Ganassi Shuts Down Franchitti NASCAR Team

[dataman1]

Then again, Dario is a kept man and could easily retire as Mr. Ashley Judd.....

I'm interested if he should not want the position.

[Jag_Warrior]

No way Dario will ever be back, except for maybe an Indy 500 one-off (also not likely). He accomplished his goals in the IndyCar series and was ready to move on to something else, hopefully something a bit safer. After Michigan, then Kentucky last year, the look on his face said it all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnslpiaEAVA

You seem to have captured his sentiments perfectly.

AP

"Let's see what the future holds. I really just need to sit with Chip and see where his head is," he said. "But NASCAR is where I want to be. I want to be successful here and I certainly don't want it to end like this."

"I made a big commitment coming over here and I'd like to get in an opportunity to be successful. When I made the decision to come here, I wasn't going to do the IndyCar thing anymore so this isn't a case of missing out on what could have been in Indy cars," Franchitti said. "That just wasn't a direction I wanted to go in. Never say never, but it's unlikely I'll go back."