Canadian Club Driver Dario Franchitti
2007 Firestone Indy 400 Fact Sheet

Who: #27 Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Dario Franchitti
What: Firestone Indy 400, Round 13 of the 2007 IndyCar® Series
Where: Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich.
When: Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007
Television: ESPN2, 12 p.m. (EDT)

Dario Franchitti on the Firestone Indy 400:
"After the week off, I am looking forward to getting back to the track. Michigan is a track that I have a good amount of experience on. We have been very consistent over the past three races, but it is really important for us to get the Canadian Club car back into victory lane."

Dario Franchitti Facts
· This will be Franchitti's ninth start at Michigan International Speedway; he has four top-10 finishes.
· Franchitti led six laps at the inaugural Honda 200 at Mid-Ohio on his way to his second-consecutive runner-up finish. He is the only IndyCar Series driver to finish all 12 events in the top seven.
· He leads the IndyCar Series championship by 24 points.
· Franchitti recorded back-to-back wins at Iowa Speedway and Richmond International Raceway.
· On May 27, 2007, Franchitti won the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500®.
· Franchitti led 34 laps of the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 and became only the second Scotsman to win in the 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 four career IndyCar Series pole positions, those coming at Texas (June 10, 2004), California (Oct. 26, 2005), St. Petersburg (April 2, 2006) and Richmond (June 29, 2007).
· Five of his seven 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), the 1.33-mile oval at Nashville Superspeedway (2005), the 0.875-mile track at Iowa Speedway and the 0.75-mile oval at Richmond.
· Franchitti has 17 major open-wheel racing victories and 15 career pole positions.