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  • Sponsorship woes kill off Franchitti’s NASCAR season

    Dario Franchitti’s debut NASCAR Sprint Cup campaign, already disrupted by poor results, broken bones and failures to qualify for races, is now over for good after team owner Chip Ganassi shut him down due to lack of sponsorship.

    Archive, Uncategorized
    Chip Ganassi, Dario Franchitti, NASCAR

  • Franchitti fractures ankle in NASCAR crash

    NASCAR driver Dario Franchitti suffered a fractured ankle after a blown tyre sent him into the path of another car during a Nationwide Series race in Alabama.

    Archive, Uncategorized

  • IndyCar: Franchitti honoured in series swansong

    IndyCar’s 2007 series winner Dario Franchitti has won an award celebrating his time in the sport. Franchitti, who won the 2007 Indianapolis 500 and is about to start a new career as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver, was honoured alongside 14 other racing heroes at the American Automobile Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association annual…

    Archive, IndyCar Series

  • Franchitti’s tin-top troubles

    Dario Franchitti is finding the stripped-down driving of NASCAR a rude awakening compared with life in the telemetry-rich IndyCar series where he was champion last season.

    Archive, IndyCar Series

  • IndyCar: Franchitti snatches title on final corner

    Scotland’s Dario Franchitti won the PEAK Antifreeze Indy 300 – and with it the IndyCar series championship – when his closest rival Scott Dixon ran out of fuel with victory in his grasp.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Dario Franchitti, IndyCar Series, PEAK Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300, Sam Hornish Jr, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan

  • IndyCar: Wheldon loses NASCAR seat to Franchitti

    IndyCar fans could be about to lose a British driver to another series with an announcement expected that Dario Franchitti will be moving across to NASCAR.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, IndyCar Series, NASCAR, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

  • IndyCar: Wild race puts Franchitti back in front

    Dario Franchitti regained the IndyCar championship lead after a wild Detroit Grand Prix that saw his rift with team boss Michael Andretti deepen with a disagreement over a last-lap crash.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Buddy Rice, Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Dario Franchitti, Darren Manning, IndyCar Series, Michael Andretti, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan

  • IndyCar: Franchitti to start second

    Dario Franchitti, eager to seize back the IndyCar series lead he lost last weekend, will start from second in the Detroit Grand Prix.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dancing With the Stars, Dario Franchitti, Helio Castroneves, IndyCar Series, Scott Dixon

  • IndyCar: Franchitti hopes for Detroit improvement

    Dario Franchitti is hoping to stamp his authority on this weekend’s Belle Isle IndyCar event after a series of mishaps saw his 65-point series lead overhauled by Chip Ganassi’s Scot Dixon, leaving him trailing by four points.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dario Franchitti, IndyCar Series, Marco Andretti, Scott Dixon

  • IndyCar: Franchitti’s title hopes stalled by team politics

    Scottish IndyCar driver Dario Franchitti must be watching Lewis Hamilton’s pitlane troubles and be thinking ‘I wish I had your problems, mate’

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Andretti Green Racing, Dario Franchitti, IndyCar Series, Marco Andretti, Michael Andretti

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