Dario Franchitti
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Good article Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB Template:Infobox racing driver George Dario Marino Franchitti Template:Post-nominals (born 19 May 1973) is a British motorsport commentator and retired motor racing driver from Scotland. Franchitti won the IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the Indianapolis 500 in 2007, 2010 and 2012; and the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona driving for Andretti Green Racing (AGR) and later Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR).
Franchitti began kart racing at the age of ten and had early success before progressing to car racing at the age of seventeen, winning the 1991 Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship and the 1993 Formula Vauxhall Lotus Championship. In 1995 and 1996, he competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and the related International Touring Car Championship for the AMG-Mercedes team, winning two races. Franchitti debuted in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) with Hogan Racing for the 1997 season. The following year, he joined Team Green and finished third in the championship with three victories. After tying Juan Pablo Montoya on points and winning four fewer races than Montoya, Franchitti finished second in the 1999 season. His form declined over the next three years but he won four races.
In the Indy Racing League in 2003, Franchitti joined the renamed AGR team but injury limited him to three races that year. He won two races in the 2004 and 2005 seasons, finishing fourth and sixth overall. Franchitti won his first IndyCar Drivers' Championship in 2007 with four victories, including his first Indianapolis 500 win, before joining CGR for the following year's NASCAR programme. In 2009, he returned to IndyCar, winning three consecutive championships from 2009 to 2011, and 12 more races, including the 2010 Indianapolis 500. Franchitti's form deteriorated during the 2012 championship as he struggled to adapt to a new car but he won his third Indianapolis 500. Following contact with Takuma Sato's car in the penultimate round of the 2013 season, Franchitti sustained two fractured vertebrae, a broken ankle and concussion, bringing his racing career to an end.
Franchitti competed in 265 races in American open-wheel car racing, winning 31 and finishing on the podium 92 times. After retiring, Franchitti became an advisor and driver-coach for CGR, as well as a co-commentator and driver pundit on the all-electric Formula E racing series' television world feed. He has been inducted into the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, and was named the 2007 BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year.
Early life and family background
George Dario Marino Franchitti was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, on 19 May 1973.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is the son of Inverness-born tourist board employee Marina Franchitti,Template:Sfn<ref name="GaleNewsmakers" /> and ice-cream parlour owner and amateur racing driver George Franchitti.<ref name=GaleNewsmakers>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> He is of Italian descent; three of his grandparents originate from the town of Cassino.<ref name="Indy1999Interview">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=DT1998>Template:Cite news</ref> His younger brother Marino, his cousin Paul di Resta and his godson Sebastian Melrose are also racing drivers.<ref name="Herald2015" />Template:Sfn Franchitti has a sister.Template:Sfn When Franchitti was eight years old, he moved to Whitburn.Template:Sfn He was educated at Edinburgh's private Stewart's Melville College, where he did not feel at ease due to its traditionalism.Template:Sfn
Junior career
When he was three years old, Franchitti was given a Honda-powered go-kart.Template:Sfn His wish to become a racing driver began when his father took him to the West of Scotland Kart Club and other kart tracks as a child.Template:Sfn When he turned ten, Franchitti started kart racing; his first race ended after two laps due to engine failure.<ref name="Indy1999Interview" />Template:Sfn He started racing at the West of Scotland Kart Club and tracks in the north of Scotland, and he tested karts at Knockhill near Dunfermline.<ref name=Herald2015>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1984, at the age of eleven, Franchitti won the Scottish Junior Championship; he also won the British Junior Karting Championships in 1985 and 1986.<ref name="GaleNewsmakers" />Template:Sfn Franchitti retired from the 1987 Karting World Championship final after colliding with Luca Badoer.<ref name="CARTProfile" />Template:Sfn In 1988, he won the Scottish Senior Championship and was runner-up in the 1989 British Senior Karting Championship.Template:Sfn<ref name="GaleNewsmakers" /> Franchitti raced part-time in the 1990 British Senior Kart Series.<ref name=CARTProfile>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Overall, Franchitti won more than one-hundred races and twenty karting titles.<ref name="Scotsman2008">Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1990, racing driver David Leslie's father suggested to Franchitti he join Leslie's team and work on his cars at races.Template:Sfn Aged 17,Template:Sfn Franchitti began racing a single-seater vehicle for David Leslie Racing in the inaugural Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti's father remortgaged the family home to pay for his son's racing.Template:Sfn Franchitti won the championship with four victories, three in the final three rounds, and three podium finishes.<ref name=CARTProfile/><ref name="AutosportTribute">Template:Cite journal</ref> Paul Stewart Racing (PSR) offered Franchitti a Formula Vauxhall test after a team member observed him driving. Team owner Jackie Stewart promised Franchitti if he drove for PSR, Stewart would find funding from Scottish sponsors.Template:Sfn<ref name=Herald2015/> Stewart became Franchitti's informal coach, teaching him how to race more quickly and more consistently.<ref name="GaleNewsmakers" /> Franchitti finished fourth overall in the 1992 Formula Vauxhall Lotus Championship, with multiple second and third-place finishes for PSR.<ref name="CARTProfile" /><ref name=LC1992 /> Later that year, he won the Autosport BRDC Award,<ref name=LC1992>Template:Cite news</ref> which included a test in a McLaren MP4/10B Formula One (F1) car at Jerez at the end of 1995.Template:Sfn
The following year, Franchitti became a racing school instructor, and earned money running circuit days for BMW and Nissan.Template:Sfn He returned to the Formula Vauxhall Lotus Championship for PSR in a single-seat Vauxhall-powered car,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> winning the championship at Brands Hatch in August of that year with three races remaining.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti had six victories and four podium finishes, and was named the series' Driver of the Year.<ref name="CARTProfile" /> The same year, he raced in the Silverstone round of the British Formula Three (F3) Championship, finishing fifth in a PSR Reynard 933-Mugen Honda.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Stewart promoted Franchitti to the British F3 Championship in 1994, hoping he would later progress to F1, and he was expected to challenge for the title.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Franchitti finished fourth overall with 133 points in a PSR Dallara F394-Mugen Honda, a single victory at Silverstone and six top-three finishes after errors prevented him from challenging for the title.<ref name="CARTProfile" /><ref name="AutosportTribute" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti also finished twelfth at the 1994 Masters of Formula 3 and sixth at the 1994 Macau Grand Prix.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
Touring car career
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Franchitti did not have enough money to progress to Formula 3000 and did not race in F3 for another season as expected because he did not want to incur more debt.<ref name="AutosportTribute" />Template:Sfn Mercedes-Benz signed him to its junior team just in its attempt to recreate its Young Driver Programme in the German-based Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) and the related International Touring Car Championship (ITC) series after their first option, Giancarlo Fisichella, wanted a one-year deal that would leave him the option of driving for Minardi in F1.<ref name="AutosportTribute" />Template:Sfn<ref name="DT1999">Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti drove a Mercedes C-Class V6 for the AMG-Mercedes team, Mercedes-Benz's sports-car competition division.<ref name="GaleNewsmakers" /><ref name="Times1995">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Franchitti competed in the 1995 DTM and the 1995 ITC. His fourteen-race DTM season put him fifth in the Drivers' Championship with two pole positions, four podium finishes and 74 points.<ref name=TouringCarsResults>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=MSportBio>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the ITC season, Franchitti won his first touring car race at Mugello, twice finished second at Donington Park, and third at the second Estoril round for third in the Drivers' Championship with eighty points.<ref name=TouringCarsResults/><ref name=MSportBio/> For the 1996 ITC season, he stayed with AMG-Mercedes and finished fourth in the Drivers' Championship with 171 points and five podium finishes, and won the first Suzuka round.<ref name="TouringCarsResults" />
Championship Auto Racing Teams
1997–1999
At the end of 1996, the ITC folded due to escalating costs and Franchitti told Ilmor boss Paul Morgan he wanted to compete in the US-based Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) series.<ref name="GaleNewsmakers" />Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Jackie Stewart sent a letter of recommendation to trucking mogul Carl Hogan, who telephoned Mercedes in Germany,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the company assigned Franchitti to drive the Template:Abbr 9 Reynard 97i-Mercedes-Benz car for the single Hogan Racing customer car squad in the 1997 CART World Series.<ref name="AutosportTribute" /><ref name="MSportBio" /> Franchitti rejected the offer of a seven-year contract from McLaren owner Ron Dennis to test McLaren's F1 cars during the week while he competed in CART at weekends and act as a replacement driver in case of injury.Template:Sfn
Franchitti debuted at the season-opening Grand Prix of Miami.<ref name="MSportBio" /> Starting from thirteenth, he crashed after running wide to allow race leader Gil de Ferran to lap him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the following race, Franchitti achieved his best result of the season, finishing in ninth place at the 1997 Sunbelt IndyCarnival.<ref name="MSportBio" /> He scored points in three more races,<ref name="CARTProfile" /> and at the Molson Indy Toronto, he took his first CART pole position.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Before the season's final race at California Speedway, Hogan dismissed Franchitti due to their strained relationship, which was due to Franchitti joining Team Green for the following season. Franchitti was replaced by Robby Gordon.<ref name=CandDMay1998>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti was 22nd in the Drivers' Championship with 10 points and was third in the Rookie of the Year standings.<ref name="CARTProfile" /><ref name="MSportBio" />
In late 1997, Franchitti signed a two-year-minimum contract to drive for Team Green from the 1998 season after impressing team owner Barry Green with his abilities.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti had six top-ten finishes, including a second-place finish at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, and qualified in pole position at the Rio 400, the Molson Indy Toronto and the Miller Lite 200 in the season's first 13 races.<ref name="MSportBio" /> At the season's 14th race, the Texaco/Havoline 200, Franchitti took his first series victory, and the first Champ Car win for a Scottish driver since Jim Clark in the 1965 Indianapolis 500.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Three weeks later, Franchitti won the Molson Indy Vancouver from his fourth pole position of the season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After finishing fourth at the Honda Grand Prix of Monterey,<ref name="MSportBio" /> he led every lap of the rain-shortened Texaco Grand Prix of Houston in his third and final victory of 1998.Template:Sfn Franchitti finished second at the Honda Indy 300 but lost the runner-up spot to Jimmy Vasser when his engine failed at the season-ending Marlboro 500, which Vasser won. Franchitti was third overall and scored 160 points.<ref name="MSportBio" />Template:Sfn
Before the 1999 CART season, Franchitti signed a two-year contract extension with Team Green through to the end of the 2000 season; he did not want to be indefinitely retained and wanted keep his options open for the future.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti's manager Craig Pollock advised him to remain in CART to gain more experience and he rejected an offer to join Stewart Grand Prix in F1.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti took seven top-ten finishes in the first ten races.<ref name="MSportBio" /> He led all of the Molson Indy Toronto to win and took the championship lead from Juan Pablo Montoya after winning the ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix two races later. Over the next five rounds, Franchitti won four top-ten places and pole position in the Miller Lite 200. He won the season's penultimate round the Honda Indy 300 from pole position to enter the season-ending Marlboro 500 nine points ahead of Montoya.Template:Sfn Franchitti had to finish third in California to win the title but would lose on countback if he and Montoya finished with the same number of points.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti finished the race tenth and Montoya fourth, ending the season with the same number of points as the latter, who was crowned champion because he won seven races while Franchitti had only won three.<ref name=1999TitleLoss>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2000–2002
Prior to the 2000 CART season, Franchitti was hospitalised after a crash during pre-season testing at Homestead–Miami Speedway; part of the car's suspension hit his head, and he sustained displaced fractures in his left hip and pelvis, and multiple minor brain contusions.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=TheGuardian2000/> The accident affected Franchitti's concentration, balance, memory and fatigue levels,Template:Sfn as well as developing a more serious mindset.<ref name=SmithNBC2016>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As a result, Franchitti underwent physical therapy five times a week,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> before CART's medical director Steve Olvey declared him fit that March.<ref name=TheGuardian2000>Template:Cite news</ref> His performance deteriorated due to a lack of testing and his team changing personnel,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and he drove an unreliable car he occasionally crashed.<ref name="MSportBio" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti finished second at the Firestone Firehawk 500 and the Molson Indy Vancouver, his best finishes of the season, in which he scored two pole positions and six more top-ten finishes—including third place at the Michigan 500 and the Honda Grand Prix of Monterey. Franchitti was 13th in the championship with 92 points.<ref name="CARTProfile" /><ref name="MSportBio" />
Team Green retained Franchitti for the 2001 season; he signed a contract extension with the team in August 2000.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The season's opening eight rounds saw Franchitti achieve six top-ten finishes, including a second-place finish at the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit.<ref name="MSportBio" /> At the Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland, Franchitti qualified fourteenth, passing race leader Memo Gidley with ten laps remaining for his seventh career CART victory.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His performance for the rest of the season was sub-par, with four top-ten and two second-place finishes at both Harrah's 500 and the Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston. Franchitti concluded the season seventh in the championship standings with 105 points.<ref name="MSportBio" />
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After signing another two-year contract extension through to the conclusion of the 2003 season in August 2001, Franchitti returned to Team Green for the 2002 CART season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He finished second at the season-opening Tecate/Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix and took three third-place finishes at the Bridgestone Potenza 500, G.I. Joe's 200 and the following CART Grand Prix of Chicago, starting from pole position in Chicago.<ref name="CARTProfile" /> Franchitti led the final fifteen laps of the Molson Indy Vancouver after teammate Paul Tracy's pit stop for fuel and tyres, and had his first win of the season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Three races later, starting from second, Franchitti led 43 laps to win the Molson Indy Montreal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He won in the Sure for Men Rockingham 500 in his only CART oval track victory two races later.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti finished the season's final four races within the top ten to place fourth in the Drivers' Championship with 148 points.<ref name="CARTProfile" />
IndyCar Series and stock car racing
2002–2004
Franchitti made his debut in CART's rival franchise the Indy Racing League (IRL) in the 2002 IRL season, driving Team Green's unique No. 27 Dallara IR02-Chevrolet Indy V8 entry for the Indianapolis 500 after the team found funding for the programme.<ref name="MSportBio" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Starting from 28th,<ref name="MSportBio" /> Franchitti sustained a puncture after making a pit stop and was restricted to a nineteenth place finish.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Although he wanted to remain a CART driver because of the series' competition and variety,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti moved to the IRL for the 2003 season with the renamed Andretti Green Racing team (AGR) following his rejection of an offer to drive for Newman/Haas Racing in place of Christian Fittipaldi.Template:Efn<ref name=ProvinceSep2002>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=MSportMagNov2007>Template:Cite journal</ref> Franchitti changed his driving style to handle the lighter and more responsive normally-aspirated, V8-engined car on short oval circuits,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and improved his hand-eye-foot coordination.<ref name=SINovember2013>Template:Cite magazine</ref> After competing in the season's first two races, finishing seventh in the season-opening round at Homestead,<ref name="MSportBio" /> Franchitti fractured his lumbar vertebrae in an motorbike accident during a trip to West Lothian that April.Template:Sfn Franchitti was replaced by Dan Wheldon, Robby Gordon and Bryan Herta in the following three races.<ref name=IndyStar2003>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti finished fourth in the Honda Indy 225—his season's best finish—before requiring season-ending keyhole surgery to strengthen his back.<ref name=IndyStar2003/>Template:Sfn Franchitti was replaced by Herta for the rest of the season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Franchitti extended his contract to remain at AGR for the 2004 IndyCar Series.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After crashing out of the season's opening two races at Homestead and Phoenix International Raceway,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti had the first top-ten finish of his campaign at Motegi.<ref name="MSportBio" /> He gained his first IndyCar pole position in the Bombardier 500 and finished the race in second place.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Four races later, in the Menards A. J. Foyt 225, he led a race-high 111 laps to clinch his first IndyCar victory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Three races later, Franchitti had his second series win in the Honda Indy 225 at Pikes Peak.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> For the rest of the season, Franchitti finished no higher than third and placed sixth in the championship standings with 409 points.<ref name="MSportBio" />
2005–2008
Franchitti returned to drive for AGR in the 2005 season after signing a one-year contract extension for a four-car team in January 2005.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A second-place finish at the season's seventh round at Richmond Raceway was his best result over the season's opening nine rounds.<ref name="MSportBio" /> Franchitti's first win of 2005 was the Firestone Indy 200, overtaking Patrick Carpentier with seven laps remaining.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The following seven rounds saw Franchitti achieve two more podium finishes with a second-place finish at the next race at the Milwaukee Mile and a third-place result at Watkins Glen International.<ref name="MSportBio" /> At the season's final race, the Toyota Indy 400, Franchitti qualified on pole position and held off teammate Tony Kanaan for his second victory of the season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti finished fourth overall with 498 points.<ref name="MSportBio" />
At the season's conclusion, Franchitti almost declined an opportunity during negotiations to sign a one-year contract extension because he had been considering either a career change or retirement since his sub-par results in IndyCar; Frachitti, however, remained at AGR for the 2006 season.<ref name=MSportMagNov2007/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His performance declined after Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) became more developed when IndyCar used only Honda engines,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and AGR underperformed on short high-speed oval tracks.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He took pole position for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg street course race where suspension failure after colliding with Kosuke Matsuura's damaged car eliminated him from contention.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti qualified 17th for the Indianapolis 500 and came seventh after a late race pit stop for fuel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His final eight races yielded a season-best finish of second at Infineon Raceway and four top-nine finishes.<ref name="MSportBio" /> Before the season-ending round at Chicagoland Speedway, Franchitti sustained a concussion in a vintage car accident at the Goodwood Revival and was replaced by A. J. Foyt IV.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was eighth in the points standings with 311 points.<ref name="MSportBio" />
For the 2007 season, Franchitti again drove for AGR.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He began the year by finishing the opening four races seventh and above, including podium finishes at Motegi and Kansas Speedway.<ref name="MSportBio" /> Franchitti's season highlight was the Indianapolis 500, which he won after rain ended it early after 166 laps, and became the race's first Scottish winner since Clark in 1965.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After finishing second at the ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 to take the championship lead,<ref name="MSportBio" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti won consecutive races in the inaugural Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway, and led a race-high 242 laps in the SunTrust Indy Challenge from pole position.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti took two pole positions at Michigan International Speedway and Infineon Raceway and four top-three finishes over the next seven races to enter the season-ending Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 three points ahead of CGR's Scott Dixon.<ref name="MSportBio" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti won the race after Dixon's car ran out of fuel on the final lap, securing his first IndyCar championship.Template:Sfn
Franchitti considered joining NASCAR but discussions with CGR team owner Chip Ganassi and Richard Childress Racing owner Richard Childress did not result in a race seat.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Talks with Ganassi resulted in Franchitti replacing David Stremme as the driver of the No. 40 Dodge Charger on a multi-year contract from 2008 because of Stremme's sponsorship problems,Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and because they believed Franchitti was more marketable,Template:Efn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a decision that greatly upset AGR.Template:Sfn Franchitti was enrolled onto a stock car development programme that involved ARCA and the Busch Series events, as well as testing.Template:Efn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He made his stock car racing debut in the ARCA Re/Max 250, qualifying seventh and finishing seventeenth in the No. 42 CGR Dodge.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Two weeks later, Franchitti entered one race in the Craftsman Truck Series—the Kroger 200—for CGR in Cunningham Motorsports' No. 41 Dodge Ram, starting 30th and finishing 33rd after an accident.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In the 2007 Busch Series, Franchitti drove in four races in CGR's No. 42 Dodge Charger, achieving a best starting position of third in the Sam's Town 250 and a best finish of 25th in the O'Reilly Challenge.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="2007Busch">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, he entered 14 races, qualified for ten with an average start of 28.4 and finish of 34.3 with two did not finishes. Franchitti's season-best finish was a 22nd place in the Goody's Cool Orange 500 and his best qualifying performance was seventh in the Lenox Industrial Tools 301.<ref name=2008Sprint>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He fell outside the top-35 in the points standings that he had inherited from the preceding season and was required to qualify on speed from the sixth race onwards,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> because his car was uncompetitive since CGR could not master the Car of Tomorrow concept.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti's Sprint Cup Series team funded by Chip Ganassi was disbanded by Ganassi and co-owner Felix Sabates in July 2008 due to the trouble of retaining major sponsorship funding.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Early in 2008, Franchitti entered the season-opening ARCA Re/Max Series race the ARCA 200 at Daytona in CGR's No. 40 Dodge, qualifying ninth and finishing tenth.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He qualified CGR's No. 40 Dodge in fourteen races in the renamed Nationwide Series, achieving two top-ten finishes with an average start of 12.6 and an average finish of 17.6.<ref name=2008Nationwide>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti's best series finish was a fifth place at the Zippo 200 at the Glen, where he started from pole position.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the Aaron's 312, Franchitti's right-rear tyre failed early in the event, causing a major accident with Larry Gunselman and leaving Franchitti with a minor left-ankle fracture.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti was replaced by Stremme, Ken Schrader, Jeremy Mayfield and Sterling Marlin during his recovery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009–2013
Franchitti considered returning to IndyCar while spectating the 2008 Indianapolis 500. The introduction of new road and street circuits (particularly the Grand Prix of Toronto) to the IndyCar Series following the unification of the Champ Car World Series and the IRL sanctioning bodies in 2008 renewed Franchitti's interest in open-wheel racing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Therefore, he signed a multi-year contract with CGR to replace Wheldon starting from the 2009 season.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti wanted to join CGR's No. 41 NASCAR Cup Series team before being reminded of the capability of IndyCars.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
After finishing fourth in the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg,<ref name="MSportBio" /> he won the following Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach after leading with a race-high 51 laps.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti finished seventh and above in the next three races and took pole position for the Bombardier Learjet 550.<ref name="MSportBio" /> Franchitti won the Iowa Corn Indy 250, his second victory of 2009.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following his taking pole position for the SunTrust Indy Challenge,<ref name="MSportBio" /> Franchitti led the championship after finishing second before exchanging the lead with teammate Dixon over the next four races.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti led 45 laps of the Honda Indy Toronto from pole position to win the race.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He had three more top-six finishes before leading the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma from pole position, winning his fourth race of 2009.<ref name="MSportBio" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Two more top-four finishes put him five points behind Dixon going into the season-ending Firestone Indy 300.<ref name="MSportBio" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti won the race from pole position, winning his second championship and finishing the year eleven points ahead of Dixon.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
In the 2010 season, Franchitti returned to CGR to defend his title.<ref name="MSportBio" /> At the season-opening São Paulo Indy 300, he took pole position and finished the rain-interrupted event seventh.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He finished third in the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama and second in the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300.<ref name="MSportBio" /> Franchitti qualified third for the Indianapolis 500 and led 155 laps in his second win at the event.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti achieved consecutive podium finishes in the Honda Indy Toronto and the Honda Indy Edmonton in the following five races.<ref name="MSportBio" /> He won the Honda Indy 200 and the Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> A fifth place at Kentucky Speedway and a second place at Motegi put him 12 points behind Penske's Will Power before the season-closing Cafés do Brasil Indy 300 and won the inaugural A. J. Foyt Oval Track Championship with a round to spare.<ref name="MSportBio" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="ESPN2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By finishing eighth, Franchitti won his second-consecutive championship and third overall after Power's crash.<ref name="ESPN2010" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
For the 2011 season, Franchitti rejoined CGR for his second successive title defence.<ref name="MSportBio" /> At the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Franchitti started fourth and led 94 laps to win the event.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He finished third in the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama and the following Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, then won the first of the Firestone Twin 275s after leading 110 laps.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti led 161 laps of the Milwaukee 225 from pole position in his third victory of the season, and won the Honda Indy Toronto two races later.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The next seven races saw him finish second at Mid-Ohio and Kentucky, third at Edmonton and took another pole position at New Hampshire.<ref name="MSportBio" /> Before the season-ending IZOD IndyCar World Championship, Franchitti led Power in the championship standings by 18 points.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The race was abandoned following a 15-car accident on the 11th lap that involved Power and caused Wheldon's death, meaning Franchitti won his fourth championship; his third in succession.<ref name=2011TitleWin>Template:Cite news</ref>
Franchitti drove for CGR for the 2012 season; he initially struggled to adapt to the new Dallara DW12 car before becoming more competitive following the season's fourth event, which was held in São Paulo, Brazil.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti took two top-ten finishes in the first four races, placing tenth at Barber and fifth in São Paulo.<ref name="MSportBio" /> His only win of the season was the Indianapolis 500, which he won for the third time. Franchitti was leading the race on the final lap when Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver Takuma Sato crashed into the barrier in an attempt to overtake Franchitti on the inside into turn one.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti's performance for the rest of the season was sub-par: he had four pole positions that did not result in a race win and three more podium finishes. He was seventh in the Drivers' Championship with 363 points.<ref name="MSportBio" />
Franchitti remained at CGR for the 2013 season.<ref name="MSportBio" /> After finishing 25th in both of the season's first two races due to an accident in St. Petersburg and mechanical failure at Barber, respectively,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti qualified on pole position for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, which he finished fourth.<ref name="MSportBio" /> He achieved another ten top-ten finishes and took pole position three more times during the fifteen remaining events in which he participated, earning season-best third-place finishes at each of the Pocono IndyCar 400 races, the first Honda Indy Toronto race, the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio and the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. Franchitti was tenth in the final championship standings with 418 points.<ref name="MSportBio" />
Career-ending accident and mentoring
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On the final lap of the second race of the 2013 Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston doubleheader on 6 October, Franchitti's car collided with the rear of Sato's car in turn five, and was launched into the catchfence.<ref name=RacinTodayCrash>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti's car ripped apart a fence section and sent debris into the grandstand past a second fence ahead of spectators. The car ricocheted back onto the circuit, spinning multiple times before stopping. Franchitti's car settled driver side up on the racing surface; the car's front was removed but the chassis's tub portion remained intact.<ref name=AutoweekCrash>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=USATodayCrash>Template:Cite news</ref> When E. J. Viso arrived at the crash site, he hit Sato's stationary wrecked car.<ref name=RacinTodayCrash/><ref name=AutoweekCrash/> A recovery crew assisted Sato and Viso as they safely evacuated their cars. An IndyCar official and thirteen spectators were injured; two fans were hospitalised and eleven received on-site treatment.<ref name=RacinTodayCrash/><ref name=USATodayCrash/>
Franchitti suffered a concussion and two spinal fractures; he was sent to Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center, Houston, for surgery to stabilise a fractured right ankle,<ref name=RacinTodayCrash/> and was released from hospital on 10 October.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti travelled to Indianapolis for surgery to repair the right talus bone connecting the leg and the foot.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 18 October, Franchitti was released from the Indianapolis hospital.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After seeing a doctor in Miami for neurological examinations and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan that produced negative results, Franchitti travelled to Scotland in November for rest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti retired from competitive driving after doctors advised him his injuries and those from previous accidents put him at risk of permanent paralysis and brain damage in the event of another major crash.<ref name=SINovember2013/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti's memory, decision-making skills and concentration levels have suffered because of the crash.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Franchitti has worked for CGR as an advisor and driver-coach to each of the team's racers since the 2014 IndyCar Series after he was offered the job by Ganassi.<ref name=Kisby2024>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti provides performance advice to CGR's racers and engineers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He did not want to be a team owner because he believed the financial risks of ownership were too great.<ref name="GaleNewsmakers" />
Other racing ventures
In 1999, Franchitti planned to enter the Rally GB held that November but pulled out because of a scheduling conflict.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In July 2000, Franchitti took part in a two-day test session for the Jaguar F1 team in its R1 car at Silverstone.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He made his endurance racing debut at the 2005 24 Hours of Daytona of the Rolex Sports Car Series, sharing Howard-Boss Motorsports's No. 2 Pontiac Crawford DP03 entry with Milka Duno, Marino Franchitti and Dan Wheldon; they finished 16th in the Daytona Prototype class and 33rd overall after Duno crashed with fewer than six hours left.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2006, Franchitti again entered 24 Hours of Daytona, this time with CITGO Racing/SAMAX Motorsport in its No. 7 Riley MkXI DP-Pontiac alongside Duno, Marino and Kevin McGarrity,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> finishing eighth overall after mechanical trouble.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Franchitti, Bryan Herta and Tony Kanaan won the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category at the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring—part of the American Le Mans Series—and finished second overall in AGR's No. 26 Acura ARX-01 car.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti and Herta then finished sixth in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Franchitti won the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona with Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas, completing 695 laps in the No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (CGRFS) Riley-Lexus car.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti partnered David Brabham and Scott Sharp in Highcroft Racing's No. 9 Acura ARX-01B LMP2 entry at the 2008 Petit Le Mans, retiring after 16 laps when Sharp crashed the car.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2009, Franchitti, Alex Lloyd and Scott Dixon finished the 24 Hours of Daytona fifth in CGRFS' No. 02 Riley-Lexus vehicle.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti also raced alongside Brabham and Sharp at Highcroft Racing, sharing the No. 9 Acura ARX-02a Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) car for the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans, retiring with transmission failure at Sebring and finishing sixth at Road Atlanta.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2010, he entered the 2010 24 Hours of Daytona alongside Dixon, Jamie McMurray and Montoya at CGRFS in a Riley MkXX-BMW vehicle, finishing 37th due to mechanical failure.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=RSCResults>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Franchitti joined Dick Johnson Racing as Steven Johnson's international co-driver in its No. 17 Ford FG Falcon for the 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600 double-header round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.Template:Efn Franchitti finished the first race 16th and Johnson crashed in the second.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=V8Sleuth2010>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti returned to the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2011 and 2012 alongside Dixon, McMurray and Montoya at CGRFS, coming second and fourth respectively in the No. 2 Riley-BMW entry.<ref name=RSCResults/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For the 2012 Petit Le Mans, Franchitti joined Marino Franchitti and Scott Tucker as a co-driver of Level 5 Motorsports's No. 055 HPD ARX-03b-Honda LMP2 car, placing third overall and second in their category.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the 2013 24 Hours of Daytona, he, Dixon, Joey Hand and McMurray were 37th overall after McMurray crashed the No. 2 car after a pit stop but Franchitti and Dixon came third in the Continental Tire Sports Car Festival.<ref name=RSCResults/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber had initiated plans for Franchitti to drive a Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 vehicle at the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship upon retiring from IndyCar after 2014, and to race in the all-electric Formula E series. These plans failed to eventuate due to his career-ending injuries in Houston in 2013.Template:Efn<ref name=Kisby2024/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Non-racing ventures and personal life
He has endorsed the Dutch watch brand TW Steel since 2010.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti volunteered for the charity Bethany Christian Trust in Edinburgh as a van driver to deliver food and drink to homeless people,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and for the charity Mission Motorsport, which supports the rehabilitation and employment of former military personnel, frequently through sport.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has appeared on the American television shows Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Franchitti made a cameo appearance as a racing driver in the 2001 film Driven.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Sfn He also voiced a Scottish news anchor and a male tourist in the 2013 animated film Turbo, for which he provided technical consultation.<ref name="FranchittiFilms">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has served as a television co-commentator and driver pundit on Formula E's world feed since its inaugural season in 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2019, Franchitti and Take That band member Howard Donald co-presented the four-part Channel 4 television motoring series Mission Ignition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has also worked in development for high-performance car manufacturers Acura and Gordon Murray Automotive.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Franchitti is a member of the "Brat Pack", an international group of CART drivers composed of Kanaan, Greg Moore and Max Papis, who shared a desire for enjoyment, attending all-night parties, discussing life and staying in close contact with one another.Template:EfnTemplate:Sfn Moore introduced Franchitti to actor Ashley Judd at Jason Priestley's wedding in February 1999. Judd and Franchitti became engaged that year and married on 12 December 2001 at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, Scotland.Template:Sfn The marriage was childless;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Franchitti and Judd divorced in 2013 and remain on friendly terms.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He has since married hedge-fund executive Eleanor Robb;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the couple have two children.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Awards and recognition
Dario Franchitti received the Autosport British Club Driver of the Year in 1993, and the Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year in 1998 and 2010.<ref name=GaleBiography>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2001, he won the Greg Moore Legacy Award as "the driver who best typifies Moore's legacy of outstanding talent on track as well as displaying a dynamic personality with fans, media and within the CART community".<ref name="CARTProfile" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Six years later, Franchitti received the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the Gregor Grant Award,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Jackie Stewart Medal and the Callands Trophy.<ref name=GaleBiography/>
Franchitti was one of two winners of the BRDC Gold Star in 2009.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since 2011, the Scottish National Gallery has held a 2010 photographic portrait of Franchitti taken by David Livshin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Franchitti was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours "for services to motor racing".<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Franchitti was elected to the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame in 2014;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 2017,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Open Wheel category of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2019;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2022;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was the 2023 International Category inductee of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Motorsports career results
Touring car racing
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
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International Touring Car Championship
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- † – Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
International V8 Supercar results
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American open–wheel racing results
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CART
- * Franchitti lost the title on the tiebreaker—he won only three races compared to Juan Pablo Montoya's seven after both tied on 212 points.<ref name=1999TitleLoss/>
IndyCar Series
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| 11 | 2 | 151 | 23 | 21 | 38 | 50 | 3 (2007, 2010 & 2012) | 4 (2007, 2009, 2010 & 2011) |
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Indianapolis 500
the 2007 Indianapolis 500
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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| 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 |
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- 2 Cancelled due to death of Dan Wheldon.<ref name=2011TitleWin/>
- 3 Sat out of race due to injury
Sports car racing
American Le Mans Series results
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Rolex Sports Car Series results
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NASCAR
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Sprint Cup Series
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DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 49th | 606 | citation | CitationClass=web
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Daytona 500
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| 2008 | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dodge | 40 | 33 |
Nationwide Series
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| 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 Template:Small |
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| 2008 | 40 | DAY Template:Small |
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Craftsman Truck Series
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| 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 Template:Small |
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ARCA Racing Series
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| 2007 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 42 | Dodge | DAY | USA | NSH | SLM | KAN | WIN | KEN | TOL | IOW | POC | MCH | BLN | KEN | POC | NSH | ISF | MIL | GTW | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL Template:Small |
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SLM | IOW | KEN | CAR | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | CAY | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | DSF | CHI | SLM | NJE | TAL | TOL | 102nd | 180 | citation | CitationClass=web
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