Klein Tools/Canadian Club Driver Dario Franchitti
2006 Firestone Indy 200 Fact Sheet

Who: Klein Tools/Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Dario Franchitti
What: Firestone Indy 200, Round 9 of the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
Where: Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn.
When:  Saturday, July 15, 2006
TV: ESPN (Live), 9 p.m. EDT

Dario on Firestone Indy 200:
"Nashville is a difficult track.  With the concrete surface, you have to get the set-up right.  It's difficult to pass there, so when you get a chance to pass, you have to make it stick.  I have a lot of good memories from last year.  It means a lot to win anywhere, but I had a lot of family and friends in the stands last year and that made it very special.  I'm really looking forward to coming back here and trying to win again.  Since I've been coming here, the stands have been full every year.  In the past, Nashville has been NASCAR country, but now the IndyCar Series is the biggest race on the schedule."

Fast Facts:
Franchitti won the 2005 Firestone Indy 200, his third career IndyCar Series win, after starting fourth.
He is currently eighth in the IndyCar Series driver championship, only one point out of seventh place and 31 points out of sixth.
He recorded his best finish of the 2006 season with a third-place result at Richmond.
Franchitti scored a fourth-place finish at the 1.5 mile oval at Homestead Miami Speedway.
He collected his fourth career IndyCar Series win in 2005 at the season finale in California.
He finished fourth in the 2005 driver point standings with 498 points, his highest IndyCar Series finish.