Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Scott Dixon has warmly welcomed the news that the man who beat him to last season's title, Dario Franchitti, will be his team-mate at Target Chip Ganassi Racing in 2009.
The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dario Franchitti will leave NASCAR and return to IndyCar in 2009 as the replacement driver for Dan Wheldon at Chip Ganassi Racing.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
The first moves of the IndyCar 'silly season' have seen Vitor Meira lose out in a three-way shuffle involving former champions Dario Franchitti and Dan Wheldon.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced Tuesday that Dario Franchitti will replace Dan Wheldon in the team's No.10 car, starting in 2009. Franchitti, the 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Series champion, will return to the open-wheel ranks after spending less than a year in NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series competition. He plans to make several more Nationwide starts this year.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Dario Franchitti is returning to the IndyCar Series after a fruitless one-year effort in NASCAR. The 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner and '07 IndyCar Series champion will move over to Target/Chip Ganassi Racing, replacing Dan Wheldon, who has been signed by Panther Racing, the team he made his IndyCar Series debut with six years ago.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Dario Franchitti will leave NASCAR and return to IndyCar in 2009 as the replacement driver for Dan Wheldon at Chip Ganassi Racing.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Target Chip Ganassi Racing announced Tuesday that Dario Franchitti will replace Dan Wheldon in the team's No.10 car, starting in 2009. Franchitti, the 2007 Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Series champion, will return to the open-wheel ranks after spending less than a year in NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series competition. He plans to make several more Nationwide starts this year.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Dario Franchitti, the winner of the 2007 Indianapolis 500, is returning to the IndyCar series after a brief stint in NASCAR.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Scottish driver Dario Franchitti will return to the Indy Racing League in 2009 as the replacement for England's Dan Wheldon at Chip Ganassi Racing. Franchitti, the 2007 IRL champion and Indianapolis 500 winner, left IndyCars at the end of last year to move into NASCAR driving for Ganassi. But his Sprint Cup team never found sponsorship, and Ganassi shut down the No. 40 car in July.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Dario Franchitti will return to IndyCar in 2009 as the replacement driver for Dan Wheldon at Chip Ganassi Racing.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Last year, Scott Dixon led Dario Franchitti by four points entering the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix. Franchitti survived a last-lap crash to take over the points lead and won the Indy Racing League championship the following week at Chicago. This season, Dixon has a 43-point lead over Helio Castroneves. A win Sunday in Detroit would guarantee him the championship.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Brad Keselowski passed Clint Bowyer with 24 laps to go Friday night and pulled away for his second victory of the season in NASCAR's Nationwide Series, capping a remarkable run from the 37th starting position at Bristol Motor Speedway. Bowyer dominated the race after he slipped by Dario Franchitti for the lead on lap 107, but appeared to wiggle exiting the second turn on the 227th lap as Keselowski...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Scott Dixon lost the 2007 IndyCar Series championship last September when Dario Franchitti passed him as he ran out of fuel on the final lap. Tonight at Kentucky Speedway, Dixon found himself in nearly the same position. But this time, it was his turn to revel in good fortune. Helio Castroneves’ machine ran dry between Turns 3 and [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Dario Franchitti's return to the No.40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge in the NASCAR Nationwide Series started off with a bang Saturday as he captured his first career Nationwide pole. Franchitti rounded the 2.45-mile road course in 72.696 seconds (121.327 m.p.h.) during the ninth and final group in qualifying.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
It is official now that Boris Said is going to be in the Kyle Petty ride for the Sunday race. Dario Franchitti is interested in the fourth RCR ride. Michael McDowell could wind up on the search for new ride in the next few weeks if Michael Waltrip Racing can’t find a sponsorship for him.
