Career Highlights

Racing


Overview
  • Notched his 250th career start at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in April 2013
  • Won the 2012 Indianapolis 500 becoming only the 10th driver in the near 100-year history to win the race three times.  He joins Helio Castroneves as the only foreign-born driver to win the 500 three times.
  • Dario's 31st career victory puts him in a tie for 7th place on the all-time IndyCar wins list alongside Paul Tracy and Sebastien Bourdais.  His next victory will put him alone in 7th place, just 2 wins behind Al Unser Jr. at 34.
  • With his fourth IndyCar title in 2011, Franchitti moved into a tie for second place on the all-time list for most IndyCar Driver Championships (A.J. Foyt – 7; Franchitti/Mario Andretti/Sebastien Bourdais – 4). 
  • Dario is only the third driver in IndyCar history to win at least three titles in a row (Ted Horn: 1946-1948 and S. Bourdais: 2004-2007).
  • Captured the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series Driver Championship for the third consecutive year and for the fourth time in five years. 
  • Passed Rick Mears on the all-time IndyCar wins list with his 30th career victory in Toronto
  • Inducted into the MotorSport Magazine Hall of Fame in February 2011
  • Won the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Driver Championship; his second straight title and his third in four seasons
  • Won the 2010 Indianapolis 500 after leading 155 of 200 laps; becomes only the 17th driver in the history of the 500 to win it multiple times
  • Notched his 200th career open-wheel start at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in March 2010
  • Dario has 31 victories and 31 pole positions in his U.S. open-wheel career and is the winningest British driver in U.S. open-wheel history
  • Has accumulated 113 top-five and 158 top-10 results in 253 starts in his open-wheel career
  • Won the 2009 IndyCar Series Driver Championship; his second career IndyCar Series title
  • Announced as driver of the #10 Target car in the 2009 IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing, alongside Scott Dixon
  • Won the 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona with Chip Ganassi Racing
  • Signed with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates to drive #40 Dodge Avenger in 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
  • Won the 2007 IndyCar Series Driver Championship with Andretti Green Racing
  • Captured the 91st Indianapolis 500 becoming only the second Scottish born driver to win it since Jim Clark in 1965
  • Winner of the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring in the LMP2 class
  • Finished 8th in the 2006 IndyCar Series driver's championship
  • Finished 4th in the 2005 IndyCar Series driver's championship
  • Earned two wins and one pole position in the 2004 IRL Season
  • Posted 10 wins and 11 pole positions in CART and finished runner-up in the 1999 driver's championship
  • Finished among the top seven in CART in four of his six seasons
2012
Driver of the #10 Target car in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Target Chip Ganassi Racing
  • Won the 2012 Indianapolis 500, becoming only the 10th driver in the history of the race to win it three times and joining modern time drivers Helio Castroneves and J.R. Rutherford on the elite list
  • Dario led 23 laps in this year's 500, bringing his career total to 329 laps
  • Became only the second driver in the history of the 500 to win the race from 16th starting position.  The last was Dan Wheldon back in 2005.
  • Posted his 31st career win at Indianapolis pulling him into a tie for 7th on the all-time IndyCar wins list alongside Paul Tracy and Sebastien Bourdais
  • After being spun mid-race and dropped to the back of the field, Dario finishes 5th in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.  It was his 108th career Top-5 finish.
  • Started 14th and charged to a 2nd place finish at Belle Isle/Detroit
  • Earned his 27th career pole position at Milwaukee
  • Posted his 28th career pole position at Iowa
  • Recorded his 29th career pole position and his third consecutive in Toronto
  • Posted his 30th career pole position at Edmonton
  • Finished the 2012 IndyCar Series season ranked 7th in driver standings

2011
Driver of the #10 Target car in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Target Chip Ganassi Racing
  • Won the IZOD IndyCar Series Driver Championship for the third consecutive season
  • Recorded 13 Top-5 finishes and 15 Top-10 finishes in 17 completed races
  • Earned his 26th career pole position at New Hampshire
  • Notched his 30th career victory at Toronto to pass Mears on the all-time Indy wins list
  • Posted his 29th career victory at The Milwaukee Mile, tying Rick Mears on the all-time IndyCar wins list.  Also earned his 25th career pole position
  • Recorded his first career win at Texas Motor Speedway and the 28th win of his career
  • Qualifed 9th, led 51 laps and finished 12th after a late pitstop for fuel
  • Finished 4th at Sao Paulo, 3rd at Long Beach and 3rd at Barber
  • Won the season-opening race at St. Petersburg, his 27th career win, and tied Johnny Rutherford on the all-time IndyCar wins list

2010
Driver of the #10 Target car in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Target Chip Ganassi Racing
  • Earned his 24th career pole position at the inaugural Grand Prix of Sao Paulo; finished 7th
  • Finished 2nd at Kansas Speedway
  • Qualified on the front row in 3rd position for the 2010 Indianapolis 500
  • Won the Indianapolis 500 for the 2nd time in his career; led 155 out of the 200 laps
  • Posted his 25th career open wheel victory at Mid-Ohio
  • Recorded his 26th career race win at Chicago
  • Won his third career IZOD IndyCar Series Driver Championship

2009
Driver of the #10 Target car in the IndyCar Series with Target Chip Ganassi Racing
  • Won his second career IndyCar Series Driver Championship
  • Posted his 23rd career win and pole position at season finale in Homestead-Miami Speedway
  • Dominated at Sonoma to record his 22nd career pole position and 22nd career win; led all 75 laps
  • Recorded his 21st career win and 21st career pole position at the Honda Indy Toronto
  • Earned his 20th career pole position at Richmond; finished in 2nd position
  • Posted his 20th career open wheel victory at Iowa Speedway, his second straight win at the track
  • Recorded his 19th career pole position at Texas Motor Speedway; finished 5th
  • Captured his 19th career IndyCar win at Long Beach; his first win in the IndyCar Series on a street or road course

2008
Driver of the #40 Dodge Avenger in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felilx Sabates


2007
Driver of the #27 Canadian Club car for Andretti Green Racing in the Indy Racing League
  • Captured the IndyCar Series Drivers Championship
  • Won the 91st Running of the Indianapolis 500; becoming only the second Scottish born driver to win it since Jim Clark in 1965
  • Captured 16th career race win at Iowa Speedway to surpass Alex Zanardi as Honda's all-time winningest driver
  • Posted his 17th career race win at Richmond and led the most laps in an IndyCar Series race
  • Has recorded 12 Top-5 finishes in 15 races this season and is the only IndyCar driver to finish in the Top-7 in every race
  • Captured the 12 Hours of Sebring in the LMP2 Class with Bryan Herta and Tony Kanaan in AGR's first ALMS start

2006
Driver of the #27 Klein Tools/Canadian Club car for Andretti Green Racing in the Indy Racing League
  • Recorded 3 Top-5 and 6 Top 10 finishes in 14 races
  • Placed 2nd at Sonoma and 3rd at Richmond
  • Captured 14th career pole position at St. Petersburg

2005
Driver of the #27 ArcaEx car for Andretti Green Racing in the Indy Racing League
  • Captured his third career IRL win at Nashville; his hometown racetrack
  • Posted his second career IRL pole position at Fontana
  • Recorded his fourth career IRL win at the season finale in Fontana
  • Finished season ranked #4 in the IRL Driver's Championship
  • Posted 8 Top-5 finishes and 13 Top-10 finishes in 17 races.


2004
Driver of the #27 ArcaEx car for Andretti Green Racing in the Indy Racing League
  • Finished the 2004 season ranked #6 in the IRL Points Championship
  • Captured his first career IRL race wins at Milwaukee and Pikes Peak; earned four podium finishes
  • Posted his first career IRL pole position at Texas.
  • Recorded 8 Top-10 finishes and 5 Top-5 finishes in 16 races this season; led a total of 349 laps. 
  • Qualified on front row for the Indy 500 (third); finished 14th


2003
IndyCar driver for Andretti Green Racing (#27 Archipelago/Motorola)
  • Finished 7th in his inaugural IndyCar race at Homestead
  • Sidelined for most of the 2003 season due to an off-track motorcycle accident

2002
ChampCar driver for Team KOOL Green
  • Captured 3 race wins (Montreal, Vancouver, Rockingham)
  • Posted 8 Top Five finishes / 4th in season ending standings

2001
ChampCar driver for Team KOOL Green
  • Recorded 7th career race win in Cleveland
  • Earned seven podium appearances, finished 7th in standings
  • Recipient of the Greg Moore Legacy Award

2000
ChampCar driver for Team KOOL Green
  • Posted 5 Top Five finishes / 2 poles / 4 podium appearances

1999
ChampCar driver for Team KOOL Green
  • Captured 3 race wins (Toronto, Detroit, Australia)
  • 11 podium appearances, 7 poles and led 10 of the 20 races
  • Finished 2nd in CART Championship standings behind J. Montoya
NEXT RACE
 
Iowa Corn Indy 250
Iowa Speedway
Sunday, June 23, 2013
TV:  2:30 p.m. EST on ABC