There might be trouble brewing at Chip Ganassi Racing following Saturday night’s Verizon IndyCar Series race at Gateway Motorsports Park in Illinois.

Tony Kanaan spun out and backed into the wall on the pace lap of the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Valvoline. Instead of not counting the laps because it happened before the green flag waved, IndyCar counted the race as official on the following lap, so the first five laps were run under the yellow flag.

Kanaan’s Chip Ganassi Racing crew repaired and replaced the damaged rear wing assembly but was five laps down when he re-entered the race. The green flag waved on lap 6, and Kanaan stayed in the race until he was called into the pits and parked by team owner Chip Ganassi.

Kanaan was angry with the move, and when approached by reporters after climbing out of the car, the 2004 Verizon IndyCar Series champion snapped, “Go ask Chip.”

Ganassi was approached about the situation and offered a “no comment.”

Kanaan has said he is “officially a free agent” for 2018 and will not be back in the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda after this season. He hasn’t won a race since the 2014 MAV TV 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, on Aug. 30, 2014

On that night, Kanaan defeated Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon, giving the team a 1-2 finish.

Dixon remains as competitive as ever, but the 42-year-old Kanaan does not have the results in 2017. He finished second to Will Power in the thrilling Rainguard Water Sealers 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 10, but that was the high point of the season.

The offseason could be very interesting at Chip Ganassi Racing.

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Spoke to @maxchilton and @TonyKanaan. The only time we pull cars off the track is when we have no chance at a better finishing position. — Chip Ganassi (@GanassiChip) August 28, 2017

The status of Charlie Kimball and Max Chilton remains uncertain for 2018. Chilton’s father, Grahame David Chilton, owns a major stake in Carlin Racing -- an operation that intends to go full-time Verizon IndyCar Series racing in the future.

Max Chilton was caught on the team’s radio at the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway on August 20 after he was parked when running several laps down because of a wastegate issue after his Honda completed 129 of the 200 laps. Chilton was upset with the call over the radio to the team’s technical director Julian Robertson. "(Whoever gave me) this instruction is brain dead," Chilton said. "It's the first time I've had a decent car in a while. Why can't we learn, or are we a quitting team? “Good riddance. Can’t wait for next year.”

And then there is Kimball, whose long-running relationship with Ganassi that dates to 2011 is ending at the end of this year. His sponsor, Novo Nordisk, is looking at possibilities on other teams for next year.

Team owner Ganassi lost its longtime IndyCar sponsor, Target, over the offseason. Target announced earlier this year it will also leave Kyle Larson’s NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series car at the end of this season.

With so much happening behind the scenes, Ganassi’s lineup could look far different -- and even smaller -- in 2018 unless business picks up.

The only certainty is Dixon will be back in the No. 9 Honda. The four-time Verizon IndyCar Series champion and 2008 Indianapolis 500 is second in the standings, 31 points behind Josef Newgarden, in the battle for the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series championship, with two races remaining.

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