Racer Dario Franchitti Takes a Double Victory
He throws fumes in the air and has the traditional toast of milk as racer Dario Franchitti celebrated his victory at the 94th \Indianapolis 500. Dario Franchitti, celebrated his second victory at the Indy 500 race along with his team owner Chip Ganassi for the second time in history on this Sunday.
As the team owner stood aside and watched his team’s driver Franchitti crossing the finish line, while the yellow caution flag moved over him, Ganassi smelled the essence of pride and victory in the air. Franchitti led one hundred and fifty five laps and successfully advanced across the perils of the rough and brutal track conditions under the roasting sun rays of the afternoon. As Franchitti stood out of his car, his owner raised proudly as being the first owner to have won the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 both in the same season. Only Roger Penske, Ganassi’s old rival on the track and a dear friend off the track, who has flavoured these two most prestigious auto racing prizes. It surely feels great, told Ganassi, as even the legendary figure who had been successful in capturing a record fifteen Indianapolis victories was not able to lay his hands on both of these at the same time.
Ganassi at the end of the race expressed his joy telling that he felt himself felt very lucky to have worked in this business with the people who had been able to accomplish that for him. Ganassi said, as he headed to Charlotte for NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 that he did not drive any of the cars nor did he change any tires. He added that he did not put any fuel in the cars but he could feel his victory beyond expression. He said that he felt himself to be an immensely lucky person.
Franchitti's car was running very low on fuel, the Sunday afternoon, as the team kept changing one strategy after another that could help them to make the day a historical one rather than being a disappointment. However they were able to make it to the victory podium. As Franchitti popped across the finish line, Conway's number 24 car bumped into the catch fence and came resting on the blistering tar with its four tyres and the engine completely dislocated from the rest of the body right behind him. At the same time, Hunter-Reay had also hit the retaining wall.
Conway's vehicle was soon attended by an emergency medical team. The driver was rescued, though he had minor orthopaedic damage on his left leg that was identified once he was stabilized on the track. Conway was flown to a close by hospital for precautionary check up whereas Hunter-Reay was lucky not to meet any serious injuries, so he was sent away after minor examination at the track.
Franchitti and Ganassi in their entire cheerful and jubilant mood attended the post race news conference. While talking to the reporters, Ganassi exclaimed that it was a great day. To have won two of these special races was as exciting as anything on earth could possibly be, he added.
With this, Franchitti became the seventeenth driver to have bagged at least two Indianapolis 500 wins and also became the first driver born in Scotland to have won the Greatest Spectacle in Racing on more than one occasion. Franchitti possesses two Indy Car points’ championships as he had won it last season as well and had also won the Indianapolis 500 in 2007.
The race began smoothly as the honorary starter, Jack Nicholson, began the race by waving the green flag. However, things started to change and at the eighth lap, two of the cars crashed to leave a disaster at the course.
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