IndyCar - Franchitti Third, Dixon 23rd At Edmonton Indy

EDMONTON, July 25, 2011: Target Chip Ganassi Racing (TCGR) driver Dario Franchitti came home third in the Edmonton Indy on Sunday afternoon in Round 11 of the IZOD IndyCar Series, while TCGR teammate Scott Dixon finished 23rd.

Franchitti started the afternoon fourth and kept the No. 10 Target Honda inside the top-four for much of the early part of the race. Following a restart on lap 30, Franchitti avoided an accident in front of him and rebounded in 10th. He worked his way back into the top-five by lap 50 of the 80-lap event. Following the team’s final green flag stop, Franchitti moved into the top-three and stayed there for the remainder of the race. Franchitti took the checkered flag third, his seventh podium finish of the year.

Dixon started the race third and ran inside the top-three throughout the first stint of the race. After a lap 26 caution, Dixon found himself fifth before an on-track incident took him out of contention and forced the Target crew to repair the car behind the wall. After spending five laps off track, Dixon returned and was able to move up three positions en route to a 23rd-place finish.