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GONE-Assi - Franchitti loses his Sprint Cup ride
WHAT A SHAME!!!!
Owner Ganassi can’t find sponsor for his third team
Dario Franchitti’s rookie Sprint Cup season came to an abrupt halt Tuesday, leaving his racing future uncertain.
Co-owner Chip Ganassi ceased the operation of the Williamson County driver’s No. 40 race team effective immediately Tuesday because of a lack of sponsorship.
“If I keep going I run the risk of dragging the other two teams down,” Ganassi said. “I don’t want to do that. “There’s no money. It makes no sense to be running this out of my pocket.
“I had to put a stop to it.”
Franchitti spent Tuesday afternoon at Nashville Superspeedway visiting friend and IRL driver Tony Kanaan. Franchitti declined to comment on his situation.
Kanaan was at the superspeedway testing for the July 12 race at the track.
Franchitti jumped from the IRL to NASCAR after winning the Indianapolis 500 and IRL championship last season. But the success he enjoyed in open-wheel never transferred to the Cup circuit where he was 41st in points with a best finish of 22nd. (tennessean.com)
