Klein Tools/Canadian Club 2006 SunTrust Indy Challenge Fact Sheet
June 20, 2006 Indianapolis, Ind. Klein Tools/Canadian Club Driver Dario Franchitti 2006 SunTrust Indy Challenge Presented by XM Satellite Radio Fact Sheet Who: #27 Klein Tools/Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone driver Dario Franchitti What: SunTrust Indy Challenge, Round 7 of the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series Where: Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Va. When: Saturday, June 24, 2006 Television: ESPN2 (Live), 8 p.m. (EDT) Dario Franchitti on the SunTrust Indy Challenge Presented by XM Satellite Radio: "I really like Richmond; it's a fun track. Even with a couple of imbalances in the car you can hustle it around there. It's a lot of fun for us. Traffic is a nightmare though, with some guys five and six laps down as you try to push your way through. We had a good run there last year and hopefully the Klein Tools/Canadian Club car will be up front." Dario Franchitti Facts · This will be Franchitti's third start at Richmond. He recorded a second-place finish in 2005. · Franchitti is currently 11 th in the IndyCar Series driver championship. He is three points out of ninth place and 12 points out of seventh. · His best finish in 2006 was fourth at the season-opening race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. · Franchitti collected IndyCar Series wins at Nashville and California in 2005. · He finished fourth in the 2005 driver point standings with 498 points, his highest IndyCar Series finish. · Franchitti had eight top-five and 13 top-10 finishes in 2005. · He led 448 laps in 2005 to rank second among lap leaders. · The Scotsman has recorded three career IndyCar Series pole positions, those coming at Texas (June 10, 2004), California (Oct. 16, 2005) and St. Petersburg (April 2, 2006). · Three of Franchitti's four IndyCar Series victories have come on tracks of 1.33 miles or smaller, including the 1-mile ovals at Milwaukee (2004) and Pikes Peak (2004) and the 1.33-mile Nashville track (2005). His fourth victory came on the two-mile D-shaped oval at California Speedway (2005). · Franchitti has 14 major open-wheel racing victories and 14 career pole positions. · Since 1998, Franchitti has won more American major open-wheel races than all but four drivers. Dario Franchitti IndyCar Series Statistics Top Top Laps Starts Wins 5 10 Poles Led Pts (Rk) Earnings 2006 6 0 1 2 1 14 122 (11th) $559,905 Career 43 4 15 25 3 811 $3,251,015 John Anderson, Team Manager, #27 Klein Tools/ Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone on the SunTrust Indy Challenge: "I think we're comfortable heading into Richmond because Dario is at his very best when driving in traffic. Richmond is a handling track and the Klein Tools/Canadian Club team expects to be running up front. Dario has three IndyCar Series wins on short ovals and we hope to add another one this weekend."