Iowa Corn Indy 250 Fact Sheet

Who: #27 Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Dario Franchitti
What: Iowa Corn Indy 250, Round 8 of the 2007 IndyCar® Series
Where: Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa
When: Sunday, June 24, 2007
Television: ABC, 1 p.m. (EDT)

Dario Franchitti, #27 Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone
"After the weekend off, I am looking forward to heading to Iowa. I always enjoy going to new tracks. Iowa is a track similar to Pikes Peak and Richmond, which are both tracks that I enjoy, so it should be an exciting weekend. We are heading into a stretch of five consecutive races so it will be important to get off to a good start in order for us to fight for the championship."

Dario Franchitti Facts
- This is the inaugural event for the IndyCar Series at the newly-constructed Iowa Speedway.
- Franchitti posted his fifth-consecutive top-five finish at Texas Motor Speedway. The fourth-place finish was also his sixth top five of the 2007 season.
- He is one of two IndyCar Series regulars to have finished all seven races this season in the top ten.
- Franchitti is currently the IndyCar Series championship points leader. He holds a 12-point lead over teammate Tony Kanaan.
- On May 27, 2007, Franchitti won the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500®. It was the first Indy 500 victory and fifth IndyCar Series win of his career.
- He led 34 laps and became only the second Scotsman to win in the 91-year history of the event.
- Franchitti is the winningest British driver in American open-wheel racing history.
- Along with teammates Bryan Herta and Tony Kanaan, Franchitti drove to a win at the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 17. The trio collected the LMP2 class victory in AGR's first ALMS start.
- Franchitti has recorded three career IndyCar Series pole positions, those coming at Texas (June 10, 2004), California (Oct. 26, 2005) and St. Petersburg (April 2, 2006).
- Three of his five IndyCar Series victories have come on tracks of 1.33 miles or smaller, including the 1-mile ovals at Milwaukee (2004) and Pikes Peak (2004) and at Nashville Superspeedway (2005).
- Franchitti has 15 major open-wheel racing victories and 14 career pole positions.