He's NOT going to Penske, but...
Chip Ganassi Racing is expected to announce next week that Dario Franchitti will drive the No. 40 Energizer Dodge in 2008, sources told FOXSports.com.Maybe this is why Michael Andretti was yelling at Chip so much after Detroit. Or why Dario was so non chalant about the late incident with Scott Dixon. Or both.
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. (MORE from FoxSports.com)
My head hurts. I need to lie down.
ugh....
ugh....
well that puts a damper on my trip to Joliet...
Excuse me while I go jump off my roof.
Mmack, I think we've tread this ground before, but Dario and Sam won't be sitting around on Sundays. Their owners are in the Top 35 in Owner's Points, thusly they'll be racing as long as their entire teams can maintain that position. And neither CGR or Penske has even been seriously threatened with falling out of that group all year.
let's work out a driver exchange program
in return we get Michael Waltrip
Joe Nemechek and James Hylton
wait! i see a loophole.
this story came from Fox Sports, and by definition anything on Fox isn't always to be believed.
q.e.d.
;)
Sorry, John. AP picked it up as well on Sunday. It was in the morning rag here.
It's also on the Jayski site.
Johnny,
Since owners points are tied to car numbers, tell me who Roger Penske is going to fire to get Sam a top 35 spot? Will it be Newman or Busch? If Penske Racing South enters a third car, Sam starts from scratch with 0 owners points for that team, unless Roger buys a team in the top 35 for its points and keeps that number. (in NA$CAR, this is allowable)
He'll buy a #, no big deal. Between the Yates/Rousch restructure, HOF Racing sale and likely and widely rumored MWR shake up, there will be some avail.