Dario Franchitti interview: Life after big Indy crashes, hyper car testing and buying bargain F40s

Dario Franchitti Idol Chat: Working with Gordon Murray, Buying an F40, and Winning 3 x Indy 500s. The battered brown easy chairs are out, which means it's time for Jonny Smith to interview someone significant from the automotive world. Click here to watch our private garage tour of Dario's incredible car collection:    • Dario Franchitti’s SECRET Multi-Million Ca...   Thanks for stopping by The Late Brake Show. Why not join our Patreon gang for early access to episodes and a regular blog from Jonny?   / thelatebrakeshow   Smith & Sniff is the UK's #1 automotive podcast, where Jonny and ex Top Gear and Grand Tour script editor Richard Porter chat absolute rubbish for an hour, periodically mentioning car related topics. Listen now: Website: https://smithandsniff.com/index.html Apple music: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vXayLs... Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Smith-and-Snif... Youtube:    / @smithandsniff   *********** Merch shop: https://thelatebrakeshow.com/shop ****** Become a Patreon supporter:   / thelatebrakeshow   ****** Website: http://www.thelatebrakeshow.com ****** SUBSCRIBE for a broad-church of automotive appreciation spanning EV, classic, modified and future tech. ******** Filmed and edited by: Phil Vaughan Pritchard https://www.philvfilms.com/ Thumbnail by: Matt Tarrant https://www.matttarantdesign.com **************** Jonny Smith Creative content maker, car presenter & car pervert for hire since '98 Website: http://www.carpervert.com Instagram:   / jonnycarpervert   Twitter:   / carpervert   TikTok:   / thelatebrakeshow   CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:10 THE CHAIRS 1:58 Intro 3:21 MBE 3:45 Brain damage and winning championships 4:37 NASCAR and Fifth Gear 5:39 Scotland to USA racing 5:50 Vauxhall Championship 6:51 Life changing meeting with Jackie Stewart 7:44 Mercedes DTM 10:44 Indy Car accolades 11:22 1992 Autosport young driver of the year 12:22 Mercedes C36 AMG company car 13:00 F1 didn't happen so... 13:45 3 Indy 500 wins 14:30 More famous in USA 15:28 Ex wife Hollywood actor 16:10 Big crash 17:10 Broken bones and injuries 19:10 'YOU'RE DONE' 20:20 Historic car racing #dariofranchitti #indy500 #thelatebrakeshow #4k

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Dario Franchitti’s SECRET Multi-Million Car Collection Revealed: Ferrari F40, Carrera GT and More

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