Dario Franchitti
Dario Franchitti
George Dario Marino Franchitti, MBE, known professionally as Dario Franchitti, is a retired British racing driver. He is a four time IndyCar Series champion, a three time winner of the Indianapolis 500as well as a winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona. Franchitti started his career in his native 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...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth19 May 1973
almost bearing deserves problem rear team tony wall wheel
A wheel bearing went in the rear suspension, which I think is the same problem as Tony (Kanaan). It almost put me into the wall and almost put Tony in the wall as well. It's unfortunate and the ArcaEx team deserves better. It's the same problem we had at Nashville.
course guys last positions possible rest street trying typical
After last year's race, anything is possible Sunday. It's a typical street course race. You've got to get through that first turn. Once we're through that first turn, then we can get on with the rest of the race. Guys are going to be trying to make up positions there for sure.
last rest
After last year's event, anything is possible. You have to get through that first turn. Once you're through that, then you can go on with the rest of the race.
finish friend good great heck helped kicking lost means proved racing several six team today tony win work
This is a bittersweet win because I lost a good friend here six years ago. It was important for me to win here today for several reasons. Tony and I battled all day, and this is a great way to finish the season. For Tony to have helped me out at the end really means a lot. There's more to racing than kicking the heck out of your teammate; you have to work as a team and we proved that today.
caught hard
It caught me by surprise, because I've never had the back end come around like that there. It's going to make it a hard day (today).
corner expect late next passing
It has a lot more to do with how you get off the corner and how late you can brake going into the next corner. I expect a lot of passing tomorrow.
asking battling figured good surprised
He's figured this out very, very quickly, asking a lot of good questions. I'll be surprised if he's not right up there battling (for the lead).
car drive exactly fine gave gets job matter tomorrow
We made some fine adjustments before qualifying and the car was really good. It was just a matter of me doing my job and not making any mistakes. They gave me a car that was exactly the way I wanted to drive it. Tomorrow is another day and that is when it gets difficult.
closer
I actually thought it was closer than that. It was close enough.
direction four heading test
We're OK. But it's all about tomorrow. All four of us had different setups most of the weekend, but we're all heading in one direction for the race. The real test comes tomorrow.
alcohol
I'll have to (fill) him with alcohol (today) to get the real truth.
cannot car clutch continue creep engine forward mechanical pedal problem race slowly took
I had the clutch pedal depressed, but the car slowly started to creep forward and the engine stalled. So another mechanical problem took us from a race that I feel we had the car to win. We just cannot continue to have these things happen.
came coming last quickly
I could see him coming. He was coming up quickly and I really don't know what happened. But it all came down to that, as usual, last two feet, didn't it?
bring far mind nice percent win
He's never far from my mind at any time, but when I'm here especially. It was nice to win here today, but it will never bring him back; it will never make up for one percent of the loss.