RACING DRIVER

Dario Franchitti

1973 - Today

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George Dario Marino Franchitti (born 19 May 1973) is a Scottish motorsport commentator and retired motor racing driver from Scotland. Franchitti won the IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the Indianapolis 500 in 2007, 2010 and 2012; and the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona driving for Andretti Green Racing (AGR) and later Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR). Franchitti began kart racing at the age of 10 and had early success before progressing to car racing at age 17, winning the 1991 Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship and the 1993 Formula Vauxhall Lotus Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dario Franchitti has received more than 2,790,299 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Dario Franchitti is the 841st most popular racing driver (down from 762nd in 2019), the 6,228th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,529th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Dario Franchitti ranks 841 out of 1,080. Before him are Hélio Castroneves, Tim Parnell, Nicholas Latifi, Fred Wacker, Gus Hutchison, and Jim Crawford. After him are Jim Rathmann, Emanuele Naspetti, Jorge Martín, Toni Elías, Arthur Owen, and Mike Fisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Dario Franchitti ranks 525. Before him are Arnaud Beltrame, Sergey Shnurov, Sulim Yamadayev, Susan Downey, Penny Mordaunt, and Kenneth Carlsen. After him are Maximiliano Hernández, George Hincapie, Valérie Donzelli, Anna Carin Zidek, John LeCompt, and Albert Portas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dario Franchitti ranks 6,228 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Moore (1948), Steve Coppell (1955), Raymond Keene (1948), Penny Mordaunt (1973), Jim Crawford (1948), and Ronnie Corbett (1930). After him are Maggie O'Farrell (1972), Martin Atkinson (1971), Stuart Bingham (1976), Lalla Ward (1951), Roma Downey (1960), and Anoushka Shankar (1981).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Dario Franchitti ranks 153. Before him are Tony Crook (1920), Alan Rollinson (1943), Henry Banks (1913), Dan Wheldon (1978), Tim Parnell (1932), and Jim Crawford (1948). After him are Arthur Owen (1915), Carl Fogarty (1965), Leslie Thorne (1916), Dave Morgan (1944), Damien Magee (1945), and Andy Sutcliffe (1947).

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