Treasure to trash
"You can have it now," the Andretti Green Racing co-owner told driver Dario Franchitti. The reference was to Franchitti's Indianapolis 500-winning No. 27 Canadian Club Dallara/Honda/Firestone, which Franchitti had requested of the team to place center stage in the racing memorabilia room of the Scottish farmhouse he recently renovated.
For the immediate future, it's moot after the car's airborne escapade on Lap 143 on the 2-mile oval. Franchitti was uninjured in the incident that caught up seven cars.
"I'm devastated to see my '500' car torn up like that," Franchitti said. "I have to say though that it did its job; it really saved me. I guess I owe that car a lot. Hopefully, now Michael will drop the price on it for me. I hope we can eventually get it repaired and to Scotland sometime."