Ashley Judd got so excited after Franchitti, her husband's victory, that she seemed to outrun Jerry Punch. Punch was trying to get a post-race interview with Judd, who is Dario Franchitti's wife.
DARIO FRANCHITTI, who triumphed the Indy 500 2010 at Indianapolis 500, on Sunday, May 30, was greeted by her wife Ashley Judd, who got so excited after her husband’s victory, that she seemed to outrun Jerry Punch. Punch was trying to get a post-race interview with Judd, who is Dario Franchitti's wife.
Maybe, Ashley Judd was inspired by Franchitti, who absolutely dominated the competition on Sunday. Franchitti led 155 of the race's 200 laps but did have to sweat a little bit at the end as he and the rest of the field ran close.As the final race commenced, Franchitti was at fourth position.
Mike Conway, Justin Wilson and Helio Castroneves were in front of him and they all needed to pit to be able to make it to the end.So did Tony Kanaan, who started 33rd and was fifth behind Franchitti.
Kanaan got to within about a half a second of Franchitti as Franchitti encountered traffic and was saving fuel, but Kanaan had to hit the pit lane with seven laps to go.That left Dan Wheldon as Franchitti's closest challenger, but he couldn't get close to Franchitti, which allowed Franchitti to run laps at the end .
"This is just as good a second time. Up until 10 laps to go I was pretty relaxed but then all hell broke loose with fuel saving and stuff," Franchitti said.
Franchitti was further helped at the end by Conway's last lap crash which put the yellow out, allowing Franchitti to coast to the finish line. The win made Franchitti's owner, Chip Ganassi, the first man to win the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500 in the same season.
