Franchitti NASCAR sponsorship to be piecemeal

Team owner Chip Ganassi says that he expects to put together a "patchwork" of sponsorship for Dario Franchitti and his No. 40 NASCAR Sprint Cup team. Franchitti, the 2007 IndyCar Series champion, will debut as a rookie in the NASCAR series this season. The team has not announced sponsorship plans for that car.

Ganassi didn't seem too worried about that while speaking with reporters during the annual NASCAR media tour put together by Lowe's Motor Speedway.

"It's going to be a patchwork thing we're putting together," the team owner said Monday on Day 1 of the NASCAR media tour . "We will have the budget to run it this year, I'm not worried about that. It's just that we're going to have to watch our nickels and dimes, but we'll be just fine."