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DARIO'S DAY; Franchitti takes Milwaukee.(Motorsports)
Byline: CURT CAVIN
The former runner-up in the open-wheel series we longingly remember as CART, Dario Franchitti has essentially been the overlooked driver at Andretti Green Racing. Finally, it was his day in the Indy Racing League.
After Michael Andretti, Kim Green and Kevin Savoree purchased Team Green at the end of the 2002 season, the focus was on Andretti's impending retirement. Then last season Tony Kanaan scored the team's first win at Phoenix and Bryan Herta sneaked in a fuel-mileage win at Kansas. This year Dan Wheldon won the all-important race in Japan for Honda.
All the while the focus on Franchitti was negative. People were surprised he moved to the IRL in 2003 in the first place, then they didn't expect him to return to Tony George's dangerous all-oval series this season following delicate back surgery (he fell off a motorcycle).
They surely didn't think he had the competitive drive to win a race, although he started making believers when he finished second at Texas Motor Speedway in June. It takes a stand-in-the-seat driver to do that, as smart folk know.
Each time an AGR driver went to victory lane, Franchitti went with him in support.
Sunday was his turn on the Milwaukee Mile at Wisconsin State Fair Park. When Franchitti held off Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice for the win in the Menards A.J. Foyt Indy 225 by 0.659 second, he was swarmed with congratulations from all sides of the 95-man AGR outfit.
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...But Don Halliday, Franchitti's race engineer...Halliday said. Then Franchitti came to Team Green, and Halliday took...competing, Moore, Franchitti and fellow driver...racing,'' said Team Green publicist Ed Nichols...
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- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Renck, Tracy August 20, 2005 700+ words
...team has evolved," Franchitti said. "I know I am...very hard together." Franchitti joined the team in 1998...time, it was called Team Green and he was competing...him for five years," Franchitti said. "Then we changed...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kallmann, Dave May 31, 2002 700+ words
MILWAUKEE _ Dario Franchitti and his boss aren't...that's the least of Team Green's worries. In this...moment is good," said Franchitti, the series runner...Mile, a place where Franchitti has been quick but has...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) October 30, 2002 700+ words
...combined for 16 victories (10 by Franchitti) and have crossed the finish...past five years. Tracy and Franchitti have raised eyebrows and drawn...s Tracy and the Scotsman Franchitti. ``Has he made me a better...said Tracy, who joined Team Green after seven years on the circuit...
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- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) November 7, 2002 700+ words
...bicicleta", coment Franchitti, piloto del Team Green. Nacido en Edimburgo...concluy. El es... Dario Franchitti Nombre: Dario Franchitti Fecha de nacimiento...Equipos en CART: Hogan y Team Green Carreras disputadas...
- FRANCHITTI NASCAR-BOUND.(Competition)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek September 17, 2007 700+ words
...cars and racing this fall. Franchitti came to Indy-car racing in...that season, won the title. Franchitti joined Team Green in 1998, signing the first...was his last in an Indy car, Franchitti finishes with 10 CART wins...
- CART: Franchitti wins at Rockingham.
- News wire article from: Sports Network September 14, 2002 700+ words
...was gonna happen," said Franchitti after his pit problem...we just switched it off." Franchitti also made an extra pit stop...the problems, the No.27 Team Green driver took the lead when...problems on his final pit stop. Franchitti inherited the lead and Brack...
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- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) Surprenant, Tamira June 4, 2001 700+ words
...The Honda/Reynard of Team Green driver Dario Franchitti was one of the fastest cars...Lite 225. Coincidentally, Franchitti posted the best lap of the...seconds) on lap 205. While Franchitti finished ninth after starting...
