Motor racing-Former Indy 500 winner Franchitti to race for first time since 2013
ByReuters
Published 15/08/2019 at 14:11 GMT
LONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Three times Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti will be getting back behind the wheel at next month's Goodwood Revival meeting for his first race since injury-enforced retirement in 2013.
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The Scot suffered spinal fractures, concussion and a broken ankle in a career-ending crash at the Houston Grand Prix that October.
Now 46, the four times IndyCar champion will drive a classic 1960s Ferrari 250GT in the Kinrara Trophy, billed as the world's most valuable race with a field of cars valued at more than 200 million pounds ($242.42 million).
He will also drive an ex-Le Mans AC Cobra in a Tourist Trophy race against the likes of Denmark's retired nine times Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen and Italian ex-F1 racer Emmanuele Pirro.
"I really thought my racing days were behind me but it is tough to give up something that has been a part of my life for so long and that I love so much," said Franchitti in a statement.
"Of course this won't mean a return to front line competition -- so no Indy 500 -- simply enjoying the sport I love as an amateur."
($1 = 0.8250 pounds) (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Tony Lawrence)
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