Chip Ganassi Racing is expected to announce next week that Dario Franchitti will drive the No. 40 Dodge in 2008, sources told FOXSports.com. Energizer will be an associate sponsor for the car.
Franchitti, 34, who won the 2007 Indianapolis 500 with Andretti-Green, currently leads CGR driver Scott Dixon by three points in the Indy Racing League Series with the season finale scheduled for this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.
Franchitti will participate in a training program similar to the one Juan Pablo Montoya (who beat Franchitti for the 1999 CART title) used to prepare for his rookie season. Franchitti will drive in a variety of series, including NASCAR's Busch Series in Ganassi's No. 42 Dodge.
2007-09-08
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Dario Franchitti is moving because he is going to make 3 million this year in Indy and he can make tons more money in NASCAR because even Dave Blaney is going to make that much this year probably. Staying in Indy would just be stupid when he can easily make more in NASCAR.
2007-09-08 08:48:10
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answered by Space Pope Nick XVIII 2
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Have you noticed that if this really does happen, the three guys on Ganassi Racing will be:
40: Franchitti, an IRL driver
41: Sorenson, a regular NASCAR driver
42: Montoya, a former F1 driver
THAT'S why Ganassi isn't doing well. They would only have one "NASCAR only" driver.
2007-09-08 08:24:32
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answered by Anonymous
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i think of that's a loss. franchitti replaced into doing ok for a rookie - not great, yet ok - then possible have been given screwed while ganassi close the group down. for a mutually because it looked like franchitti replaced into so pissed off - even after chatting with chip - that he replaced into quoted as looking someplace else for a trip. and while it replaced into introduced that reed sorenson replaced into leaving ganassi, it looked as though he replaced into being "disrespected" in some way through fact he replaced into not at modern named through fact the driving force for the objective automobile next 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. and franchitti is a obtainable franchise call - i propose he did win the indy 500 and the irl championship final 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. plus he's married to ashley judd!!! ;-) what i'm unable to have faith is that he's going back to race with chip interior the irl, and that he would be changing dan wheldon next 3 hundred and sixty 5 days, who would be going to "panther racing." that feels like a step all the way down to me, yet back, i don't be attentive to the irl all that properly. i don't be attentive to all the biggest factors there, even with the shown fact that it replaced into unpredicted - that he could proceed to race with chip and that wheldon replaced into on his way out - a minimum of by ability of me. yet having stated that, i'm no expert on the irl, so there are probable solid motives for it - i basically don't be attentive to them...
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answered by herrion 4
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Well if he wins the IRL Title, and he has already won the Indy 500, what else is there for him to do in IRL...Yes I do hope he keeps his wheels on the ground, he has had a couple wild rides in IRL here recently.. I think he'll do great in Nascar..
2007-09-08 11:47:11
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answered by Go Team Penske 7
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Is he the guy married to Ashley Judd? Wow that's a weird move. Hope he does better than Montoya!
2007-09-08 09:14:22
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answered by shortnstoudt 4
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As a fan of Dario I just hope that he can keep all 4 wheels on the ground .Bless his heart!
2007-09-08 08:16:31
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answered by NasCarl #99 5
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Yeah that is what I heard. Can't wait to see his lovely/famous wife at the track teaching some of these wannabes what it looks like for real. Sorry, to the other wives, attention to you is gonna be directed elsewhere.
2007-09-08 19:05:05
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answered by loco-mama 3
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO why would he do that???????? He is soooo good in IRL!!! I don't even know how he would handle a NASCAR!!!! Andretti Green will lose one of their best Racers!! I'm sure that he has his reasons, but still Indy will miss him if he does that!!
2007-09-08 08:16:57
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answered by slcmm 2
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He is definitively coming and will replace Stremme in the #40 car!!!!!!
2007-09-08 17:16:16
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answered by Ed P 7
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