ford GT sportscar squad for the Sebring 12 Hours next month, the team has confirmed.

Dixon, a two-time winner of the Daytona 24 Hours with Ganassi, and Sebastien Bourdais have been announced as an additional drivers in the Ford GT Le Mans class line-up for the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on March 19. Dixon, who drove a Ganassi Riley-Ford EcoBoost DP in the Rolex 24 At Daytona last month, will share the #67 Ford GT with full-season drivers Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe. He takes the seat filled at Daytona by Stefan Mucke, who will be racing for the Ganassi-branded Ford team in the WEC this season.

Bourdais again shares the #66 car with Joey Hand and Dirk Muller.

"The addition of Scott Dixon to our Ford GT line-up enhances the depth chart," Ganassi managing director Mike Hull said. "To have six high-caliber drivers who unselfishly know how to share with each other supports the momentum for the next step in North America."

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Ford and Ganassi have yet to announce the additional drivers for the Le Mans 24 Hours in June when the WEC and IMSA Ganassi teams will combine to mount a four-car attack on the French enduro. Dixon and Bourdais are understood to be leading candidates to take the seats in the cars entered in the WEC 24-hour event under the Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA banner.

Originally on Autosport.com