31 Quotes by Dario Franchitti

After last year's event, anything is possible. You have to get through that first turn. Once you're through that, then you can go on with the rest of the race.

A wheel bearing went in the rear suspension, which I think is the same problem as Tony (Kanaan). It almost put me into the wall and almost put Tony in the wall as well. It's unfortunate and the ArcaEx team deserves better. It's the same problem we had at Nashville.

You're talking about keeping the car in one piece for 24 hours. That's the important thing.

This is a bittersweet win because I lost a good friend here six years ago. It was important for me to win here today for several reasons. Tony and I battled all day, and this is a great way to finish the season. For Tony to have helped me out at the end really means a lot. There's more to racing than kicking the heck out of your teammate; you have to work as a team and we proved that today.

It's a little bumpy, but I like that in a street course.

It's looking difficult now. (Wheldon) and his team keep doing this kind of a job.

I know what Tony told you. But it looked to me like he lifted. I'll get to the bottom of it.

I had the clutch pedal depressed, but the car slowly started to creep forward and the engine stalled. So another mechanical problem took us from a race that I feel we had the car to win. We just cannot continue to have these things happen.

I'll have to (fill) him with alcohol (today) to get the real truth.