Franchitti back to the single life after divorce (From HeraldScotland) Franchitti back to the single life after divorce NO LONGER TOGETHER: Dario has revealed he is now divorced from Hollywood star Ashley Judd. Picture: Getty RETIRED racing driver Dario Franchitti has told how he is adjusting to a single lifestyle since returning home to Scotland. The four-time IndyCar champ­ionship revealed he is now officially divorced from actress wife Ashley Judd after they separated last year. He has moved back to his £4 million country mansion in Port Of Menteith, near Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, from the US after being forced to retire from racing through injury. Loading article content Franchitti, 40, suffered two broken vertebrae, a fractured right ankle and severe concussion in a 200mph smash when his car went airborne into a fence on the last lap and landed back on the track in Houston, Texas, last October. He said shortly afterwards head and spinal injuries suffered forced him to stop racing. The Bathgate-born driver has now told how being single again was a big change and said he spent a lot of time decorating his mansion to fill his time.

Asked what it is like being single again, he said: "It's different. I tend to rattle about the house a little bit. It's all part of change I guess. "Ashley and I are great friends. We got divorced last year, it was not an easy decision for either of us. But we are still great friends and she is a very, very important person in my life." He added: "I got to live my dream. What I dreamed of as a kid I got to do for 20-plus years, it was really great, but I was always homesick. "Scotland is the most wonderful place, the scenery, the people, but I think more than anything just being home is the big thing for me. "When I am not working I like to live as normal a life as I can. One of the great things about being in Scotland is I really can get that. "There is no greater place to be in the world. It's perfect." Franchitti, who won the Indy 500 race three times, gave a US TV crew a tour of his stately home and showed them how he is busy decorating it with mementoes from his racing career.

He told how he felt lucky to be alive after his accident last year, which caused him to suffer five weeks of memory loss. He added: "At first, I was looking for a way around it (retirement). It became apparent very quickly that I couldn't. I was pretty sad about it but then I would say, 'What the hell you going on about here? You got out in almost one piece, you had a career you never dreamed of'. "The alternative would have been a lot worse." His mother Marina saw the crash on television and believes divine intervention saved her son's life. She said: "We are so, so lucky he is still here. It wasn't his time to go. I believe in the safety of that car, I believe in divine intervention, probably in the way it hit." Franchitti wed Hollywood star Judd, 45, in December, 2001, at Skibo Castle, near Dornoch, but the pair announced they had separated in January last year. She rushed to his side after his crash, raising hopes of a reconciliation but that has been ruled out.

Franchitti is now working as a IndyCar racing consultant and will be a pundit for US television at this year's 500 race. BBC News | SCOTLAND | Castle hosts star wedding Wednesday, 12 December, 2001, 21:00 GMT Castle hosts star wedding Celebrity guests had been expected to attend The wedding of racing driver Dario Franchitti and American actress Ashley Judd is believed to have taken place at an exclusive Scottish castle. About 300 guests are reported to have attended the ceremony, which was held in the main entrance hall of Skibo Castle near Dornoch in Sutherland. The event remains surrounded in secrecy, disappointing star-spotters who had hoped to catch a glimpse of a celebrity. But the town itself is still hoping that the large media presence will lead to a repeat of the Madonna effect which followed the American pop star's marriage to film director Guy Ritchie last December. Fire crews were called out to Skibo Tourist operators said this year's season has been the best for years - and they hope the latest seal of star approval will bring more benefits. A special website was launched to capitalise on the interest generated by last year's big-name wedding.

The Scottish Parliament was told earlier this year that the marriage had generated an estimated �2.5m for the Sutherland economy. That mini boom included the booking of �200,000 worth of accommodation in the vicinity. Guests at the Madonna wedding included the pop star Sting and designer Stella McCartney. Security guards However, there have been few big names spotted by those camped out at Skibo Castle for this week's ceremony. Security has been tight at Skibo, where about 35 security guards have been patrolling the grounds. There had been speculation that the guest list would include film stars Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones. However, the only Hollywood names spotted by the waiting media were Fight Club actor Edward Norton and Salma Hayek, star of the movie From Dusk 'Til Dawn. Madonna and Guy Ritchie were wed last year There was also no sign of either the bride, who has been voted one of the most beautiful women in the world, or her husband. Edinburgh-born Franchitti is said to be Scotland's best-paid sportsman, earning millions on the Indycar racing circuit in the United States.

A spokeswoman for Skibo Castle would not confirm whether or not the couple had married. The couple were reported to be planning an extravagant ceremony which is estimated to cost about �1.3m. However, the only excitement for the waiting press pack proved to be the sight of fire engines entering the grounds after a golf buggy caught fire. WATCH/LISTEN Dario Franchitti (Champion) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Dario Franchitti Male Born May 19, 1973 George Dario Marino Franchitti is a Scottish racing driver. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. Franchitti is also a former NASCAR driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, competing until mid-2008 when his team shut down.… Read More related links Indy Car Drivers Find Comfort In Having Strong Safety Team abc News - May 27, 2016 '<mark>Dario Franchitti</mark> doesn\'t remember the crash that ended his career three years ago in Houston.

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TEENAGE 1984 11 Years Old Franchitti won the Karting Scottish Junior Championship in 1984, the British Junior Championships in 1985 and 1986 and the Scottish senior title in 1988. 1991 18 Years Old He progressed to Formula Vauxhall Junior where he won the championship with four victories in 1991. 1992 19 Years Old He moved up to Formula Vauxhall Lotus in 1992, where he joined Paul Stewart Racing. … Read More In his first year, he finished fourth in the overall championship, and was named the McLaren/Autosport Young Driver of the Year. Read Less TWENTIES 1993 - 1997 6 More Events 1993 20 Years Old Staying with the team for the next season, he won the championship in 1993. 1994 21 Years Old He graduated to the British Formula 3 Championship in 1994, where he finished fourth and won one race in his first year.

1995 22 Years Old However, he was not retained for 1995 which was his final year in single-seaters in Europe. … Read More Instead, Franchitti was contracted by AMG Racing to drive a works Mercedes C-Class in the German Touring Car Championship and the related International Touring Car Championship, where he finished fifth and third respectively. Read Less 1996 23 Years Old He continued in the ITC in 1996, finishing fourth overall with one race win. Show Less In 1997, Franchitti was offered a deal to become McLaren's test driver which would have seen him flying to Europe to test during the week, returning to America to race in CART. … Read More He ultimately turned this down, preferring instead to pour his energies into racing in CART for the Hogan team.<br /><br /> Franchitti tested for the Jaguar F1 team at Silverstone in 2000, but the car proved to be problematic. These troubles combined with him still recovering from neck discs ruptured in a crash at Homestead earlier that year. The test was ultimately a disappointment and the door to racing for Jaguar effectively closed.

Read Less With the demise of the ITC, Mercedes placed Franchitti in Hogan Racing in 1997, making his US debut in the CART Championship Series where his best finish was a ninth at Surfers Paradise. Show Less Franchitti spent 6 seasons in CART, where he won 10 races with the Team Green squad that he joined in 1998; he failed to win a championship title, with a best final position of 2nd-place in 1999, behind Juan Pablo Montoya in a tie-breaker. … Read More Team Green moved to the IndyCar Series for the 2003 campaign, with Franchitti remaining in the team. Franchitti's first season for IndyCar was disrupted by an injury, but won his first races the following season. Read Less In 1998 he joined Team Green (forerunner to Andretti Green Racing and the current Andretti Autosport), finishing third in the season standings with three wins (his first coming at Road America) and a season-high five pole positions. Show Less Franchitti finished runner-up in the 1999 CART season behind rookie Juan Pablo Montoya.

… Read More Both drivers scored 212 points, but Montoya had seven wins to Franchitti's three and was crowned champion. Franchitti's close friend Greg Moore died in a crash during the final race of the year at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Read Less He dedicated his win to Greg Moore, who was killed in 1999 and was from nearby Maple Ridge, British Columbia. 2000 - 2001 2 More Events 2000 27 Years Old A heavy crash in pre-season testing the next year ruined Franchitti's 2000 season, and he only won once at Cleveland in 2001. 2001 28 Years Old Franchitti married American actress Ashley Judd in December 2001 at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, Scotland. They divorced in 2013. … Read More Franchitti is the son of Marina and George Franchitti, both born in Scotland. Most of his ancestry is Italian, with some Scottish. Originally from Bathgate, his family moved to nearby Whitburn when he was eight years old.

He is a former pupil of Stewart's Melville College and he supports Celtic Football Club.<br /><br /> He lists some of his favourite television shows as Gavin & Stacey, Shameless and Rab C. Nesbitt. Read Less In 2002 he won the Vancouver Molson Indy. He finished fourth in Champ Car in 2002. … Read More Franchitti missed most of the year, and his place was taken by Dan Wheldon at Motegi, Robby Gordon at Indianapolis, and Bryan Herta for the remainder of the year (with Wheldon taking over a regular role from retiring team boss Michael Andretti). Read Less THIRTIES 2004 31 Years Old Franchitti returned to the cockpit in 2004, and won his first IRL IndyCar Series race on 25 July at the Milwaukee Mile. … Read More He followed this win up with a win at Pikes Peak on 22 August.<br /><br /> Franchitti returned to Andretti Green Racing again, and had 2 wins. The first win came at Nashville.

Read Less 2005 32 Years Old His last win of the year came at the 2005 season finale at California. Show Less His breakout year came in 2007, when he won the rain-shortened Indianapolis 500 as one of 4 victories in his route to a first career championship title in a final-race title decider with Scott Dixon. … Read More At the end of the season, Franchitti was named as BBC Scotland's Sports Personality of the Year. After an ill-fated move to NASCAR in 2008 (which ended after half a season) Franchitti returned to IndyCar in 2009, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing. Franchitti won on his 2nd start back in the series, and eventually took 5 wins as he won a 2nd championship, again in a final race championship decider against Dixon and Team Penske's Ryan Briscoe. Read Less On 3 January 2007, Andretti Green Racing announced that Franchitti had re-signed for the IRL team for a tenth consecutive season in American Open Wheel racing.

… Read More That year he also undertook a limited programme in the American Le Mans Series driving an Acura ARX-01, teaming up with his younger brother, Marino Franchitti and long-time AGR team-mate Bryan Herta. Read Less On 27 May 2007, Franchitti won a rain-shortened Indianapolis 500, finishing under a yellow flag after an accident involving Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti following lap 163. … Read More The race was halted due to rain three laps later. His prize money of $1.6m was equal to the entire purse for the 1982 race. Read Less During the 2007 season, Franchitti survived two huge crashes which saw his car flip upside down both times. … Read More The first at Michigan saw him tangle with Dan Wheldon resulting in his car flipping before being hit again by Scott Dixon. The contact with Dixon was only inches away from his head and the accident saw seven cars (including Franchitti) retire from the race. The second flip came a week later at Kentucky.

As Franchitti crossed the start/finish line to finish the race, he did not realise that the chequered flag had been waved and continued to race. He crashed into the back of Kosuke Matsuura flipping yet again and hitting the outside wall. Franchitti took full responsibility for the incident.<br /><br /> Franchitti won the IndyCar Championship with four wins finishing ahead of Scott Dixon by just 13 points. Dixon ran out of fuel on the last lap of the season-ending race, allowing Franchitti to take the win and the championship, his first championship win since Formula Vauxhall Lotus in 1993. Read Less Show Less Franchitti missed the 2008 Indianapolis 500 as he pursued a NASCAR career. He raced several races in the NNS for Chip Ganassi Racing's NASCAR team and only had a few top ten finishes; his best finish was 5th at the 2008 Zippo 200.

… Read More He decided that IndyCar was his favorite to race in and so he rejoined the IndyCar Series in 2009 with Target Ganassi Racing and went on to win his second, third and fourth IndyCar titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011 as well as the 2010 and 2012 Indy 500. Read Less In effect Dario had won all of the past three championships he entered when his 2008 absence is accounted for. … Read More Franchitti, again driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, won the season opening road race at St. Petersburg, Florida. He followed that win with additional wins at Texas Motor Speedway (28th victory). He took the pole and the win in the Milwaukee 225 for his 29th victory, tying him with Rick Mears for 9th all-time in American Open Wheel racing. In the final race of the season at Las Vegas, Franchitti had an 18-point lead over Will Power in the points standings. However, a 15-car crash on lap 11 caused the race to be red flagged.

After a two-hour delay, IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard announced that Dan Wheldon had died from the crash and the race was formally abandoned. The drivers who were not involved did a five-lap tribute to Wheldon 10 minutes after the announcement. Because the race was canceled and Power was also involved in the crash, Franchitti won his third consecutive and fourth overall IndyCar championship. Since Power suffered severe damage, Franchitti would have won the championship if the race had continued; therefore, the early stoppage of the race had no effect on the championship points. Read Less On 26 April 2008, Franchitti suffered a slight left ankle fracture in a hard crash with Larry Gunselman while competing in the Nationwide Series Aaron's 312 race. … Read More David Stremme, Ken Schrader, Jeremy Mayfield, and Sterling Marlin all filled in for him. Read Less On 1 July 2008, Franchitti's No. 40 Sprint Cup team was disbanded by co-owner Chip Ganassi because of a lack of sponsorship.

… Read More Franchitti was running 41st in points in the Sprint Cup Series at the time, and Ganassi had been funding the team out of his own pocket. The entire No. 40 team was shut down, and 71 employees were released. Despite this Franchitti kept driving for Ganassi in the Nationwide series as he wondered what he would do in 2009. Read Less On 9 August 2008 Franchitti won his first career Nationwide pole at Watkins Glen. … Read More Starting alongside Robby Gordon, Franchitti led 13 laps and came close to the win. He battled Jimmie Johnson throughout the day, but was overtaken by some drivers late in the race. Franchitti finished 5th while Johnson ran out of gas.<br /><br /> Franchitti is well known for combining partial Sports Car racing schedules during his IndyCar and NASCAR career.<br /><br /> At the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring he finished 1st in LMP2 class with Andretti Green Racing team-mates Bryan Herta and Tony Kanaan. They finished 2nd overall.

He also participated in the 2007 ALMS Grand Prix of Long Beach with Bryan Herta and they finished 6th. He placed 18th in LMP2 class in the 2007 American Le Mans Series season standings with 32 points. Read Less Prior to the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, he joined Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas and won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in a Lexus-Riley. That was the only race he participated in during the 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series season and finished 42nd overall in Daytona Prototype class with 35 points. In the 2008 Petit Le Mans he was a driver for Highcroft Racing with Scott Sharp and David Brabham. … Read More They were the first retirement after only 16 laps. Read Less … Franchitti returned to the IndyCar series for 2009 in the Target Chip Ganassi Racing #10 car, replacing Dan Wheldon who moved to Panther Racing. Read Less He debuted for the team in the non points race at Surfers Paradise in Australia on 25 October 2008.

… Read More He qualified 4th of 24 drivers and was running third when he spun and stalled the car, resulting in a lap-down finish of 16th. He led 2 laps and set the fastest lap of the race. Read Less Show Less 2009 marked a successful return to IndyCar for Franchitti scooping five wins, two second and two third placings and taking the series championship in his second consecutive attempt over teammate Scott Dixon by 11 points. … Read More Franchitti got off to a steady if unspectacular start; through the first 5 races, Dario had 1 pole, 3 Top 5 finishes and 4 Top 10s. However, at the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500, it all came together for him. Starting on the outside of the first row (#3), Franchitti had the best car of the day, leading over 150 laps to take his 2nd win in the past four years. This is also his 24th win in American Open-wheel driving, placing him in the top 20 all-time.

The win also makes him the 18th multiple-win driver in the history of the Indianapolis 500.<br /><br /> In October, Franchitti will travel to Australia to compete in a special round of the V8 Supercar championship in which he and 17 other international drivers will pair up with regular V8 drivers in two endurance races at the Gold Coast Street Circuit, a former venue for Indycar. He will drive for Jim Beam Racing with Steve Johnson. Read Less For the 2009 Rolex 24 At Daytona he once again drove for Chip Ganassi Racing in a Lexus-Riley. … Read More He finished 5th overall with Scott Dixon and Alex Lloyd. Read Less He participated in the 2009 12 Hours of Sebring for Highcroft Racing with Scott Sharp and David Brabham. … Read More They finished 15th overall and were the first non-finishers. Read Less He returned to Highcroft Racing with Scott Sharp and David Brabham for the 2009 Petit Le Mans.

Hollywood actress Ashley Judd says she will always love racing driver husband Dario Franchitti despite their split - Daily Record Entertainment Hollywood actress Ashley Judd says she will always love racing driver husband Dario Franchitti despite their split JUDD, who was married to Bathgate racing champ, Franchitti for over a decade, has spoke about the couple's split and how they will always be friends. Share Dario Franchitti with his wife actress Ashley Judd before their shock split. (Photo: Reuters) Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Actress Ashley Judd says she’ll always love her Scots husband Dario Franchitti even though they split 14 months ago. The 45-year-old Kiss the Girls star and the Bathgate-born Indy 500 champion separated last year after 11 years of marriage. But she said: “He’ll always be my loved one. “Even before our wedding, we agreed not to tell people about our relationship but to show them instead.

“What we’re showing them now is we’re human, we’re family, and this is what family look like.” After their separation, Ashley rushed to Dario’s bedside when he was seriously injured in a 200mph crash at the Houston Grand Prix last October. He suffered two broken vertebrae, a fractured right ankle and concussion and was forced to retired from the sport. Dario, 40, said: “I’m very lucky to be here. My brain is still pretty damaged and it’s going to take a while to get back to normal.” The couple wed in a lavish ceremony at Skibo Castle, near Dornoch, Sutherland, in 2001. Announcing their split in January last year, they said: “We’ll continue to cherish our relationship based on the special love, integrity and respect we have always enjoyed.” There were reports they had got back together after Dario’s accident but Ashley says their relationship is complicated. In her new film Divergent, which is out next month, the Hollywood star plays a woman who is a misfit in a society which is divided into strict factions.

Ashley said she could relate to her character because she felt like an outsider growing up with her famous mother and older half-sister, country music legends Naomi and Wynonna Judd. Asked what she would do if she met her troubled, younger self, she said: “I’d hold her. Adolescence was exceedingly difficult for me. “Only when I got into therapy and started to understand what neglect looked like was I able to ask, ‘Where were the teachers? Where was everybody?’” As for the future, Ashley sees herself as a “joyful” old lady. She said she wants to be: “A feminist committed to social justice. A homebody. A Kentucky basketball fan. But mostly, a woman who has her priorities in order.” Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent Dario Franchitti, Personal life, IndyCar Series, 2003 Dario Franchitti : biography 19 May 1973 - He moved up to Formula Vauxhall Lotus in 1992, where he joined Paul Stewart Racing. In his first year, he finished fourth in the overall championship, and was named the McLaren/Autosport Young Driver of the Year.

Staying with the team for the next season, he won the championship in 1993. He graduated to the British Formula Three Championship in 1994, where he finished fourth and won one race in his first year. However, he was not retained for 1995 which was his final year in single-seaters in Europe. Instead, Franchitti was contracted by AMG Racing to drive a works Mercedes C-Class in the German Touring Car Championship and the related International Touring Car Championship, where he finished fifth and third respectively. He continued in the ITC in 1996, finishing fourth overall with one race win. Franchitti performed test driver duties for the Jaguar F1 team under his mentor Jackie Stewart in the 2000 Formula One season, but was not able to secure a drive in the World Championship. Personal life Franchitti married American actress Ashley Judd in December 2001 at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, Scotland. On 29 January 2013, the couple officially announced their decision to divorce. Franchitti is the son of Marina and George Franchitti. Most of his ancestry is Italian, with some Scottish.

His parents were both born in Scotland. Originally from Bathgate, his family moved to nearby Whitburn when he was eight years old. He is a former pupil of Stewart's Melville College and he supports Celtic Football Club. He lists some of his favourite television shows as Gavin & Stacey, Shameless and Rab C. Nesbitt. His brother is Marino Franchitti, while Paul di Resta, a racing driver, is a cousin of Franchitti. Di Resta is a current race driver for the Force India F1 Team. IndyCar Series 2003 Franchitti moved with the Andretti Green team to the IndyCar Series in 2003 but his season was ended by a back injury sustained in a motorcycle accident while on holiday in Scotland. Franchitti missed most of the year, and his place was taken by Dan Wheldon at Motegi, Robby Gordon at Indianapolis, and Bryan Herta for the remainder of the year (with Wheldon taking over a regular role from retiring team boss Michael Andretti).

2004 Franchitti returned to the cockpit in 2004, and won his first IRL IndyCar Series race on 25 July at the Milwaukee Mile. He followed this win up with a win at Pikes Peak on 22 August. 2005 Franchitti returned to Andretti Green Racing again, and had 2 wins. The first win came at Nashville. His last win of the year came at the 2005 season finale at California. 2007 On 3 January 2007, Andretti Green Racing announced that Franchitti had re-signed for the IRL team for a tenth consecutive season in American Open Wheel racing. That year he also undertook a limited programme in the American Le Mans Series driving an Acura ARX-01, teaming up with his younger brother, Marino Franchitti and long-time AGR team-mate Bryan Herta. On 27 May 2007, Franchitti won a rain-shortened Indianapolis 500, finishing under a yellow flag after an accident involving Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti following lap 163. The race was halted due to rain three laps later.

His prize money of $1.6m was equal to the entire purse for the 1982 race. During the 2007 season, Franchitti survived two huge crashes which saw his car flip upside down both times. The first at Michigan saw him tangle with Dan Wheldon resulting in his car flipping before being hit again by Scott Dixon. The contact with Dixon was only inches away from his head and the accident saw seven cars (including Franchitti) retire from the race. The second flip came a week later at Kentucky. As Franchitti crossed the start/finish line to finish the race, the Scotsman who had not realised the chequered flag had been waved continued to race and crashed into the back of Kosuke Matsuura flipping yet again and hitting the outside wall. Franchitti took full responsibility for the incident. Ashley Judd | Missing Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Ashley was born as Ashley Tyler Ciminella in Granada Hills, California. She is the daughter of Naomi Judd, a country music singer and motivational speaker, and Michael C. Ciminella, a marketing analyst for the horseracing industry.

Ashley's elder half-sister, Wynonna, also is a country music singer. Her paternal grandfather was of Sicilian descent, and her paternal grandmother was a descendant of Mayflower pilgrim William Brewster. At the time of her birth, her mother was unemployed and did not become well known as a singer until the early 1980s. Judd's parents divorced in 1972, and in 1973 her mother took her back to her native Kentucky, where Judd spent the majority of her childhood. She also lived in Marin County, California, for two years during grade school. She appeared on an April 8, 2011 episode of the NBC television show, Who Do You Think You Are? where she learned that an ancestor that served in the American Civil War lost his leg at the Battle of Saltville I, Virginia, and not at Andersonville prison, as she previously believed. Judd attended 13 schools before college, including the Sayre School in Lexington, Kentucky, Paul G. Blazer High School in Ashland Kentucky and Franklin High School in Tennessee. She briefly tried modeling in Japan during a school break.

An alumna of the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Kentucky, she majored in French and minored in anthropology, art history, theater and women's studies. She spent a semester studying in France as part of her major, a move that mirrored her role as Reed in the television series Sisters. She graduated from the UK Honors Program and was nominated to Phi Beta Kappa, but did not graduate with her class.[9] Forgoing her commitment to join the Peace Corps, after college she drove to Hollywood, where she studied with well-respected acting teacher, Robert Carnegie, at Playhouse West. During this time, she worked as a hostess at The Ivy restaurant and lived in a Malibu rental house, which burned down during the great Malibu fires of fall 1993. On May 9, 2007, it was announced Judd had completed her bachelor's degree in French from the University of Kentucky. In a May 2007 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Judd explained she had completed her degree requirements in 1990 with 27 more hours taken than the required 120 hours, but had mistakenly thought she was one class short.

She only needed to "sign a piece of paper" in order to graduate. DeGeneres then surprised Judd by presenting her with her diploma, which Ellen had acquired from the university. Judd subsequently earned a Master in Public Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2010. Career Edit Judd appeared as Ensign Robin Lefler, a Starfleet officer, in two 1991 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Darmok" and "The Game". From 1991 to 1994, she had a recurring role as Reed, the daughter of Alex (Swoosie Kurtz), on the NBC drama Sisters. She made her feature film debut with a small role in 1992's Kuffs. In 1993 Judd fought for and was cast in her first starring role playing the title character in Victor Nuñez's Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Winning, Ruby in Paradise.

On her way to the audition, she was so nervous about getting a role that she felt defined her life, she nearly wrecked her car."From the first three sentences, I knew it was written for me," she told the San Jose Mercury News. She received rave reviews playing Ruby Lee Gissing, a young woman trying to make a new life for herself, and it was this performance that would launch her career as an actress. Nunez told author James L. Dickerson that the resonance of the character was Judd's creation: "The resonance, those moments, was not contrived. It was just a matter of creating the scene and trusting that it was worth telling. Oliver Stone, who had seen her in Nuñez's film, cast Judd in Natural Born Killers, but her scenes were later cut from the version of the film released theatrically. The following year she gained further critical acclaim for her role as Harvey Keitel's estranged daughter in Wayne Wang's Smoke and also as Val Kilmer's wife in Michael Mann's Heat. That same year she also played the role of Callie in Philip Ridley's dark, adult fairy tale, The Passion of Darkly Noon.

By the end of the 1990s, Judd had managed to achieve significant fame and success as a leading actress, after leading roles in several thrillers that performed well at the box office, including Kiss the Girls in 1997 and 1999's Double Jeopardy. In June 2000, Judd flew to Austin, Texas to begin work on "Where the Heart Is," a film adapted from the novel of the same name by Billie Letts. Judd's co-star was Natalie Portman, the hottest up-and-coming actress at that time. When Judd spoke her emotionally painful lines about the abuse of her children, Portman became so engrossed that she almost lost her place in the script. It prompted Portman to tell a Nashville reporter that it was the best acting she'd seen up close.

Critics agreed that it was Judd's best performance since "Ruby in Paradise." Several of her early 2000s films, including 2001's Someone Like You and 2002's High Crimes, received only mixed reviews and moderate box office success; although, she did receive positive recognition, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, for her performance in the 2004 biography of Cole Porter, De-Lovely, opposite Kevin Kline. Judd is currently the magazine advertising "face" of American Beauty, an Estée Lauder cosmetic brand sold exclusively at Kohl's department stores, and H. Stern jewelers. In June 2007, Goody's Family Clothing announced they were going to be releasing three fashion clothing lines with Judd in the Fall to be called – "AJ", "Love Ashley" and "Ashley Judd." Regarding the clothing line, Judd said, "I'm thrilled to be involved in a clothing line that provides simple, lovely solutions for women's wardrobes. I've always loved items that you can throw on easily and know that you'll feel and look good.

This line does just that, while keeping with the best of current styles and trends." On April 5, 2011, Judd released her memoir All That is Bitter and Sweet where she talks about her trials and tribulations from adolescence to adulthood.Judd has also run into controversy after comments she made about Hip Hop being a "rape culture". Judd asserts that she was just basing her comments on observation and was not trying to offend anyone within the Hip Hop community. She will star in the new TV drama Missing on ABC, starting March 15, 2012. Personal Life Edit In December 1999, Judd became engaged to Scottish racing driver Dario Franchitti, who was at the time driving in Champ Car World Series (he has since raced in IndyCar and NASCAR). The two were married at Skibo Castle, near Dornoch, Scotland, on December 12, 2001. She and her husband divide their time between a home in Scotland and their farm outside Franklin, Tennessee, USA. The couple has no children.

Although Judd is best known for regularly attending University of Kentucky basketball games (frequently sitting in the student section), she has also attended several Kentucky football games. Last year, Judd was a guest columnist for a local Kentucky newspaper, writing about the NCAA championships. She is frequently sought out for celebrity camera shots during televised games. Judd posed for a poster wearing only a ice hockey jersey for fund raising purposes for the University of Kentucky's hockey team. She is also an avid practitioner of yoga, cooking, and gardening. In February 2006, Judd entered a program at Shades of Hope Treatment Center in Buffalo Gap, Texas and stayed for 47 days. She was there because of personal issues, including depression, insomnia and codependency. A disagreement between Judd and Indy race car driver Milka Duno took place during the 2007 Indy Racing League season. After the final race of the 2007 season, the actress stated to the assembled news media, "I know this is not very sportsmanlike, but they've got to get the 23 car (Duno) off the track. It's very dangerous. I'm tired of holding my tongue. She shouldn't be out there.

When a car is 10 miles (an hour) off the pace, it's not appropriate to be racing. People's lives are at stake." Judd was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky on May 9, 2009. In July 2009, Judd enrolled at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in the Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA) program. On May 27, 2010, Judd received her degree. Humanitarian work Edit Ashley Judd's philanthropic contributions have centered around becoming a global ambassador for YouthAIDS, a prevention program under the Population Services International. She has been a member of their Board of Directors since 2004, also. Judd has travelled with YouthAIDS to places affected by illness and poverty such as Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, and many others. Inspired by her travels, which allowed her to witness the life of the poor and uneducated, she has since become an advocate for preventing poverty and promoting awareness internationally.

She has donated her time and met with political and religious leaders, heads of states, diplomats, and leaders on behalf of the deprived to convey the message to those who have the power to bring about political and social change. Judd has also donated her time and resources towards filming three award-winning documentaries for YouthAIDS which aired internationally on the Discovery Channel, in National Geographic, and on VH1. She personally advocates for a balanced and integrated approach to empower human rights and global health, and to prevent social atrocities. In 2011, Judd joined the Leadership Council of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Other organizations Judd have been involved with include the Women for Women International, and Equality Now, along with other non-governmental organizations which center around bringing attention to social, educational, health, economic, cultural, and financial funding of the unfortunate.

Philanthropic contributions Edit Judd has supported the following charities and foundations; Children's Medical Research Institute, Creative Coalition, Defenders of Wildlife, Eracism Foundation, Five & Alive, Jeans for Genes, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), Listen Campaign, Malaria No More, Population Services International, SixDegrees.org, YouthAIDS, Women for Women International and Equality Now. Political activities Edit In 2008, Judd supported Barack Obama's presidential campaign. In 2009, she appeared in a one-minute video advertisement for the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, in which Judd condemned Alaska governor Sarah Palin for supporting aerial wolf hunting. In response, Palin stated the reason these wolves are killed is to protect the caribou population in Alaska, and she called the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund an "extreme fringe group". In 2010, Judd signed the Animal Legal Defense Fund's petition to urge Governor Steve Beshear to protect Kentucky's homeless animals through tough enforcement of the state's Humane Shelter Law. Judd is active in humanitarian and political causes.

She was appointed Global Ambassador for YouthAIDS, an education and prevention program of the international NGO Population Services International (PSI), promoting AIDS prevention and treatment, and speaks and demonstrates at pro-choice events. Judd was honored November 10 as the recipient of the fourth annual USA TODAY Hollywood Hero, awarded for her work with PSI. Judd received the award at a private award gala on the evening of November 10, 2009 at The Montage Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills. Guests enjoyed special celebrity tributes to Ashley Judd, dinner, a silent auction and an exciting live auction, with all proceeds to benefit PSI. On October 29, 2006, Judd appeared at a "Women for Ford" event for Democratic Tennessee Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr. She has also campaigned extensively locally and nationally for a variety of Democratic candidates, including President Barack Obama in critical swing states. On September 8, 2010, CNN interviewed Judd about her second humanitarian mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Judd traveled with the Enough Project, a project to end genocide and crimes against humanity.

In the interview, Judd discussed her efforts to raise awareness about how conflict minerals fuel sexual violence in Congo. During her trip, Judd visited hospitals for victims of sexual violence, camps for displaced persons, mines, and civil society organizations. On September 30, 2010, CNN.com published an Op-ed titled "Ashley Judd: Electronics fuel unspeakable violence" by Ashley Judd and the Enough Project's co-founder John Prendergast regarding the continued violence in Congo. Her Op-ed discusses the recent provision in the Dodd-Frank Reform bill that requires companies to prove where their minerals originated. On November 26, 2010, The Huffington Post published an Op-ed by Ashley Judd titled "Costs of Convenience". The Op-ed is excerpted from Ashley Judd's trip diary from her trip to eastern Congo. Judd describes the link between her cell phone, laptop, MP3 player, and e-reader and the continued rape and sexual violence in Congo. Judd also explains the immediate need for electronics companies to commit to tracing, auditing, and certifying the minerals in their products to guarantee a clean supply chain.

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Born in Scotland on May 19, 1973, Franchitti earned his first title at age 11 in the 1984 Scottish Junior Kart Championship. By 1986 he was a two-time British junior champion, and he went on to win the senior title in 1988. Following his early success, the Scot progressed to Formula Vauxhall where he won his maiden championship in 1991. Following the success, a partnership with Paul Stewart, son of three-time Formula 1 world champion Sir Jackie Stewart, ensued. Racing in the Formula Vauxhall Lotus championship, he finished second in his rookie season, earning him the honour of being the 1992 McLaren Autosport young driver of the year—a prestigious award won by the likes of David Coulthard and Jenson Button. He won the same championship the following season. Following this he continued with single seater racing but was unimpressive in his maiden British Formula Three season. Despite winning a single race, he was dropped by his team ahead of the 1996 season. As a consequence Franchitti cast his eye upon the German Touring Car Championship, racing for AMG racing.

He finished fifth in the 1996 championship and third in ’97. The following season he diverted his attention to Champ Car. Franchitti established himself as a leading driver in the CART series but could only manage a best finish of second in the 1999 championship standings. He finished third in 1998, his second season, some 125 points behind winner Alex Zanardi. Following his runner-up finish to Juan Pablo Montoya, his car’s form dropped and in the following three seasons, he only achieved four wins; he earned five in his first three. Nick Laham/Getty Images Franchitti is a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. Franchitti made his IndyCar debut in 2003, but his first full season was ended after two races, with a back injury sustained in a motorcycle accident in his native Scotland. After Dan Wheldon and Robby Gordon deputised for him, his place was finally occupied by Bryan Herta for the remainder of the season.

His first win came in 2004 at the Milwaukee 225, but it was not until 2007 that he was able to piece together a flurry of consistent results. Franchitti achieved his maiden Indy 500 victory in 2007 and went on to secure the series championship, beating Scott Dixon by thirteen points. He then left IndyCar for a failed attempt at NASCAR. Racing for Chip Ganassi Racing in 2008, his best finish was 22nd at the Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. He returned to IndyCar racing in 2009 and has subsequently won three consecutive series championships. His second victory at Indianapolis occurred in 2010, holding off Dan Wheldon in second position and Marco Andretti in third. Franchitti led 155 of the 200 laps making him a fitting winner. He won his second Indy 500 title in 2012 in dramatic fashion. At the entry to turn 1 in the final lap of the race, Takuma Sato tried to make a move on the inside of Franchitti’s No. 50 car.

The two cars touched, which sent Sato to wall. Franchitti miraculously managed to maintain control of the car. Outside of the racing arena, Dario Franchitti is married to American actress Ashley Judd. The couple have been wed since 2001, but at present, have no children. The marriage ceremony took place at Skibo Castle, Scotland. They currently live near Franklin, Tennessee. Franchitti is a supporter of Celtic football club. Ashley Judd Photos, Biography, Picture Gallery, hot pics , profile | Entwagon Know more about Ashley Judd relationships, education, family... Ashley Judd Biography Ashley Taylor Judd (Ciminella) was born April 19, 1968 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the youngest daughter of Naomi Judd and Michael Ciminella. Ashley graduated from Franklin High School in Franklin Tennessee in 1986. She then attended the University of Kentucky where she majored in French and gradu- ated Phi Beta Kappa in 1990. In 1996, she was named one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People In The World".

She comes from one of the more preeminent families in the entertainment industry, but Ashley Judd has tried hard to find her own path - and has done so too much acclaim. She is quickly amassing enough Hollywood clout to rival her mother and sister's Country music fame. The Judd family did not always have an easy life. They grew up dirt poor in Kentucky while mother Naomi and daughter Wynonna attempted to make it as singers. They moved around the State often, never remaining in the same home for long. The family made ends meet by growing their own vegetables and making their own soap and they seldom had any running water or electricity. However, when mom and sis finally got their break, it opened up whole new doors for young Ashley. She had always been a sensitive and intelligent child with an active imagination. When the family finally had some cash, Ashley was able to attend the University of Kentucky, where she studied French and graduated with honors in 1990. Even today, Ashley has the reputation of an intelligent and verbose celebrity with just the right dash of southern charm. When school was done, Ashley flirted with the idea of becoming a Peace Corps volunteer, but instead took Wynona's advice and headed to Hollywood.

Although she was new on the scene, it didn't take her long to find work. She impressed casting agents with her charm and radiant confidence. The first role she was offered was in Christian Slater's Kuffs, but she surprisingly turned it down due to the required nude scene. The producers were impressed with her moxy and offered another minor role instead so that she could get her SAG card. Since then, Ashley has continued to impress, taking roles selectively and carefully managing her career. She has turned down roles in films starring her mom and sister in order to distance herself from their fame, but has earned it in her own right. Judd has quickly become both a darling of the critics and of audiences after roles in films like Smoke and Heat. She also won an Independent Spirit Award for her role in 1993's Ruby in Paradise. A romantic at heart, she has already purchased her dream house. It is an old home which she intends to remodel with C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia as her inspiration; in other words, full of cubby holes and secret nooks and crannies. Ashley Judd is married to IndyCar driver, Dario Franchitti.

On December 12, 2001 the two were married at Skibo Castle, near Dornoch, Scotland. Befire marriage she dated baseball player Brady Anderson, singers Lyle Lovett and Michael Bolton, and actors Matthew McConaughey and Robert De Niro.

Question: Which Indycar racing driver married American actress Ashley Judd in 2001 at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, Scotland?
Answer: Dario Franchitti