Dario Franchitti

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Dario Franchitti MBE
Dario Franchitti at the 2015 Indianapolis 500
Nationality	British
Born	George Dario Marino Franchitti (1973-05-19) 19 May 1973 (age 48) Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
Championship titles
2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 IndyCar Series Champion 2007, 2010, 2012 Indianapolis 500 Winner
Awards
1992 McLaren Autosport Award 2001 Greg Moore Legacy Award 2017 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame inductee 2009 BRDC Gold Star 2019 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America[1] inductee
IndyCar Series career 151 races run over 11 years Best finish 1st (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) First race 2002 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) Last race 2013 Grand Prix of Houston (Reliant Park) First win 2004 Menards A.J. Foyt 225 (Milwaukee) Last win 2012 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) Wins Podiums Poles 21 57 23 Champ Car career 114 races run over 6 years Best finish 2nd (1999) First race 1997 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead) Last race 2002 Mexico Gran Premio Telmex/Gigante (Mexico City) First win 1998 Texaco/Havoline 200 (Road America) Last win 2002 Sure For Men Rockingham 500 (Rockingham UK) Wins Podiums Poles 10 32 11
NASCAR Cup Series career 10 races run over 1 year Best finish 49th (2008) First race 2008 Daytona 500 (Daytona) Last race 2008 Lenox Industrial Tools 300 (Loudon) Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0 NASCAR Xfinity Series career 18 races run over 2 years Best finish 35th (2008) First race 2007 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis) Last race 2008 Food City 250 (Bristol) Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 1 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career 2 races run over 1 year Best finish 107th (2007) First race 2007 Kroger 200 (Martinsville) Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0

George Dario Marino Franchitti,^[2] MBE (born 19 May 1973) is a Scottish former racing driver and current motorsport commentator. He is a four time IndyCar Series champion (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011), a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (2007, 2010, 2012) as well as a winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (2008).

Franchitti started his career in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, competing in Formula Vauxhall and Formula Three and was also the winner of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1992. After Franchitti did not secure a single-seater drive in 1995, he was contracted by the AMG team to compete in touring cars in the DTM and its successor – the International Touring Car Championship. Despite two seasons with relative success, the series folded at the end of the 1996 season, again leaving Franchitti without a drive. Mercedes placed Franchitti in CART in 1997 with the Hogan Racing team.

Franchitti spent six seasons in CART, where he won ten races with the Team Green squad that he joined in 1998; he failed to win a championship title, with a best final position of second-place in 1999, behind Juan Pablo Montoya in a tie-breaker. Team Green moved to the IndyCar Series for the 2003 campaign, with Franchitti remaining in the team. Franchitti's first season for IndyCar was disrupted by an injury, but won his first races the following season. His break-out year came in 2007, when he won the rain-shortened Indianapolis 500 as one of four victories in his route to a first career championship title in a final-race title decider with Scott Dixon. At the end of the season, Franchitti was named as BBC Scotland's Sports Personality of the Year.

After an ill-fated move to NASCAR in 2008 (which ended after half a season)^[3] Franchitti returned to IndyCar in 2009, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing.^[4] Franchitti won on his second start back in the series, and eventually took five wins as he won a second championship, again in a final race championship decider against Dixon and Team Penske's Ryan Briscoe.^[5] He retained the title in 2010,^[6] again with a final race championship win over Penske's Will Power; Franchitti's strong form on ovals – including a 2nd Indianapolis 500 victory – allowed him to overhaul Power by five points at the final race. His third consecutive and fourth overall title came in 2011, in which he battled Power for the championship the second time but the championship win ultimately was decided in favour of Franchitti, after the season's final race was abandoned due to a serious crash that resulted in the death of his close friend and former teammate Dan Wheldon.^[7] A new car was introduced for the 2012 season, in which Franchitti only scored a single victory – in the Indianapolis 500 – to become the tenth driver to win at least three Indianapolis 500s during a career.^[8]

On 6 October 2013, Franchitti was involved in a serious crash in the Grand Prix of Houston, when his car flew into catch-fencing after contact with the cars of Takuma Sato and E. J. Viso.^[9] Franchitti suffered two fractured vertebrae, a broken ankle, and a concussion in the crash. A month later, on 14 November, Franchitti announced his immediate retirement from motor racing on medical advice; he retired with 31 victories from 265 starts in his American open-wheel racing career,^[10] a tally which put him in a tie for ninth on the all-time wins list with former teammate Paul Tracy.^[11]

After his retirement, Franchitti would become the co-commentator for Formula E's world feed broadcast.^[12]

Early career[]

Franchitti was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. While attending Stewart's Melville College in Edinburgh, he 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.^[13] 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 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 3 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.

In 1997, Franchitti was offered a deal to become McLaren's test driver which would have seen him flying to Europe to test during the week, returning to America to race in CART. He ultimately turned this down, preferring instead to pour his energies into racing in CART for the Hogan team.

Franchitti tested for the Jaguar F1 team at Silverstone in 2000, but the car proved to be problematic. These troubles combined with him still recovering from neck discs ruptured in a crash at Homestead earlier that year. The test was ultimately a disappointment and the door to racing for Jaguar effectively closed.

CART[]

With the demise of the ITC, Mercedes placed Franchitti in Hogan Racing in 1997, making his US debut in the CART Championship Series where his best finish was a ninth at Surfers Paradise. 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.

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 nearby Maple Ridge, British Columbia. He finished fourth in Champ Car in 2002.

IndyCar Series[]

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.^[14][15] Franchitti missed most of the year, and his place was taken by Dan Wheldon at Motegi,^[16] Robby Gordon at Indianapolis,^[17] 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.^[18] He followed this win up with a win at Pikes Peak on 22 August.^[19]

2005[]

Franchitti returned to Andretti Green Racing again, and had 2 wins. The first win came at Nashville.^[20] His last win of the year came at the 2005 season finale at California.^[21]

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.^[22] 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 teammate Bryan Herta.^[23] 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, he did not realise that the chequered flag had been waved and continued to race. He 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 No. 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 raced several races in the NNS for Chip Ganassi Racing's NASCAR team and only had a few top ten finishes; his best finish was 5th at the 2008 Zippo 200. He decided that IndyCar was his favourite to race in and so he rejoined the IndyCar Series in 2009 with Target Ganassi Racing and went on to win his second, third and fourth IndyCar titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011 as well as the 2010 and 2012 Indy 500.

2009[]

2009 marked a successful return to IndyCar for Franchitti 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 history of the Indianapolis 500.^[24]

In October, Franchitti travelled 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 ninth all-time in American Open Wheel racing. In the final race of the season at Las Vegas, Franchitti had an 18-point lead over Will Power in the points standings. However, a 15-car crash on lap 11 caused the race to be red flagged. After a two-hour delay, IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard announced that Dan Wheldon had died from the crash and the race was formally abandoned. The drivers who were not involved did a five-lap tribute to Wheldon 10 minutes after the announcement.^[25] Because the race was cancelled and Power was also involved in the crash, Franchitti won his third consecutive and fourth overall IndyCar championship. Since Power suffered severe damage, Franchitti would have won the championship if the race had continued; therefore, the early stoppage of the race had no effect on the championship points.

2012[]

Franchitti, again driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, had a slow start in the first four races. On 27 May, he had an emotional win of the 2012 Indianapolis 500. In reference to Dan Wheldon, Franchitti said in an interview after the race, "I think D-Dub would have been proud of that one."^[26] The 500 would end up being his only win of the season and the last of his career, as Franchitti struggled against both Andretti and Penske's teams.

2013[]

In 2013, Franchitti improved on his 2012 season. At the Indy 500, Franchitti was running in the Top 10 for the final restart, but got loose in turn 1 and scraped across the turn 1 wall in a similar style to Takuma Sato's 2012 accident on the final lap. This brought out a final caution that found one of Franchitti's closest friends off the track, Tony Kanaan winning his first Indy 500 and his first win in a few years. After climbing out of his car, Franchitti was led to the infield hospital. Franchitti was cleared uninjured; and he walked to victory lane to hug Kanaan just before the broadcasting ended.

Career-ending crash[]

In the second Houston race, Franchitti collided with Takuma Sato and E. J. Viso on the final lap, causing Franchitti to become airborne and fly into the turn 5 catchfence in a similar manner to Kenny Bräck's crash at Texas Motor Speedway in 2003. 13 fans were injured by flying debris, and Franchitti suffered a spinal fracture, right ankle fracture, and a concussion.^[27] Due to these injuries, as well as injuries caused by previous crashes, doctors told Franchitti that he would risk permanent paralysis if he continued racing.^[28] Franchitti then retired from competitive driving, but maintained his affiliation with Ganassi Racing by becoming a competition director.

NASCAR[]

On 3 October 2007, it was announced that Franchitti would move to NASCAR to replace David Stremme in the No. 40 Dodge.^[29] 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 No. 42 Dodge Charger for Chip Ganassi Racing.^[30] 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.^[31] He drove the No. 41 Dodge Ram truck, owned by Cunningham Motorsports, with Brian Pattie from Chip Ganassi Racing serving as crew chief.^[32] He would finish 33rd after being plagued by problems with the rear of the truck during the race.

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.^[33] David Stremme, Ken Schrader, Jeremy Mayfield, and Sterling Marlin all filled in for him.^[34][35][36]

On 1 July 2008, Franchitti's No. 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 No. 40 team was shut down, and 71 employees were released.^[37] Franchitti would continue to drive for Ganassi in the Nationwide Series for the remainder of the season following the disbanding of the Cup team.

On 9 August 2008 Franchitti won his first career Nationwide pole at Watkins Glen.^[38] Starting alongside Robby Gordon, Franchitti led 13 laps and came close to the win. He battled Jimmie Johnson throughout the day, but was overtaken by some drivers late in the race. Franchitti finished 5th while Johnson ran out of gas.

Sports car racing[]

Franchitti 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 with Andretti Green Racing teammates 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.^[39] 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.^[40] 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.^[41] 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.^[42] 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.^[43]

Personal life[]

Franchitti is the son of Marina and George Franchitti,^[44] both born in Scotland.^[45] He is of Italian heritage, from the town of Cassino in Central Italy.^[46] Originally from Bathgate, his 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.^[47] Franchitti married American actress Ashley Judd in December 2001^[48] at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, Scotland.^[49] They divorced in 2013 and remain on friendly terms.^[50]

Franchitti has since married Eleanor Robb, an Englishwoman. They have two daughters: Sofia (born November 2015) and Valentina (born February 2019). Franchitti's ex-wife, Judd, is the godmother of Sofia.^{[citation needed]}

He lists some of his favourite television shows as Gavin & Stacey, Shameless and Rab C. Nesbitt.^[51]

Franchitti was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to motor racing.^[52][53][54]

He is the older brother of Scottish racing driver Marino Franchitti. He is the cousin of former Formula One driver Paul di Resta.

Franchitti is a member of the "brat pack", a group of CART drivers that were close friends off the track, that included Max Papis, Tony Kanaan and the late Greg Moore.^[55]

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.^[56] He also appeared as a Scottish news anchor in the animated film Turbo.

In 2014, he was signed by Formula E to become the world feed co-commentator (alongside ) for the then-newly formed championship starting from its inaugural season in 2014–15.^[12]

Motorsports career results[]

Touring Car racing[]

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
1995	D2 Privat-Team AMG Mercedes	Mercedes C-Class V6	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 DNS	AVU 1 Ret	AVU 2 Ret	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 2	DIE 1 2	DIE 2 4	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	ALE 1 2	ALE 2 10	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	5th	74

International Touring Car Championship[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

International Touring Car Championship results
Year	Team	Car	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	Pos.	Pts
1995	D2 Privat-Team AMG Mercedes	Mercedes C-Class V6	MUG 1 4	MUG 2 1	HEL 1 12†	HEL 2 DNS	DON 1 2	DON 2 2	EST 1 5	EST 2 3	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 DNS																	3rd	80
1996	D2 Privat-Team AMG Mercedes	Mercedes C-Class V6	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 4	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 8	EST 1 9	EST 2 10	HEL 1 17†	HEL 2 DNS	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 Ret	DIE 1 2	DIE 2 2	SIL 1 21†	SIL 2 14	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 3	MAG 1 6	MAG 2 4	MUG 1 4	MUG 2 2	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 7	INT 1 13	INT 2 10	SUZ 1 1	SUZ 2 Ret	4th	171

• † – Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

International V8 Supercar results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

V8 Supercar results
Year	Team	Car	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	Pos.	Pts
2010	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford FG Falcon	YMC R1	YMC R2	BHR R3	BHR R4	ADE R5	ADE R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	QLD R9	QLD R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	PHI Q	PHI R17	BAT R18	SUR R19 16	SUR R20 Ret	SYM R21	SYM R22	SAN R23	SAN R24	SYD R25	SYD R26	NC	0

American open–wheel racing results[]

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CART[]

CART Championship Series results
Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	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	Reynard 97i	Mercedes-Benz IC108D V8 t	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					22nd	10
1998	Team Green	Reynard 98i	Honda HRK V8 t	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	Reynard 99i	Honda HRS V8 t	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	Reynard 2Ki	Honda HR-0 V8 t	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	Reynard 01i	Honda HR-1 V8 t	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	LAU 25	ROC 9	HOU 2	LS 19	SRF 23	FON 23	7th	105
2002	Team Green	Reynard 02i	Honda HR-2 V8 t	MTY 2	LBH 9	MOT 3																			4th	148
		Lola B02/00					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

* 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 Series[]

IndyCar Series results
Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2002	Team Green	Dallara IR-02	27	Chevrolet	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY 19	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					44th	11
2003	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara IR-03		Honda	HMS 7	PHX 16	MOT	INDY	TXS	PPIR 4	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	STL	KTY	NZR	CHI	FON	TX2				25th	72
2004					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		Dallara IR-05			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					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					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		10		HMS	STP	MOT	LBH	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF1 16	NC	-
2009					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					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					STP 1	ALA 3	LBH 3	SAO 4	INDY 12	TXS1 1	TXS2 7	MIL 1	IOW 5	TOR 1	EDM 3	MDO 2	NHM 20	SNM 4	BAL 4	MOT 8	KTY 2	LVS2 C		1st	573
2012		Dallara DW12			STP 13	ALA 10	LBH 15	SAO 5		DET 2	TXS 14	MIL 19	IOW 25	TOR 17	EDM 6	MDO 17	SNM 3	BAL 13	FON 2					7th	363
			50						INDY 1
2013			10		STP 25	ALA 25	LBH 4	SAO 7	INDY 23	DET 6	DET 5	TXS 6	MIL 8	IOW 20	POC 3	TOR 3	TOR 4	MDO 3	SNM 3	BAL 21	HOU 15	HOU 15	FON	10th	418

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
11	2	147	23	21	37	50	3 (2007, 2010 & 2012)	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[]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	28	19	Team Green
2003	Dallara	Honda	DNP3		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	Chip Ganassi Racing
2010	Dallara	Honda	3	1	Chip Ganassi Racing
2011	Dallara	Honda	9	12	Chip Ganassi Racing
2012	Dallara	Honda	16	1	Chip Ganassi Racing
2013	Dallara	Honda	17	23	Chip Ganassi Racing

¹ Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

² Cancelled due to death of Dan Wheldon.

³ Sat out of race due to injury

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	Make	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points
2007	Andretti Green Racing	Acura	LMP2	SEB 2 / 1	STP	LBH 6 / 6	LS	UTH	NEG	MOH	RA	MOS	DSC	PLM	MSC	32
2008	Highcroft Racing	Acura	LMP2	SEB	STP	LBH	UTH	NEG	MOH	RA	MOS	DSC	PLM Ret	MSC		0
2009	Highcroft Racing	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	Make	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points
2008	Ganassi Racing	Riley	DP	DAY 1 / 1	HOM	MEX	VIR	LAG	LRP	WAT	MDO	DAY2	BAR	CGV	WAT2	INF	NJ	MIL	35
2009	Ganassi Racing	Riley	DP	DAY 5 / 5	VIR	NJ	LAG	WAT	MDO	DAY2	BAR	WAT2	CGV	MIL	HOM				26
2010	Ganassi Racing	Riley	DP	DAY 37/15	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	LAG	WAT1	MDO	DAY2	NJ	WAT2	CGV	MIL			16
2011	Ganassi Racing	Riley	DP	DAY 2/2	HOM	BAR	VIR	LRP	LAG	WAT1	MDO	DAY2	NJ	WAT2	CGV	MIL			32
2012	Ganassi Racing	Riley	DP	DAY 4 / 4	BAR	HMS	NJ	DET	MDO	RA	WAT1	IMS	WAT2	CGV	LAG	LRP			28
2013	Ganassi Racing	Riley	DP	DAY 37/11	AUS	BAR	ATL	DET	MDO	S6H	IMS	RA	KAN	LAG	LRP				20

NASCAR[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series[]

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2008	Chip Ganassi Racing	40	Dodge	DAY 33	CAL 32	LVS 33	ATL 33	BRI 36	MAR 22	TEX DNQ	PHO 32	TAL INQ†	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC 41	MCH 43	SON DNQ	NHA 38	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	49th	606
† – Qualified but replaced by David Stremme

Daytona 500 results[]

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2008	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	40	33

Nationwide Series[]

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts
2007	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 32	TEX 25	PHO 29	HOM 39	95th	277
2008		40		DAY 20	CAL 24	LVS 6	ATL 28	BRI 22	NSH	TEX 11	PHO 11	MXC	TAL 41	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV 15	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA 13	DAY	CHI 26	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN 5	MCH 13	BRI 11	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	35th	1571

Craftsman Truck Series[]

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
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	24	25	NCTC	Pts
2007	Cunningham Motorsports	41	Dodge	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR 33	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	107th	64

ARCA Racing Series[]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
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	ARSC	Pts
2007	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Dodge	DAY	USA	NSH	SLM	KAN	WIN		TOL	IOW	POC	MCH		KEN	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW	DSF		SLM	17	TOL	135th	145
2008		40		DAY 10	SLM	IOW	KEN			TOL	POC	MCH		KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	DSF	CHI	SLM		TAL	TOL			102nd	180

References[]

Sources[]

• Greatest 33 Profile

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dario Franchitti.

• Official website
• Dario Franchitti driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Driver details at www.indycar.com
• The Greatest 33

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sam Hornish, Jr. Scott Dixon	IRL IndyCar Series Champion 2007 2009, 2010, 2011	Succeeded by Scott Dixon Ryan Hunter-Reay
Achievements
Preceded by Sam Hornish, Jr. Hélio Castroneves Dan Wheldon	Indianapolis 500 Winner 2007 2010 2012	Succeeded by Scott Dixon Dan Wheldon Tony Kanaan
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 Jenson Button