Scott Dixon
Scott Dixon
Scott Ronald Dixon MNZMis a New Zealand professional racing driver. Competing for Chip Ganassi Racing since joining IndyCar, Dixon has won the championship in 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2015, and he won the 92nd Indianapolis 500 in 2008 from pole position. With 39 wins, Dixon is the leading non-U.S. driver in American Championship Cars, and is the leading driver in the current IndyCar Series with 38 wins...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth22 July 1980
CityBrisbane, Australia
car courses difficult fuel good great knew lap rewarding road season strategy target team track win
This is just such a great win for me and the Target team because we knew we had the car for this track which is very difficult and also rewarding when you put a good lap together. ... We had to have good fuel strategy and we knew this track was all about momentum. It's good to come back to the road courses and win once again. This one win makes this very difficult season so much better.
beside closed door knew sort
Going into (Turn) 5, I got beside him and he sort of closed the door as well, so I pretty much thought he knew I was there.
car decent fell good last lost run spots
I'm pretty disappointed because we had such a good run going. The car was just fantastic. On that last stop, I lost the clutch, stalled it and fell back too many spots to make a decent comeback.
bring california car cause certainly circle drive effort field further great greater help hope impact impressed last media pink privilege race response satisfying season step target teams touches trip victory year
I had the privilege to drive the pink Target car in last year's race at California Speedway and I was really impressed with the overwhelming response we had from fans, media and other teams as well. It's a cause that touches us all and it's great that the team was able to take it a step further this year and field two pink cars. We hope to make an even greater impact in this year's race and certainly a trip to victory circle would help that effort and bring our 2005 season to a much more satisfying end.
general good needed nice people power pulled speed speeds team
It was a good day. I think the team in general got through what they needed to get through. I think at the end it was more about tows, so the speed doesn't say much. I think we were more comfortable at those speeds than some others. Some people pulled out some big laps. All in all, I'm pretty happy. Its nice to have some power and be consistently at the top.
car good today
It's disappointing, but having a car that good today bodes well for (Indy).
apart car front speed
Apart from that, the car was pretty good. I just didn't have the speed at the end because of the front wing.
bit compound everybody few follow good last lost move near nice scoreboard spot street team test tires top
It went well. It was a good follow up to what we did in Phoenix. It's nice to be near the top of the scoreboard at the end of each day. I think we kind of got a little bit lost during the mid-part of the day with the compound of tires we had here. We didn't get much out of it in the last few runs. For a team test and everybody here, we got what we need to get done. Hopefully, we'll move up a qualifying spot for the St. Petersburg street race.
broke front second somehow tires turn
We went into the second stint on tires and somehow broke the front wing. I just couldn't turn right.
level money playing
There's not as much money in the series, but it's a level playing field.
deserves group relief
This is such a relief for the team. This group really deserves it. I'm just overwhelmed.
deserves everybody fun great group hard job loves ran relief strong true
This is such a relief for the team, ... They did a great job all day and this group really deserves it. Watkins Glen is a true drivers' track; everybody loves it. It is a lot of fun but it was a hard race. We ran strong all day, and this is a great feeling.
driver lift maybe pressure thinking
As a driver you're always second-guessing yourself, thinking maybe you're the problem. It does lift the pressure off.
car clicked confident courses good great handling hold laps needed passes power ran road strong sure team weekend
The team has been working so good on the road courses this year. The whole weekend really clicked for us. I thought it was a really good race. We made the passes when we needed to -- and we had the power and the handling to do it. We had a really good car and the whole team did a great job. I was confident we could hold them off before the yellow, but wasn't sure about the re-start. We got a great start, though, and ran some really strong laps at the end.