Dario Franchitti has won the world-famous Indy 500.  Heavy rain forced an early end to the race, after 415 of the scheduled 500 miles, but the 34 year old Scottish driver won’t mind one bit, as he secured the biggest win of his career and joined the elite club of Indy 500 champions.

The race had already been interrupted by rain for three hours shortly after the midway point. Dario took the lead when the leaders pitted for fuel and kept his nerve in the downpour to eventually win under a caution light brought out when teammate Marco Andretti crashed three laps from the premature finish.

Dario was understandably jubilant afterwards: "I can't believe it. It's the Indy 500! To be a member of this club is fantastic. I kind of have half of an idea of what it means to win this race. I'm so happy. It was going to come down to a dogfight, and there's a lot of strong cars Whatever happened, if it came down to that dogfight, it was going to be hard, so I was hoping for the rain." – 27 May 2007