Franchitti: IndyCar meeting 'positive'posted in INDY25 | 10 | 2011

BATHGATE'S DARIO FRANCHITTI has deemed the meeting he, and a number of drivers, had with championship CEO Randy Bernard as "positive".

The meeting came after Bernard invited drivers for a meeting following the death of England's Dan Wheldon in the season finale at Las Vegas nine days ago. 

Understandably, safety was high on the agenda at the three-hour meeting held by the group, which is similar to Formula One's Grand Prix Drivers' Association, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

"We all got to talk a lot, listen a lot and just look at going forward; how do we improve things really in all areas," four-time IndyCar champ Franchitti, who attended his friend's funeral in Florida at the weekend, said today.

"I think it was a very positive and productive meeting, and that is the first step today.

"There's still a lot of heavy hearts but everybody is very positive and everybody had ideas. We're all on the same page; we're all trying to improve things.

"It obviously was a massive shock what happened to Dan last week and we saw with the MotoGP, with the death of Marco Simonelli, that racing is a dangerous business. 

"We're trying to make it as safe as possible; that's always been the goal."

Dario and his close friend Dan

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Jim McGill