Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Dario Franchitti wont be turning left anymore
Former IRL IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti (also known as Mr. Ashley Judd) has lost his job as a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. Team owner Chip Ganassi decided to scale back the three-car team to a two-car team leaving Franchitti the odd man out.
Franchitti’s #40 team had had an awful start to the season. His best finish came with 22nd place at Martinsville. He also had a dificult time finding permanent major sponsorship. The team had to resort to using single-race sponsorship with different companies.
Evidently a 35-year old Scotsman doesn’t appeal to key NASCAR demographics. Maybe he would have had more NASCAR appeal if he had started dressing like General Robert E. Lee or maybe learned to play the banjo.
A NASCAR driver can never go wrong learning to play the banjo.
