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AP Online
| 12 months ago
Scott Dixon crossed the finish line behind Dario Franchitti. Again.
Still, there he was, visiting Franchitti in Victory Lane, attending the post-race party and paying tribute to his teammate in his speech at the Indianapolis 500 banquet.
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PRWeb
| 12 months ago
May 30, 2012 The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as Indy 500, took place last Sunday. And among the 33 racers, Dario Franchitti prevailed, a report from foxnews.com said. Sporting white sunglasses, which was the signature of Dan Wheldon, he...
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The Glenwood Post Independent
| 12 months ago
Clark I usually like watching sporting events in person but when it comes to the Indy 500, I'll take it as I can get it. This means I watched the race over Memorial Day weekend on TV...When you grow up in Hoosierland, Race Day on Sunday is either...
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
| 12 months ago
Tell us For Dario Franchitti, one of the more memorable moments after winning his third Indianapolis 500 on Sunday was taking the traditional winner's lap. He had done it twice before, of course, but this time he had special company with him. Susie...
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Des Moines Register
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti has a special place for the trophies he collected in Iowa. Theyre back in a memorabilia room in his native Scotland too big to fit into his trophy and helmet cases and wired too differently to light up. Franchitti has loaded up on...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
It could be rough to win the Indy 500 and have to share that spotlight with your wife...Dario Franchitti (and Ashley Judd ) won his third Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. As The Times' Jim Peltz reported Sunday, it was a thriller -- the racing world hadn'...
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What Would Tyler Durden Do
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti of Scotland won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time since 2007 on Sunday, and of course his wife Ashley Judd (they've been married since 2001) was right there front and center for pictures and interviews when he was done...Every...
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Des Moines Register
| 12 months ago
To say that Sato was a little bit anxious during the first half of the biggest race of the season would be a massive understatement...Sato was so fast that he worked himself all of the way up to the spot that most thought was the best position to be...
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The Journal Gazette
| 12 months ago
I'll go with Mike Hull of Target Chip Ganassi on this one, as Takuma Sato takes the puncher's chance in the last of a day that was stuffed with them...Solid knockout for the sunny optimists over the doom-criers. I think the race today was fantastic,...
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PRWeb
| 12 months ago
May 28, 2012 RoadFish.com men’s lifestyle and finance magazine commends Scottish racing driver Dario Franchitti on achieving a first-place win during Sunday’s 96th Indianapolis 500. Franchitti’s victory marks the third time that he has won first-...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 12 months ago
Scott Dixon's disappointment at failing to win the Indianapolis 500 will ease when he checks his bank balance. The New Zealand driver earned US$1.1 million (NZ$1.5 million) for finishing second yesterday in one of the biggest races on the motorsport...
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Courier & Press
| 12 months ago
But that can't fully explain why it sat so serenely next to Dario Franchitti. I believe it had something to do with Franchitti, the latest winner of the Indianapolis 500 and a man who could never be accused of being self-centered and high strung.
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New Zealand Herald
| 12 months ago
If he's not running out of fuel, or almost being punted off the track, New Zealand IndyCar driver Scott Dixon would have more than just the one Indianapolis Borg-Warner trophy to his name. Dixon has one of the most enviable records, while not...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 12 months ago
AP Photo It's rare in racing when everything aligns to create a breathtaking event, the kind that's certain to be talked about through the years and recalled as one of the best. IndyCar hit the jackpot with the Indianapolis 500: a record number of...
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China Post
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti did not know whether to laugh or cry after winning Sunday's Indianapolis 500. His emotions were so shredded so he did a little bit of each. He kissed his wife, Hollywood actress Ashley Judd, then threw his arms around Susie Wheldon,...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
Who is Takuma Sato and how did he come within two miles of nearly winning the Indianapolis 500 ? Sato might not be familiar to some Americans but the 35-year-old Japanese driver is an experienced racer, both in the Izod IndyCar Series and before that...
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The Indianapolis Star
| 12 months ago
Links Dario Franchitti paused during a 90-minute photo session this morning at Indianapolis Motor Speedways famed Yard of Bricks to give his actress wife Ashley Judd a look of uncertainty. You look good, baby, Judd said, as she sat on the pit-lane...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 12 months ago
Scott Dixon was all smiles as he embraced victorious team-mate Dario Franchitti but he admits to being "super gutted" at missing out on a second career win at the Indianapolis 500. The New Zealander was a close second to Target Chip Ganassi teammate...
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I Need My Fix
| 12 months ago
00 pm by Sheri Scotsman Dario Franchitti won the 96th running of the prestigious Indianapolis 500 on Sunday May 27, for the third time. The (gorgeous) husband of actress Ashley Judd bested a field of 32, including a female driver backed by the first...
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Fox
| 12 months ago
It was an hour before the Indianapolis 500, and Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan found a quiet corner to prepare for the race. They were interrupted by Parnelli Jones, Bobby Unser and Johnny Rutherford, three of the greatest drivers in IndyCar...
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USA Today
| 12 months ago
Husband's Indy 500 win is 'overwhelming' Updated Ashley Judd got emotional on Sunday as her hubby, Dario Franchitti, won the Indy 500 for the third time. She wrote that she was "overwhelmed," by the moment. "This was my 44th 500...She fielded many...
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BBC
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti secures third title Scotland's Dario Franchitti won the 96th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday to join an elite band of drivers to take the race three times. Franchitti, 39, who started 16th on the grid, cruised home ahead of team-mate...
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Russia Today
| 12 months ago
Five-place penalty won't allow F1 legend, Michael Schumacher, top the grid at the start of the Monaco Grand Prix, despite being the fastest in qualifying. Russia's only representative in Formula 1 Vitaly Petrov says he's not afraid of driving in...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 12 months ago
It was an hour before the Indianapolis 500, and Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan found a quiet corner to prepare for the race. They were interrupted by Parnelli Jones, Bobby Unser and Johnny Rutherford, three of the greatest drivers in IndyCar...
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The Olympia
| 12 months ago
It would be convenient and sentimental to say that Dario Franchitti's third Indianapolis 500 win was a fitting result, since it came with the race celebrating the late driver Dan Wheldon, who was one of Franchitti's best pals. But appropriate or not,...
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Courier & Press
| 12 months ago
Roger Penske's superiority in the Indianapolis 500 took a hit on Sunday. Of Team Penske's three cars, only pole sitter Ryan Briscoe had any chance of winning and he ended up fifth after trailing the leaders most of the day. Meanwhile, three-time...
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The Indianapolis Star
| 12 months ago
Links Even the milk knew what was coming Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Dario Franchitti took a drink of the traditional winner's beverage and then poured the rest on his head the way Dan Wheldon did after winning the Indianapolis 500 twice.
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The Herald
| 12 months ago
The back seat of the convertible was just wide enough for a third passenger besides Dario Franchitti, the 39-year-old Scot who had just won his third Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, and Ashley Judd, the actress who is Franchitti's wife. So they...
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KION
| 12 months ago
Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputies are asking for property owners help in finding Sierra Lamar's body. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputies are asking for property owners help in finding Sierra Lamar's body. Updated: Monday, May 28 2012 12:24 AM...
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Courier & Press
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti, of Scotland, celebrates in victory circle after winning IndyCar's Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 27, 2012. With his movie-star wife jumping up and down in the pits and bag...
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France24
| 12 months ago
Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello waves to fans during the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade on May 26. Barrichello pronounced himself satisfied with his Indianapolis 500 debut after finishing 11th in the 96th running of the US racing spectacle.
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Adelaide Now
| 12 months ago
Australian Will Power, can be thankful he escaped uninjured from a spectacular crash in the Indy 500. Power's three-race winning streak ended when he was taken out as England's Mike Conway crashed on the 81st of the 200 laps in the biggest race of...
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 12 months ago
On a Memorial Day weekend in which fallen heroes are revered, the Indianapolis 500 made sure to honor one of its own who made the ultimate sacrifice in his chosen profession. The record books will say that Dario Franchitti became the latest three-...
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Star Tribune
| 12 months ago
Unfortunately for the Brazilian, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was relentless again. Despite using a brilliant move to go from fifth to first with 15 laps left in the Indianapolis 500 and still leading with six laps remaining, Kanaan watched...
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AP Online
| 12 months ago
In the early going of the Indianapolis 500, Bobby Rahal advised his driver to show a little patience.
If only Takuma Sato had been listening on the last lap Sunday.
The Japanese driver was perfectly positioned when the...
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FanIQ
| 12 months ago
It was a long day with near record heat, and record lead changes.
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Epoch Times
| 12 months ago
May 27, 2012 There were only nine this morning, by late afternoon there was a tentha tenth IndyCar driver who had won the Greatest Spectacle in Racing at least three times. When Dario Franchitti took the checkered flag at Indianapolis today, he...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Japan's Takuma Sato was unrepentant after blowing his chances of winning Sunday's 96th Indianapolis 500 when he crashed on the last lap attempting a risky overtaking move. Sato was running second behind eventual winner Dario Franchitti when the field...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
New Zealand's Scott Dixon was inconsolable after finishing runner-up in Sunday's Indianapolis 500, believing he would have won the race if Japan's Takuma Sato did not crash on the last lap. Dixon had to settle for second place behind his Scottish...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti stamped his name in the record books, the latest three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 . But this was not about Franchitti: It was all for Dan Wheldon . Franchitti won a wheel-to-wheel, last-lap battle Sunday, sailing away to the...
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United Press International
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti charged back from a pit road mishap Sunday, grabbing the lead with two laps left and hanging on to win his third Indianapolis 500. Franchitti was spun around in his pit stall after a bump by E.J...IndyCar Series champion thus was...
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Fox
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti has won the Indianapolis for the third time, taking advantage when Takuma Sato crashed on the final lap. The Japanese driver went for the lead going into the first turn, pulled even with Franchitti but got too low, and it sent him...
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KION
| 12 months ago
Police are investigating a robbery at a Watsonville Burger King Saturday morning. Police are investigating a robbery at a Watsonville Burger King Saturday morning. For third time Sunday, Dan Franchitti won the Indianapolis 500. It was a close race...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time Sunday after Takuma Sato, a Japanese driver who has never won the race, hit the wall on the last lap in a courageous but costly challenge for the lead. Franchitti, 39, a Scot who also won...
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France24
| 12 months ago
Scotland's Dario Franchitti, pictured on May 25, won the 96th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, taking his third career Indy 500 crown after Japan's Takuma Sato crashed while running beside him on the final lap. Scotland's Dario Franchitti won the 96th...
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New Zealand Herald
| 12 months ago
The race was won by his teammate Dario Franchitti, the Scot's third title. Dixon, who won at the Brickyard in 2008, led with two laps remaining before being passed by Franchitti and Takuma Sato. Sato then crashed on the final lap while trying to pass...
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The Dish Rag
| 12 months ago
Despite a close run from Japanese driver Takuma Sato , Dario Franchitti (aka Mr. Ashley Judd ) won the 2012 Indianapolis 500 on Sunday (May 27) for the third time. A final lap crash took Sato out of the running and barely missed hitting Franchitti as...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Scotland's Dario Franchitti won the 96th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday to join an elite band of drivers to take the race three times. Driving for the Ganassi Racing team, the 39-year-old Franchitti patiently worked his way through the pack after...
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Wellington Dominion
| 12 months ago
New Zealand's Scott Dixon has finished a gripping second to teammate Dario Franchitti in the Indy500 at Indianapolis. Dixon started the great race from 15th on the grid this morning (NZT) but worked his way through the field and held the lead on...
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Courier & Press
| 12 months ago
Dario Franchitti survived a last-ditch challenge from Takuma Sato, who spun out trying to pass Franchitti at the start of the final lap, as Franchitti won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time on Sunday. Franchitti and teammate Scott Dixon kept...
