Dario Franchitti

Dario Franchitti
Dario Franchitti before the 2009 Indianapolis 500.
Nationality	Scotland
Born	19 May 1973 (1973-05-19) (age 38) Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Related to	Paul di Resta (cousin) Marino Franchitti (brother) Ashley Judd (spouse) Naomi Judd (mother-in-law) Wynonna Judd (sister-in-law)
Previous series
1991 1992–1993 1994 1995 1995–1996 1997–2002 2002–2007 2007–2009 2008–2009 2007–2008 2007 2007–2008 2008 2009–	Formula Vauxhall Junior Formula Vauxhall Lotus British F3 DTM ITC CART IndyCar ALMS Rolex Sports Car Series ARCA NASCAR Truck Series Nationwide Series NASCAR Sprint Cup IndyCar
Championship titles
2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 2007, 2010	IndyCar Series Indianapolis 500 Winner
Awards
1992 2001 2009	McLaren Autosport Award Greg Moore Legacy Award BRDC Gold Star

George Dario Marino Franchitti^[1][2] (born 19 May 1973) is a Scottish racing driver. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. Franchitti is also a former NASCAR driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, competing until mid-2008 when his team shut down.^[3] Franchitti returned to the IndyCar Series for the 2009 season, driving the #10 Target Honda/Dallara for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.^[4] He is the current, four-time IndyCar Series champion after claiming a third title in 2010 and fourth title in 2011 in addition to his 2007 and 2009 titles. On 30 May 2010, he won his second Indianapolis 500 race. He is the second driver in Indycar series history to take four titles in four consecutive series of racing, after Sebastian Bourdais, after accounting for his 2008 absence from the series.

He also competed in the American Le Mans Series for Andretti Green Racing with his brother Marino and former IndyCar Series teammate Bryan Herta. He won the 2007 BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year award. Franchitti was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.

Career History

Early career

While attending Stewart's Melville College in Edinburgh, Franchitti became interested in karting. Allan McNish credited a large part of the start given to himself, Franchitti and David Coulthard as being down to David Leslie senior and junior.^[5] Franchitti won the Karting Scottish Junior Championship in 1984, the British Junior Championships in 1985 and 1986 and the Scottish senior title in 1988. He progressed to Formula Vauxhall Junior where he won the championship with four victories in 1991.

He moved up to Formula Vauxhall Lotus in 1992, where he joined Paul Stewart Racing. In his first year, he finished fourth in the overall championship, and was named the McLaren/Autosport Young Driver of the Year. Staying with the team for the next season, he won the championship in 1993.

He graduated to the British Formula Three Championship in 1994, where he finished fourth and won one race in his first year. However, he was not retained for 1995 which was his final year in single-seaters in Europe.

Instead, Franchitti was contracted by AMG Racing to drive a works Mercedes C-Class in the German Touring Car Championship and the related International Touring Car Championship, where he finished fifth and third respectively. He continued in the ITC in 1996, finishing fourth overall with one race win.

Franchitti performed test driver duties for the Jaguar F1 team under his mentor Jackie Stewart in the 2000 Formula One season, but was not able to secure a drive in the World Championship.

CART

Dario's car being pushed up to qualify for the 2006 Indianapolis 500.

With the demise of the ITC, Mercedes placed Franchitti in Hogan Racing in 1997, making his US debut in the PPG/CART Champ Car World Series where his best finish was a ninth at Surfers Paradise. In 1998 he joined Team Green (forerunner to the current Andretti Green Racing), finishing third in the season standings with three wins (his first coming at Road America) and a season-high five pole positions.

Franchitti finished runner-up in the 1999 CART season behind rookie Juan Pablo Montoya. Both drivers scored 212 points, but Montoya had seven wins to Franchitti's three and was crowned champion. Franchitti's close friend Greg Moore died in a crash during the final race of the year at California Speedway in Fontana, California.

A heavy crash in pre-season testing the next year ruined Franchitti's 2000 season, and he only won once at Cleveland in 2001. In 2002 he won the Vancouver Molson Indy. He dedicated his win to Greg Moore, who was killed in 1999 and was from Vancouver, British Columbia. He finished fourth in Champ Car in 2002.

IndyCar Series

Nationality	British
Champ Car career
Active years	1997 – 2007, 2009 – 2010
Team(s)	Hogan Racing (1997), Team KOOL Green (1998–2002), Andretti Green Racing (2003–2007) Chip Ganassi Racing (2009-)
Race starts	203
Championships	4
Wins	30
Podium finishes	81
Pole positions	25
First race	1997 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
First win	1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 (Road America)
Last win	2011 Honda Indy Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
Last race	2011 Honda Indy Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)

Franchitti waiting to qualify on 12 May 2007, at Indianapolis.

Practicing for the 2007 Indy 500.

2003

Franchitti moved with the Andretti Green team to the IndyCar Series in 2003 but his season was ended by a back injury sustained in a motorcycle accident while on holiday in Scotland.^[6][7] Franchitti missed most of the year, and his place was taken by Dan Wheldon at Motegi,^[8] Robby Gordon at Indianapolis,^[9] and Bryan Herta for the remainder of the year (with Wheldon taking over a regular role from retiring team boss Michael Andretti).

2004

Franchitti returned to the cockpit in 2004, and won his first IRL IndyCar Series race on 25 July at the Milwaukee Mile.^[10] He followed this win up with a win at Pikes Peak on 22 August.^[11]

2005

Franchitti returned to Andretti Green Racing again, and had 2 wins. The first win came at Nashville.^[12] His last win of the year came at the 2005 season finale at California.^[13]

2007

On 3 January 2007, Andretti Green Racing announced that Franchitti had re-signed for the IRL team for a tenth consecutive season in American Open Wheel racing.^[14] That year he also undertook a limited programme in the American Le Mans Series driving an Acura ARX-01, teaming up with his younger brother, Marino Franchitti and long-time AGR team-mate Bryan Herta.^[15] On 27 May 2007, Franchitti won a rain-shortened Indianapolis 500, finishing under a yellow flag after an accident involving Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti following lap 163. The race was halted due to rain three laps later. His prize money of $1.6m was equal to the entire purse for the 1982 race.

During the 2007 season, Franchitti survived two huge crashes which saw his car flip upside down both times. The first at Michigan saw him tangle with Dan Wheldon resulting in his car flipping before being hit again by Scott Dixon. The contact with Dixon was only inches away from his head and the accident saw seven cars (including Franchitti) retire from the race. The second flip came a week later at Kentucky. As Franchitti crossed the start/finish line to finish the race, the Scotsman who had not realised the chequered flag had been waved continued to race and crashed into the back of Kosuke Matsuura flipping yet again and hitting the outside wall. Franchitti took full responsibility for the incident.

Franchitti won the IndyCar Championship with four wins finishing ahead of Scott Dixon by just 13 points. Dixon ran out of fuel on the last lap of the season-ending race, allowing Franchitti to take the win and the championship, his first championship win since Formula Vauxhall Lotus in 1993.

Franchitti returned to the IndyCar series for 2009 in the Target Chip Ganassi Racing #10 car, replacing Dan Wheldon who moved to Panther Racing. He debuted for the team in the non points race at Surfers Paradise in Australia on 25 October 2008. He qualified 4th of 24 drivers and was running third when he spun and stalled the car, resulting in a lap-down finish of 16th. He led 2 laps and set the fastest lap of the race.

2008

Franchitti missed the 2008 Indianapolis 500 as he pursued a NASCAR career. He rejoined the IndyCar Series in 2009 with Target Ganassi Racing and went on to win his second and third IndyCar titles in 2009 and 2010.

2009

2009 marked a successful return to Indycar for Dario scooping five wins, two second and two third placings and taking the series championship in his second consecutive attempt over teammate Scott Dixon by 11 points.

2010

Franchitti got off to a steady if unspectacular start; through the first 5 races, Dario had 1 pole, 3 Top 5 finishes and 4 Top 10s. However, at the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500, it all came together for him. Starting on the outside of the first row (#3), Franchitti had the best car of the day, leading over 150 laps to take his 2nd win in the past four years. This is also his 24th win in American Open-wheel driving, placing him in the top 20 all-time. The win also makes him the 18th multiple-win driver in the illustrious history of the Indianapolis 500.^[16]

In October, Franchitti will travel to Australia to compete in a special round of the V8 Supercar championship in which he and 17 other international drivers will pair up with regular V8 drivers in two 300 km (186 mi) endurance races at the Gold Coast Street Circuit, a former venue for Indycar. He will drive for Jim Beam Racing with Steve Johnson.

By finishing eighth in the 2010 Izod Indycar series championship final at the Homestead Miami Speedway, and leading the most laps on top of qualifying in pole position, Dario overhauled Will Power's 12 points lead and took the 2010 Izod Indycar championship. In effect Dario had won all of the past three championships he entered when his 2008 absence is accounted for.

2011

Franchitti, again driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, won the season opening road race at St. Petersburg, Florida. He followed that win with additional wins at Texas Motor Speedway (28th victory). He took the pole and the win in the Milwaukee 225 for his 29th victory, tying him with Rick Mears for 9th all-time in American Open Wheel racing. At the final race of the season in Las Vegas, a 15 car crash on lap 12 caused the race to be red flagged. After two hours of red flag, IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard announced the death of Dan Wheldon, and the race was formally ended. The drivers who were able to do so participated in a 5 lap tribute to Wheldon 10 minutes after the announcement.^[17] Because the race was canceled, Franchitti — who entered the race with an 18-point lead over Power in the title standings— won his third consecutive IndyCar championship and fourth overall.

NASCAR

Dario Franchitti racing in the 2007 Ford 300 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Franchitti at Daytona in 2008

On 3 October 2007, it was announced that Franchitti would move to NASCAR to replace David Stremme in the #40 Fastenal Dodge.^[18] He made his stock car debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series on 5 October at Talladega Superspeedway, qualifying 6th and finishing 17th in the #42 Target Dodge Charger for Chip Ganassi Racing.^[19] His move to stock cars had similarities to former CART rival Juan Pablo Montoya's move from Formula One to NASCAR in 2006.

Franchitti made his first NASCAR start on 20 October 2007 in the Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway.^[20] He drove the #41 Target Dodge Ram truck, owned by Cunningham Motorsports, with Brian Pattie from Chip Ganassi Racing serving as crew chief.^[21] He would finish 33rd after being plagued by problems with the rear of the car during the race.

2008 Sprint Cup car

On 26 April 2008, Franchitti suffered a slight left ankle fracture in a hard crash with Larry Gunselman while competing in the Nationwide Series Aaron's 312 race.^[22] David Stremme, Ken Schrader, Jeremy Mayfield, and Sterling Marlin all filled in for him.^[23][24][25]

On 1 July 2008, Franchitti's #40 Sprint Cup team was disbanded by co-owner Chip Ganassi because of a lack of sponsorship. Franchitti was running 41st in points in the Sprint Cup series at the time, and Ganassi had been funding the team out of his own pocket. The entire #40 team was shut down, and 71 employees were released.^[26]

On 9 August 2008 Dario won his 1st ever NASCAR Nationwide Pole at Watkins Glen.^[27]

Sports Car Racing

Dario is well known for combining partial Sports Car racing schedules during his IndyCar and NASCAR career.

At the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring he finished 1st in LMP2 class at the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring with Andretti Green Racing team-mates Bryan Herta and Tony Kanaan. They finished 2nd overall. He also participated in the 2007 ALMS Grand Prix of Long Beach with Bryan Herta and they finished 6th.^[28] He placed 18th in LMP2 class in the 2007 American Le Mans Series season standings with 32 points.

Prior to the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, he joined Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas and won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in a Lexus-Riley.^[29] That was the only race he participated in during the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series season and finished 42nd overall in Daytona Prototype class with 35 points.

In the 2008 Petit Le Mans he was a driver for Highcroft Racing with Scott Sharp and David Brabham.^[30] They were the first retirement after only 16 laps.

For the 2009 Rolex 24 At Daytona he once again drove for Chip Ganassi Racing in a Lexus-Riley. He finished 5th overall with Scott Dixon and Alex Lloyd.

He participated in the 2009 12 Hours of Sebring for Highcroft Racing with Scott Sharp and David Brabham.^[31] They finished 15th overall and were the first non-finishers.

He returned to Highcroft Racing with Scott Sharp and David Brabham for the 2009 Petit Le Mans.^[32]

Personal life

Franchitti relaxes at Indy with his wife, Ashley Judd, in 2007

Franchitti married American actress Ashley Judd in 2001, at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, Scotland.^[2] They currently live near Franklin, Tennessee, in the United States. They have no children.

Originally from Bathgate, his Italian-Scots family moved to nearby Whitburn when he was eight years old. He is a former pupil of Stewart's Melville College and he supports Celtic Football Club, based in the east end of Glasgow.^[33]

He lists some of his favourite television shows as Gavin & Stacey, Shameless and Rab C. Nesbitt.^[34]

Paul di Resta, a racing driver, is a cousin of Franchitti. Di Resta is a current race driver for the Force India F1 Team.

Media Appearances

Franchitti has appeared on several television shows. The list includes The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet, Larry King Live, Pardon the Interruption, Late Show with David Letterman, Live with Regis and Kelly Jim Rome is Burning, and three times on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.^[35]

Simraceway Game Design

On 13 October 2011, 3 days before Franchitti’s bid for a fourth IZOD IndyCar Series title, it was announced that he would be joining fellow driver Dan Wheldon in developing the vehicle physics on Ignite Game Technologies’ online auto racing game, Simraceway. A vintage car racing enthusiast, Franchitti will be focusing on ensuring the authenticity of the game’s historic and vintage cars “It’s almost impossible to describe the feeling you get inside when you’re behind the wheel of an old race car but what I hope to be able to do is use my knowledge and experience to help the team at Simraceway replicate how it feels to drive,” ^[36].

Motorsports Career Results

Touring Car Racing

German Touring Car Championship

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Pos	Points
1995	AMG Racing	HOC1 3	HOC2 DNS	AVU1 Ret	AVU2 22	NOR1 6	NOR2 2	DIE1 2	DIE2 4	NUR1 Ret	NUR2 Ret	ALE1 2	ALE2 10	HOC1 Ret	HOC1 DNS	5th	74

International Touring Car Championship

International Touring Car Championship results
Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final Pos	Points
1995	AMG Racing	MUG1 4	HEL1 12	DON1 2	EST1 5	MAG1 Ret									3rd	80
		MUG2 1	HEL2 DNS	DON2 2	EST2 3	MAG2 DNS
1996	AMG Racing	HOC1 3	NUR1 2	EST1 9	HEL1 17	NOR1 5	DIE1 2	SIL1 21	NUR1 3	MAG1 6	MUG1 4	HOC1 Ret	SAO1 13	SUK1 1	4th	171
		HOC2 4	NUR2 8	EST2 10	HEL2 Ret	NOR2 Ret	DIE2 2	SIL2 14	NUR2 3	MAG2 4	MUG2 2	HOC2 7	SAO2 10	SUK2 Ret

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
1997	Hogan Racing	MIA 25	SRF 9	LBH 12	NZR 13	RIO 27	STL 17	MIL 16	DET 13	POR 26	CLE 11	TOR 26	MIS 19	MDO 11	ROA 25	VAN 13	LS 13	FON DNP					22nd	10
1998	Team Green	MIA 9	MOT 8	LBH 2	NZR 21	RIO 19	STL 27	MIL 4	DET 4	POR 21	CLE 3	TOR 20*	MIS 21	MDO 26	ROA 1*	VAN 1*	LS 4	HOU 1*	SRF 2	FON 22			3rd	160
1999	Team Green	MIA 3	MOT 22	LBH 2	NZR 8	RIO 2	STL 3	MIL 7	POR 3	CLE 25	ROA 18	TOR 1*	MIS 5	DET 1	MDO 3*	CHI 2	VAN 10	LS 25	HOU 2	SRF 1*	FON 10		2nd*	212*
2000	Team Green	MIA 11	LBH 23	RIO 11	MOT 2	NZR 23	MIL 6	DET 4	POR 9	CLE 13	TOR 25	MIS 3	CHI 20	MDO 22	ROA 12	VAN 2*	LS 3	STL 24	HOU 25	SRF 25	FON 23		13th	92
2001	Team Green	MTY 9	LBH 6	TXS NH	NZR 8	MOT 17	MIL 9	DET 2	POR 6	CLE 1	TOR 24	MIS 2	CHI 15	MDO 16	ROA 19	VAN 9	LSZ 25	ROC 9	HOU 2	LS 19	SRF 23	FON 23	7th	105
2002	Team Green	MTY 2	LBH 9	MOT 3	MIL 12	LS 19	POR 3	CHI 3	TOR 13	CLE 14	VAN 1	MDO 17	ROA 12	MTL 1*	DEN 18	ROC 1	MIA 10	SRF 7	FON 10	MXC 5			4th	148

* Franchitti and Juan Pablo Montoya tied on points in the championship, but Montoya was crowned champion because he won 7 races to Franchitti's 3.

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2002	Team Green	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY 19	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					44th	11
2003	Andretti Green Racing	HMS 7	PHX 16	MOT	INDY	TXS	PPIR 4	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	STL	KTY	NZR	CHI	FON	TX2				25th	72
2004	Andretti Green Racing	HMS 17	PHX 17	MOT 7	INDY 14	TXS 2	RIR 12	KAN 4	NSH 20	MIL 1	MIS 22	KTY 6	PPIR 1	NZR 3	CHI 20	FON 6	TX2 15				6th	409
2005	Andretti Green Racing	HMS 22	PHX 4	STP 3	MOT 17	INDY 6	TXS 8	RIR 2	KAN 4	NSH 1	MIL 2	MIS 8	KTY 18	PPIR 7	SNM 8	CHI 12	WGL 3	FON 1			4th	498
2006	Andretti Green	HMS 4	STP 19	MOT 11	INDY 7	WGL 14	TXS 13	RIR 3	KAN 12	NSH 6	MIL 6	MIS 12	KTY 9	SNM 2	CHI						8th	311
2007	Andretti Green Racing	HMS 7	STP 5	MOT 3	KAN 2	INDY 1	MIL 2	TXS 4	IOW 1	RIR 1	WGL 3	NSH 2	MDO 2	MIS 13	KTY 8	SNM 3	DET 6	CHI 1			1st	637
2008	Chip Ganassi Racing	HMS	STP	MOT1	LBH1	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF2 16	NC	–
2009	Chip Ganassi Racing	STP 4	LBH 1	KAN 18	INDY 7	MIL 3	TXS 5	IOW 1	RIR 2	WGL 15	TOR 1	EDM 5	KTY 6	MDO 3	SNM 1	CHI 4	MOT 2	HMS 1			1st	616
2010	Chip Ganassi Racing	SAO 7	STP 5	ALA 3	LBH 12	KAN 2	INDY 1	TXS 5	IOW 18	WGL 3	TOR 2	EDM 3	MDO 1	SNM 3	CHI 1	KTY 5	MOT 2	HMS 8			1st	602
2011	Chip Ganassi Racing	STP 1	ALA 3	LBH 3	SAO 4	INDY 12	TXS11 1	TXS21 7	MIL 1	IOW 5	TOR 1	EDM 3	MDO 2	NHA 20	SNM 4	BAL 4	MOT 8	KTY 2	LSV C		1st	573

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
7	2	99	13	20	26	33	2 (2007 & 2010)	4 (2007, 2009, 2010 & 2011)

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500

Franchitti en route to winning
the 2007 Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	28	19	Green
2003	Sat out due to injury				Andretti Green
2004	Dallara	Honda	3	14	Andretti Green
2005	Dallara	Honda	6	6	Andretti Green
2006	Dallara	Honda	17	7	Andretti Green
2007	Dallara	Honda	3	1	Andretti Green
2009	Dallara	Honda	3	7	Ganassi
2010	Dallara	Honda	3	1	Ganassi
2011	Dallara	Honda	9	12	Ganassi

Sports Car Racing

American Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

American Le Mans Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points
2007	Andretti Green Racing	26	Acura	LMP2	SEB 2 / 1	STP	LBH 6 / 6	LS	UTH	NEG	MOH	RA	MOS	DSC	PLM	MSC	32
2008	Highcroft Racing	9	Acura	LMP2	SEB	STP	LBH	UTH	NEG	MOH	RA	MOS	DSC	PLM Ret	MSC		0
2009	Highcroft Racing	9	Acura	LMP1	SEB Ret	STP	LBH	UTH	NEG	MOH	RA	MOS	PLM 6 / 6	MSC			34

Year	Starts	Wins (Overall/Class)	Top Fives	Top Tens	Poles	DNF	Finish	Start	Rank
2007	2	0 / 1	1 / 1	2 / 2	2 / 2	0	4 / 3.5	1 / 1	18
Totals	2	0 / 1	1 / 1	3 / 3	2 / 2	2	4 / 3.5	1 / 1

Rolex Sports Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Rolex Sports Car Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points
2008	Ganassi Racing	01	Riley	DP	DAY 1 / 1	HOM	MEX	VIR	LAG	LRP	WAT	MDO	DAY2	BAR	CGV	WAT2	INF	NJ	MIL	35
2009	Ganassi Racing	02	Riley	DP	DAY 5 / 5	VIR	NJ	LAG	WAT	MDO	DAY2	BAR	WAT2	CGV	MIL	HOM				26
2010	Ganassi Racing	02	Riley	DP	DAY 37/15	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	LAG	WAT1	MDO	DAY2	NJ	WAT2	CGV	MIL			16
2011	Ganassi Racing	02	Riley	DP	DAY 2/2	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	LAG	WAT1	MDO	DAY2	NJ	WAT2	CGV	MIL			32*

Stock Car Racing

NASCAR Sprint Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	No.	Sponsor	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Points
2008	Chip Ganassi Racing	40	N/a	Dodge	DAY 33	CAL 32	LSV 33	ATL 33	BRI 36	MAR 22	TEX DNQ	PHO 32	TAL	RIC	DAR	LOW	DOV	POC 41	MIC 43	INF DNQ	NHA 38	DY2	CHI	PO2	IND	GLN	MI2	BR2	CA2	RI2	NH2	DV2	KAN	TL2	LW2	MR2	AT2	TX2	PH2	HOM	42nd	557

Year	Starts*	Wins	Top Fives	Top Tens	Poles	DNF	Finish	Start	Winnings	Rank
2008	10	0	0	0	0	2	33.9	30.7	$930,376	42
Totals	10	0	0	0	0	2	33.9	30.7	$930,376	42

• Data as of 23 June 2008.^[37]

NASCAR Truck Series results

Year	Team	#	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	Pos	Pts
2007	Cunningham	41	Dodge	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	LOW	MAN	DOV	TEX	MIC	MIL	MEM	KEN	IRP	NAS	BRI	GAT	NH	LAS	TAL	MAR2 33	ATL	TEX2	PHO	HOM	104th	64

ARCA results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Pos	Pts
2007	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Dodge	DAY	LAK	NAS	SAL	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MIC	BER	KEN2	POC2	NAS2	ILL	MIL	GAT	DSF	CHI	SAL2	TAL 17	TOL2	135th	145
2008	Chip Ganassi Racing	40	Dodge	DAY 10	SAL	IOW	KAN	ROC	KEN	TOL	POC	MIC	CAY	KEN2	BER	POC2	NAS	ILL	DSF	CHI	SAL2	NJ	TAL	TOL2			103rd	180

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16. ^ "Franchitti wins Indianapolis 500". ESPN.com. Associated Press (Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana: ESPN). 31 May 2010. http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/indycar/news/story?id=5234215. Retrieved 2010-05-31. 
17. ^ Dan Wheldon dies in crash at Las Vegas Indy 300
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19. ^ "Franchitti finishes 17th on ARCA debut". Autosport. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63052. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 
20. ^ "Franchitti retires on NASCAR debut". Autosport. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63513. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 
21. ^ Franchitti Enters Martinsville
22. ^ "Scots star Dario Franchitti escapes horror crash with broken ankle". Daily Record. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/motorsport-news/2008/04/28/scots-star-dario-franchitti-escapes-horror-crash-with-broken-ankle-86908-20397805/. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 
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24. ^ "Schrader to replace injured Franchitti at Richmond". TSN. http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/story/?id=236232. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 
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35. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1040029/
36. ^ IndyCar Champion Dario Franchitti Joins Simraceway(TM) Development Team. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/indycar-champion-dario-franchitti-joins-simracewaytm-development-team-2011-10-13
37. ^ NASCAR Career Stats

• Greatest 33 Profile

External links

• Driver web site
• Driver details at www.indycar.com
• Dario Franchitti Profile on Versus
• The Greatest 33
• IndyCar 11 in '11 video

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sam Hornish, Jr.	Indianapolis 500 Winner 2007	Succeeded by Scott Dixon
Preceded by Hélio Castroneves	Indianapolis 500 Winner 2010	Succeeded by Dan Wheldon
Preceded by Sam Hornish, Jr.	IRL IndyCar Series Champion 2007	Succeeded by Scott Dixon
Preceded by Scott Dixon	IRL IndyCar Series Champion 2009–10	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Oliver Gavin	McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 1992	Succeeded by Ralph Firman
Preceded by Oliver Gavin	Autosport British Club Driver of the Year 1993	Succeeded by James Matthews
Preceded by Mark Blundell	Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Eddie Irvine
Preceded by Jenson Button	Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Franchitti, Dario
Alternative names
Short description	British race car driver of Italian descent
Date of birth	19 May 1973
Place of birth	Bathgate, West Lothian
Date of death
Place of death