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First Name

Dario

Last Name

Franchitti

Date of Birth

10 May 1973

Height

Build

Athletic

Eye Color

Brown - Light

Hair Color

Black

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland

Star Sign

Taurus

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

Indy 500 2007

Gender

Male

Nationality

Scottish

Role ID

Actor/Actress

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Couple Profile

Born and raised in Scotland, but is of Italian descent. Married to wife Ashley. Has a younger brother, Marino, who is also a racecar driver. Collects Ferraris. A licensed helicopter pilot; he flies a Eurocopter AS350 B3. Enjoys working out, reading and video games...Counts “Colin McRae Rally” among his favorites. Admires fellow Scotsman Sean Connery and is an avid fan of James Bond movies. Career Racing Highlights * Signed with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates to drive #40 Dodge Avenger in 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series * Won the 2007 IndyCar Series Driver Championship * Captured the 91st Indianapolis 500 becoming only the second Scottish born driver to win it since Jim Clark in 1965 * Has 18 victories and 17 pole positions in his U.S. open-wheel career; is the winningest British driver in U.S. open-wheel history * Has accumulated 63 top-five and 95 top-10 results in his open-wheel career * Finished 8th in the 2006 IndyCar Series driver`s championship * Finished 4th in the 2005 IndyCar Series driver`s championship * Won at California Speedway from the pole in the final race of 2005 * Scored his third career IRL win at Nashville in 2005 * Earned two wins and one pole position in the 2004 IRL Season * Posted 10 wins and 11 pole positions in CART and finished runner-up in the 1999 driver`s championship * Finished among the top seven in CART in four of his six seasons

Official Websites

www.franchitti.com/driver_profile.cfm, www.ganassiracing.com, www.franchitti.com

Full Name at Birth

Dario Franchitti

Wikipedia Text

George Dario Marino Franchitti (born 19 May 1973) is a Scottish racing driver of Italian descent. 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. Franchitti returned to the IndyCar Series for the 2009 season, driving the #10 Target Honda/Dallara for Target Chip Ganassi Racing. He is the current, three-time IndyCar Series champion after claiming a third title in 2010 in addition to his 2007 and 2009 titles. On May 30, 2010, he won his second Indianapolis 500 race.

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