Dario Franchitti

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dario Franchitti
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	May 19, 1973(1973-05-19)
Age	51
Birthplace	Scotland
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Taurus

Dario Franchitti Biography

Dario Franchitti is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on May 19, 1973 in Scotland, United Kingdom. Scottish racer who took home four times the IndyCar series championship in 2011.

He was a teammate alongside He became teammates with Bryan Herta upon joining the IndyCar series in 2003. upon joining the IndyCar series in 2003.

George Dario Marino Franchitti, MBE (born 19 May 1973) is a Scottish former racing driver and current motorsport commentator from Scotland. He is a four time IndyCar Series champion (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011), a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 (2007, 2010, 2012) as well as a winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona (2008).

Franchitti was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland. While attending Stewart’s Melville College in Edinburgh, he became interested in karting. Allan McNish credited a large part of the start given to himself, Franchitti and David Coulthard as being down to David Leslie senior and junior. Franchitti won the Karting Scottish Junior Championship in 1984, the British Junior Championships in 1985 and 1986 and the Scottish senior title in 1988. He progressed to Formula Vauxhall Junior where he won the championship with four victories in 1991.

He got married to actor Ashley Judd in 2001, but they split in 2013.

Dario Franchitti Net Worth

Dario Franchitti is one of the richest Race Car Driver from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dario Franchitti 's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began to be interested in racing car driving while he was studying in Stewart’s Melville College in Edinburgh.

He was a brother to Marino Franchitti also became a professional race car driver.

Franchitti, again driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, won the season opening road race at St. Petersburg, Florida. He followed that win with additional wins at Texas Motor Speedway (28th victory). He took the pole and the win in the Milwaukee 225 for his 29th victory, tying him with Rick Mears for ninth all-time in American Open Wheel racing. In the final race of the season at Las Vegas, Franchitti had an 18-point lead over Will Power in the points standings. However, a 15-car crash on lap 11 caused the race to be red flagged. After a two-hour delay, IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard announced that Dan Wheldon had died from the crash and the race was formally abandoned. The drivers who were not involved did a five-lap tribute to Wheldon 10 minutes after the announcement. Because the race was cancelled and Power was also involved in the crash, Franchitti won his third consecutive and fourth overall IndyCar championship. Since Power suffered severe damage, Franchitti would have won the championship if the race had continued; therefore, the early stoppage of the race had no effect on the championship points.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Dario Franchitti Dating?

According to our records, Dario Franchitti married to Ashley Judd. As of December 1, 2023, Dario Franchitti’s is not dating anyone.

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Instead, Franchitti was contracted by AMG Racing to drive a works Mercedes C-Class in the German Touring Car Championship and the related International Touring Car Championship, where he finished fifth and third respectively. He continued in the ITC in 1996, finishing fourth overall with one race win.

Facts & Trivia

Dario Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Dario Franchitti celebrates birthday on May 19 of every year.

In 1997, Franchitti was offered a deal to become McLaren’s test driver which would have seen him flying to Europe to test during the week, returning to America to race in CART. He ultimately turned this down, preferring instead to pour his energies into racing in CART for the Hogan team.

Who is Dario Franchitti wife?

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What is Dario Franchitti doing today?

Since retiring, Franchitti has spent the last several years serving as a driving coach for Chip Ganassi’s IndyCar operation , with special emphasis on mentoring and instructing young CGR drivers such as Alex Palou and Marcus Ericsson, not to mention seven-time NASCAR Cup champion—but also 45-year-old IndyCar rookie— …

Is Dario Franchitti Italian?

Though his family heritage is Italian, racing superstar Dario Franchitti is Scottish to the core. Both his parents were born in the rolling country to the north of England. Franchitti, the three-time Indianapolis 500 winner took up driving while studying at Stewart’s Melville College in Edinburgh.

Why did Dario Franchitti retire?

Four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti announced Thursday he will no longer be able to compete in auto racing because of injuries suffered in an Oct. 6 crash.

Who is Eleanor Franchitti?

Eleanor Franchitti – Global Head of Business Development – Caxton Associates | LinkedIn.