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Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
HOMESTEAD, Fla., (Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009) - Dario Franchitti claimed his second IndyCar Series championship by winning the Firestone Indy 300 on Oct. 10 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Franchitti and Target Chip Ganassi Racing used fuel strategy to beat second place Ryan Briscoe of Team Penske to the finish by 4.788 seconds. Franchitti's teammate, Scott Dixon, finished third. The top three finishers...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
• Scotland's Franchitti wins Indy300 to take the title • Scott Dixon overhauled in final race of the season Dario Franchitti has sealed his second IndyCar series championship in three years after winning the season-ending Indy 300. The 36-year-old Scot entered the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway four points behind the defending champion Scott Dixon, with Ryan Briscoe also in with a chance...
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Brits on Pole (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe did their best to liven up a deathly dull IndyCar season finale with a tooth-and-nail battle for the lead - but it was Dario Franchitti, jogging along behind them for most of the 200 laps, who came through to win both the race and the championship.
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The FanHouse - Toronto Raptors (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
by Holly Cain Filed under: IRL HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- It was as if Dario Franchitti never left. The 36-year old Scot returned from a don't-look-back 2008 NASCAR experiment to reclaim the IndyCar Series championship trophy he took with him, sealing the deal on his second title Saturday night in nearly identical fashion to how he earned the first in 2007. While Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe and Franchitti's...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
While dueling with Scott Dixon for the Firestone Indy 300 race lead and, seemingly, the IndyCar title, Ryan Briscoe had begun doing the math. <p/> Not the math of points between himself, IndyCar Series leader Dixon and series second-place driver Dario Franchitti. The fuel math.
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My Name Is IRL (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Welcome to Miami, which has replaced Chicagoland as the site of the series finale. With only a few exceptions in the outcome, the IndyCar Series champion will be determined here by whoever finishes first out of the group of Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, and Dario Franchitti. Probably a safe bet to say whoever wins this race will win the whole she-bang, but that remains to be seen. Enough talk. We've waited...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Dario Franchitti has been here. Scott Dixon, too. Ryan Briscoe is new to the championship picture, but the Penske driver won't give any ground to his more experienced foes as the IRL title race comes down to the very end, Pete Pistone says.
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Dario Franchitti has been here. Scott Dixon, too. Ryan Briscoe is new to the championship picture, but the Penske driver won't give any ground to his more experienced foes as the IRL title race comes down to the very end, Pete Pistone says.
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Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Qualifying Friday for the Firestone Indy 300 IndyCar Series event on the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed: 1. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 212.696 2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 212.160 3. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 212.137 4. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 211.769 5. (40202)...
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Brits on Pole (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Dario Franchitti will start the three-way battle for the 2009 IndyCar title from pole position after outpacing his closest rivals Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe in qualifying on the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami oval.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
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 Saturday's season- ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
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 Saturday's season- ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The Indy Racing League will wind up its season on Sunday at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Three contenders enter the final race trying to win a $1 million bonus. Ryan Briscoe, Dario Franchitti, and Scott Dixon all are separated by only eight points as the Indy 300 starts on Sunday.
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