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Season Rewind: IZOD IndyCar Series
December 25th, 2010
CHAMPION: Dario Franchitti
Dario Franchitti overcame a 59-point deficit to win the IZOD IndyCar Series championship. (Ron McQueeney/IndyCar Photo)
Dario Franchitti trailed Will Power by 59 markers entering the four-race stretch of oval races that concluded the IZOD IndyCar Series season.
And when it was all said and done, Franchitti had earned his third IndyCar Series championship and the fourth for Chip Ganassi Racing by five points over Power.
Franchitti triumphed at Chicagoland Speedway to start the final four-race run and was only 12 points behind Power entering the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Franchitti’s eighth-place finish after Power crashed out of the event, secured his second-consecutive IndyCar Series championship.
Franchitti also earned the A.J. Foyt Oval Championship Trophy with two victories, including his second Indianapolis 500 triumph, on ovals. Franchitti won three races overall, while Power won a series-best five — all on road courses, which landed him the Mario Andretti Trophy for the best performance on road courses.
Franchitti does not believe his name should be included with the legends of Indy-car racing.
“I hear that kind of list and I hear these legends of the sport, and I don’t feel part of that group, you know what I mean? I’m very proud of my achievements winning the three championships and the two Indianapolis 500s,” Franchitti said. “I just feel I’m a driver who has been lucky enough to drive some great equipment and gotten the job done. But it’s a privilege to be mentioned in the same kind of sentences as those guys.”
Noteworthy Moments In The IZOD IndyCar Series In 2010
- TOP BRASS: Randy Bernard was hired away from the Pro Bullrider’s Ass’n to become CEO of the IndyCar Series and immediately began to affect change within the open-wheel racing community.
- COMING IN 2012: The IndyCar Series decided on both an engine formula and a chassis builder for its new car, which is scheduled to debut in 2012. The cars will be built by Dallara at a new plant in Indianapolis, but the aero kits for the cars may be built by other manufacturers. A complete car is expected to cost $385,000. The engine formula will be six cylinders with a maximum displacement of 2.4 cubic liters. Honda, Chevrolet and Lotus have committed to building these engines.
- CANADIAN CONTROVERSY: The most controversial moment of the season came when Helio Castroneves was called for blocking while leading in the final laps of the race at Edmonton. Scott Dixon was declared the winner and Castroneves’s post-race temper tantrum, which included contact with an IndyCar official, resulted in a $60,000 fine.
- TOP TYRO: Alex Lloyd won the rookie-of-the- year title driving for Dale Coyne Racing. Lloyd was the 2007 Indy Lights champion, but did not get a full-time IndyCar ride until this season. He outdistanced Simona de Silvestro for the honor.
- KANAAN, ANDRETTI PART WAYS: While Andretti Autosport announced a new two-year contract with Ryan Hunter-Reay weeks after the season finale, the team released Tony Kanaan, its original driver when it left CART to join the IndyCar Series in 2003, from contractual obligations. Meanwhile, Graham Rahal, who bounced from ride to ride in 2010, had a sponsor lined up and was searching for a team.
- ISC ON THE OUTS: The 16-race 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season will include no races at International Speedway Corp. operated race tracks.
WHO WON WHAT IN 2010
| Date | Track | Winner | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 14 | Streets of Sao Paulo (Brazil) | Will Power | Dallara/Honda |
| March 29 | Streets of St. Petersburg (Fla.) | Will Power | Dallara/Honda |
| April 11 | Barber Motorsports Park (Ala.) | Helio Castroneves | Dallara/Honda |
| April 18 | Streets of Long Beach (Calif.) | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Dallara/Honda |
| May 1 | Kansas Speedway | Scott Dixon | Dallara/Honda |
| May 30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Dario Franchitti | Dallara/Honda |
| June 5 | Texas Motor Speedway | Ryan Briscoe | Dallara/Honda |
| June 20 | Iowa Speedway | Tony Kanaan | Dallara/Honda |
| July 4 | Watkins Glen Int’l (N.Y.) | Will Power | Dallara/Honda |
| July 18 | Toronto Exhibition Place (Ontario) | Will Power | Dallara/Honda |
| July 25 | Edmonton City Centre (Alberta) | Scott Dixon | Dallara/Honda |
| Aug. 8 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Dario Franchitti | Dallara/Honda |
| Aug. 22 | Infineon Raceway (Calif.) | Will Power | Dallara/Honda |
| Aug. 28 | Chicagoland Speedway (Ill.) | Dario Franchitti | Dallara/Honda |
| Sept. 4 | Kentucky Speedway | Helio Castroneves | Dallara/Honda |
| Sept. 19 | Twin Ring Motegi (Japan) | Helio Castroneves | Dallara/Honda |
| Oct. 2 | Homestead-Miami Speedway (Fla.) | Scott Dixon | Dallara/Honda |
IZOD IndyCar Series Top 10 In Points
| Position | Driver | Points | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dario Franchitti | 602 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 2 |
| 2. | Will Power | 597 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 |
| 3. | Scott Dixon | 547 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| 4. | Helio Castroneves | 531 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 2 |
| 5. | Ryan Briscoe | 482 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| 6. | Tony Kanaan | 453 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| 7. | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 445 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| 8. | Marco Andretti | 392 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 9. | Dan Wheldon | 388 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 10. | Danica Patrick | 367 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |