with a second position at the next race at the Milwaukee Mile and a third place result at Watkins Glen International. At the season's final race at California Speedway for the Toyota Indy 400, Franchitti qualified for pole position and held off teammate Tony Kanaan for his second victory of the season. He finished fourth overall with 498 points. At the season's conclusion, Franchitti almost declined an opportunity during negotiations to sign a one-year contract extension because he was thinking of either a career change or retirement since he had attained sub-par results in IndyCar but remained at AGR for the 2006 season. His performance declined after Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) became more developed when IndyCar used only Honda engines, and AGR underperformed on short high-speed oval tracks. He took pole position for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg street course race where suspension failure after colliding with Kosuke Matsuura's damaged car eliminated him from contention. Franchitti qualified 17th for the Indianapolis 500 and came seventh after a late race pit stop for fuel. His final eight races yielded a season-best finish of second at Infineon Raceway and four top-nine finishes. Before the season-ending round at Chicagoland Speedway, Franchitti sustained a concussion in a vintage car accident at the Goodwood Revival and was replaced by A. J. Foyt IV. He was eighth in the points standings with 311 points. For the 2007 season, Franchitti resigned to drive for AGR. He commenced the year finishing the opening four races no lower than seventh with podium finishes at Motegi and Kansas Speedway. Franchitti's season highlight was the Indianapolis 500, which he won after it was ended early after 166 laps by rain and became the race's first Scottish winner since Clark in 1965. After finishing second at the ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 to take the championship lead, he won consecutive races in the inaugural Iowa Corn Indy 250 at the Iowa Speedway and led a race-high 242 in the SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond from pole position. Franchitti took two pole positions at Michigan International Speedway and Infineon Raceway and four top-three finishes over the next seven races to enter the season-concluding Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 three points ahead of CGR's Scott Dixon. He won his first IndyCar championship with the race victory after Dixon's car ran out of fuel on the final lap. Franchitti considered