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George Dario Marino Franchitti MBE (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 ...
On lap 11, the first caution flew for a hard four car crash in turn 3. Dario Franchitti was running in the midst of the top 10 when his right rear tire went flat going into turn 3. Franchitti spun in turn 3 while Clint Bowyer hit the outside wall trying to avoid Franchitti but ended up making contact with David Ragan sending Bowyer into the ...
Unknown to all at the time, this would be Dario Franchitti's final Indy 500. On October 6, 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. [30]
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Montoya won the CART World Series championship after winning the tiebreaker from Franchitti, due to his number of wins (Picture shown from 2002). Adrián Fernández won the final race of the year, but for the second time a fatal accident marred an event which he won. Juan Pablo Montoya and Franchitti ended up in a tie with 212 points ...
It was the last race, for the time being, for the IndyCar Series at the track. The race was also notable in that only seven cars were running at the finish, after a massive accident on lap 144 of the race which included Dario Franchitti flipping upside-down after hitting Dan Wheldon. Franchitti would walk away unharmed.
The second race was also notable for an accident on the final lap involving Dario Franchitti, E. J. Viso, and Takuma Sato. Franchitti suffered major injuries in the crash, [1] and was forced to retire from racing due to the severity of the injuries he sustained. [2]
The motorcycle cop hit the brake so hard the rear tire smoked. He flipped around and rode up to where we were shooting photos of the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50, and I was sure that we were ...