Million reasons for Dario to remain undecided. Scot plays down NASCAR talks as title celebrations continue. source: crash.net Dario Franchitti was honoured with a $1million cheque for securing his first open-wheel title in the United States, and admitted that it was not yet certain that he will be headed for NASCARin 2008. Although the rumour mill insists that he is poised to be unveiled as David Stremme's replacement in the #40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge, Franchitti insists that he has not made his decision about moving away from open-wheel racing. "There's a lot of factors and, at the appropriate time, I'll think about it," he told nascar.com, "Right now, I don't see it being the appropriate time. We just won the championship and we're in sort of the celebration stage of that. I'm not going to really think about my future until the end of this week, or the start of next week, at the earliest." Stremme has been told that he has no future at Ganassi next season, and Franchitti admits that there is some desire to try NASCAR, fuelling the speculation. "NASCAR would be something different, something I haven't done," he confirmed, "Apart from Formula One, it's probably one of the few things I haven't driven. So that would be one of the reasons to look at that, But I suppose one of the options is to do nothing next year, to say 'thanks very much, I've had a good time.'' ''I'm going to go hang out somewhere quiet, on a beach', but I really don't know yet. I've been quite disciplined in not allowing myself to [make a decision], so we'll see." Franchitti and Indy Pro Series champion Alex Lloyd were among those recognised for their 2007 achievements during the Indy Racing League Championship Celebration at IndianapolisMotor Speedway.
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