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Franchitti's future uncertain after Ganassi shuts down Cup team

By Terry Blount
ESPN.com

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

The 2007 Indy 500 winner, the man who won the IndyCar Series championship last year, a racer with international appeal as a debonair Scotsman and a man with a gorgeous movie-star wife. That guy is looking for a job. Dario Franchitti seems like a person who has everything a racing sponsor would want. But entering NASCAR with all those assets was not enough for the suits at any major company to say, "Hey, this guy can help us sell our product." As the season went along and Franchitti struggle ...

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