Dario Franchitti

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Dario Franchitti

Race Car Driver of Italian Descent

Male

Born May 19, 1973

Age 40

Hometown Bathgate

Nationality Scotland

George Dario Marino Franchitti 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… Read More

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Ashley Judd
Married 2001 - Present

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Josh Farmer: Ed Carpenter's Indy 500 Chances
Huffington Post Sports - 3 days ago

Ed Carpenter is a rare breed in Indycar today being an owner/driver in a series dominated by multicar teams and rich team owners. This weekend, however, he shut out the field and won the pole for the Indianapolis 500. A testament to what Carpenter had to overcome to win this pole was who he was up against in the Fast Nine. Between five Andretti Autosport entries and three Team Penske entries, he was up against the juggernauts in IndyCar and the odds did not appear to be in his fa...
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Josh Farmer: All It Takes Is A Win
Huffington Post Sports - Apr 23, 2013

Takuma Sato may be on the road to stardom. In his first season in IndyCar, he was known more for crashing than finishing races. Last season, Sato came close to victory with second place runs at Sao Paulo and Edmonton and pulled as he calls it a "No Attack, No Victory" move on Dario Franchitti on the last lap of the Indianapolis 500 only to lose it and hit the turn one wall. He was running inside the top five when he crashed at the season finale at ...
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Jonathan Miller: 'Winter In Scotland': How Ashley Judd Will Force The Media To Develop A Sense Of Humor
Huffington Post - Mar 12, 2013

I'm no Jerry Seinfeld. But there are few things I enjoy more than making people laugh. Intentionally, of course. In fact, as a recovering politician, I've found that the effective employment of a sense of humor -- particularly of the self-deprecating variety -- can be an invaluable resource in the worlds of commerce, culture, and simple interpersonal dynamics. That's why the two occasions in which I was warned not to rely on my joke-telling instincts are etched permanently on...
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Josh Farmer: Owner Spotlight: Bryan Herta
Huffington Post Sports - Mar 06, 2013

Bryan Herta is former driver and current team owner in the IZOD Indycar Series. He owns the #98 Barracuda Networks car driven by Alex Taglaini. Bryan Herta Autosport has come from its humble beginnings as a Firestone Indy Lights Team to a contender in the IZOD Indycar Series. Herta drove in the CART Indycar Series from 1994 thru 2001 and drove for a range of owners including AJ Foyt, Chip Ganassi, Bobby Rahal, Derrick Walker, Mo Nunn, and Gerry Forsythe. The majority of his succe...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1973 Birth Born on May 19, 1973.

TEENAGE

1984 11 Years Old Franchitti won the Karting Scottish Junior Championship in 1984, the British Junior Championships in 1985 and 1986 and the Scottish senior title in 1988.

1991 18 Years Old He progressed to Formula Vauxhall Junior where he won the championship with four victories in 1991.

1992 19 Years Old He moved up to Formula Vauxhall Lotus in 1992, where he joined Paul Stewart Racing. … Read More

TWENTIES

1993 - 1997 5 More Events

1998 25 Years Old In 1998 he joined Team Green (forerunner to Andretti Green Racing and the current Andretti Autosport), finishing third in the season standings with three wins (his first coming at Road America) and a season-high five pole positions.

1999 26 Years Old 1 More Event

Franchitti finished runner-up in the 1999 CART season behind rookie Juan Pablo Montoya. … Read More

2000 - 2001 2 More Events

2002 29 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2002 he won the Vancouver Molson Indy.

THIRTIES

2003 - 2004 2 More Events

2005 32 Years Old His last win of the year came at the 2005 season finale at California.

2007 34 Years Old 3 More Events

… 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. … Read More

2008 35 Years Old 8 More Events

Franchitti missed the 2008 Indianapolis 500 as he pursued a NASCAR career. … Read More

2009 36 Years Old 3 More Events

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. … Read More

2010 37 Years Old 1 More Event

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. … Read More

2011 38 Years Old 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. … Read More

2012 39 Years Old 1 More Event

On 27 May 2012, he won his third Indianapolis 500 race. … Read More

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