Career
He has spent the majority of his career racing in sports cars and grand tourers, with a career highlight of winning the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring. These were times for learning and initially, results were poor and it was not clear that Marino had the talent to succeed. He moved on to Formula Vauxhall in 1998.
In 2003, he was a development driver for Scuderia Ecosse"s Ferrari 360 effort, racing with the team at the 12 Hours of Sebring.
In 2004, he was a driver for the Panoz Esperante factory team in ALMS as well as making a few Le Mans Series starts in a Porsche. He continued with the Panoz works outfit for the 2005 season, driving in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In 2006, he returned to Scuderia Ecosse for their effort in FIA GT as well as making assorted other appearances in high-profile sports car endurance races, including the 24 Hours of Daytona for SAMAX Motorsport. Marino started with the team at the next race in Saint Pete.
Both Franchitti brothers left the team after the 2007 season and while Dario went to National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, Marino continued in the ALMS, switching to Dyson Racing"s Porsche RS Spyder, partnering with Butch Leitzinger.
He remained with the team for 2009, which fielded a Mazda powered Lola B09/86. He moved to Highcroft Racing for three events in 2010. In 2011, Franchitti finished second at the Twelve Hours of Sebring in the Highcroft Racing Honda Performance Development ARX-01e, which turned out to be the car"s first and only race.
He made an end-of-year start with Level 5 Motorsports in one of its Honda Performance Development ARX-01g"s at the Petit Le Mans.
Foreign 2012, Franchitti has been confirmed as the first driver of the Highcroft Racing DeltaWing, which will run as the 56th and unclassified entrant in the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. Marino also drove for the PR1/Mathasian Motorsports Personal Computer team in select races, winning in his class at Mid-Ohio.
In 2013, Franchitti was hired by Level 5 Motorsports to drive an HPD ARX-03b for the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring. Later, Level 5 signed on Franchitti for a full-season effort in P2.