David Stremme, who lost his ride in the #40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge last year after they signed Dario Franchitti, will replace the defending Indy 500 champion after Franchitti broke his ankle in the Nationwide Series race on Saturday.
In 1997 KOOL cigarettes took over as a major sponsor with Parker Johnstone, and the team was renamed Team KOOL Green, before expanding to a two-car effort in 1998 with Paul Tracy and rising youngster Dario Franchitti.
Dario Argento | Dario Fo | Rubén Darío | Dario Franchitti | Dario Floreano | Rubén Darío Paredes | Dario G | Darío Villalba | Darío Grandinetti | Dario Baldan Bembo | Ciudad Darío | Dario Minieri | Dario Gradi | Palazzo Dario | Héctor Darío Benítez | Darío Veras | Dario Veras | Darío Sala | Dario Niccodemi | Dario Kordić | Dario Frommer | Dario De Toffoli | Dario Cvitanich | Darío Conca | Dario Conca | Dario Coates | Darío Castrillón Hoyos | Darío Benedetto |
Winning the race overall was the Daytona Prototype team of Chip Ganassi Racing, with drivers Scott Pruett, Memo Rojas, Graham Rahal and Joey Hand driving the #01 Riley & Scott-BMW defeating Chip Ganassi Racing's second team, consisting of IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti, and Sprint Cup teammates Jamie McMurray and Juan Pablo Montoya in the #02 Riley & Scott-BMW by just over two seconds in a one-lap sprint following a late caution flag.
Scotland's Dario Franchitti had his greatest NASCAR finish of 5th place behind Kevin Harvick but would announce later that month that he would resign from NASCAR to return to rival racing franchise IndyCar.
In 2001, at Charlotte (Lowe's Motor Speedway) final practice, Dynes was caught up in an accident which left him with back injuries, in 2003 he competed in Touring Cars and the ASCAR stock car series based at Rockingham England, Dynes along with IndyCar legend Dario franchitti are the only British drivers ever to compete in both the NASCAR Nationwide and the ARCA REMAX Series.