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Dario Franchitti
Dario Franchitti won the Indianapolis 500 this year, and is gunning for victory overall in the IndyCar Championship.
Source: Bauer Griffin
Obligations as the IZOD IndyCar Series champion kept Scott Dixon busy for much of the off-season last year. This year, he's kicking back more - enjoying time with his wife, Emma, and 5-month-old daughter Poppy.
"The only time you want the long season to be prolonged is if you've won it, so I'm sure Dario (Franchitti) is soaking in all the good parts of the season," Dixon said of his title-winning Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate. "It's...
- 10/25 :: Sign on the napkin (indycar.com)
- 10/12 :: Champion collectibles (indycar.com)
- 10/02 :: It all adds up (indycar.com)
Story will be updated this afternoon
Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon welcomes Will Power to the IZOD IndyCar Series for the full complement of 2010 races. He just doesn't welcome the additional championship competition.
"He was very fast and who knows what the guy could do with a full season and starting off the right way with all the pre-season testing," said Dixon, who followed up his 2008 series title with a runner-up finish in the...
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Dario Franchitti captured the pole for the Firestone Indy 300, while his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon qualified second and Ryan Briscoe from Team Penske claimed third, as the three drivers duke it out for IndyCar Series championship in ...
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- Franchitti wins at Homestead and claims IndyCar title (search.live.com)
- INDYCAR: Franchitti earns the championship with Homestead victory (motorsport.com)
- Franchitti Wins Firestone Indy 300 Pole At Homestead-Miami (technorati.com)
An interview with Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti
Q. Ryan talk about your afternoon out there today?
RYAN BRISCOE: Not bad. Just Dario was really fast. I thought the car was pretty good and we did a great job getting prepared for qualifying. Speed was about where I was expecting it to be. We did a best lap this morning of 12:06 in the draft. And I've got to tell you, I was out there in pit lane watching Dario and I saw him do...
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- Back from NASCAR: Franchitti Wins IndyCar Championship (sports.aol.com)
- Franchitti beats Dixon to Miami pole (search.live.com)
There will be at least one more Danica Patrick-related post out of me before the night is done, but I figured a break was in order. Actually, I almost missed this bit of news.
The Indy Racing League has its two champions — Dario Franchitti of the IZOD IndyCar Series and J.R. Hildebrand of Firestone Indy [...]
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- Indycar Series News And Notes – Oct. 7, 2009 (frontstretch.com)
The 2009 IndyCar Series championship came down to a three-man winner-take-all battle between Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti and Team Penske's Ryan Briscoe. Here's what some members of the media had to say about the title fight - which was clinched by Franchitti with his win in the Firestone Indy 300 on Oct. 10:
Dario Franchitti tucked the winner's $1million cheque under his arm and then admitted it was his...
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This is the first of a series of driver season recaps in their own words, which continues Nov. 1 with championship runner-up Scott Dixon.
Winning a second IndyCar Series championship is very sweet, especially after the year I went through in NASCAR in 2008, when we had to park the car because of lack of sponsorship. Luckily, team owner Chip Ganassi gave me the opportunity to do what I do best and that is driving an IndyCar. I have to really...
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- INDYCAR: Franchitti speeds to pole at Homestead (motorsport.com)
- LiveBlog: Homestead 2009 (mynameisirl.com)
- Franchitti fuels 'em, wins title (indystar.com)
