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Dario
Franchitti wins the 2007 IRL Drivers Championship
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Starting
Grid for Chicagoland
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Pos
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Driver
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mph
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1.
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D.
Franchitti |
214.646
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2.
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S.
Hornish Jr. |
214.492
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3.
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H.
Castroneves |
214.380
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4.
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T.
Kanaan |
214.310
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5.
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D.
Wheldon |
214.246
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| Franchitti
on the pole for the final race at Chicagoland, battling
Scott Dixon down to the wire for the 2007 Indy Racing
League Series Championship. |
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Race
Results - Chicagoland
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Pos
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Driver
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Points
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1.
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D.
Franchitti |
50
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2.
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S.
Dixon |
40
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3.
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S.
Hornish Jr. |
38
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4.
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H.
Castroneves |
32
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5.
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S.
Sharp |
30
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| Wow,
what a great finish. Dario & Scott fighting it
out at the end, 2 lap shootout for the win & the
championship, Dixon runs out of fuel in 3 & 4
on the last lap and Franchitti takes the hardware. |
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Final
2007 Drivers Standings
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Pos
|
Driver
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Points
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1.
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D.
Franchitti |
637
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2.
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S.
Dixon |
624
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3.
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T.
Kanaan |
576
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4.
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D.
Wheldon |
466
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5.
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S.
Hornish Jr. |
465
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| Dario
Franchitti wins the IRL Drivers Championship on the
final lap of the season at Chicagoland. It does not
get any better than that. |
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Previous
IRL Series Champions
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Driver
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Year
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S.
Hornish Jr. |
2006
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-
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D.
Wheldon |
2005
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-
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T.
Kanaan |
2004
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-
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S.
Dixon |
2003
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-
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S.
Hornish Jr. |
2002
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| Franchitti
finally puts his name among the Indy Racing League
Past Champions. It's been a long haul for the Scotsman
since parting ways with CART so very long ago, and
little whispers says, he is heading to NASCAR in 2008. |
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Page
updated September 9th, 2007.
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