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Scott Dixon
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Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Biography
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Scott Dixon has spent most of his life behind the wheel of a race car. The son of two dirt-track racers, Dixon climbed behind the wheel of a car for the first time when he was 13 and won the championship in the New Zealand Formula Vee after being granted a special license to compete.
He was the then-youngest winner of a major open-wheel event (Nazareth in 2002) and has won the 2003 and 2008 IndyCar Series championship with Target Chip Ganassi Racing. He won his first race IndyCar Series race in the 2003 season opener and it catapulted him to the title. He set the pace early in 2008, winning from the pole in the season opener at Homestead.
Dixon, who was born in Australia but is a New Zealand citizen, was honored as the New Zealand Sportsman of the Year in the off-season.
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Career Stats |
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| 2008 | | | |
- Finished first in IndyCar Series standings for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
- Won 92nd Indianapolis 500 among six victories. Tied series record at Kentucky with sixth victory.
- Moved into points lead after 500-Mile Race victory.
- Added 14 top-five finishes and six pole starts.
- Became series leader for laps led in a season with 889, and became fifth series driver to lead more than 2,000 laps.
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| 2007 | | | |
- Finished second in IndyCar Series standings for Target Chip Ganassi Racing with victories at Watkins Glen, Nashville, Mid-Ohio and Infineon.
- Became third IndyCar Series driver to win three consecutive races with victories at Watkins Glen, Nashville and Mid-Ohio.
- Joined Dan Wheldon as only drivers to win three consecutive races at one track when he won at Watkins Glen.
- Recorded a series-best 13 top-five and 16 top-10 finishes. Led a series-best 13 of 17 races.
- Finished first or second in 10 of the 17 races.
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| 2006 | | | |
- Won at Watkins Glen International for the second year in a row and at Nashville Superspeedway.
- Finished fourth in IndyCar Series standings for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, 15 points behind champion Sam Hornish Jr.
- Was only IndyCar Series driver to be running at the finish in all 14 events.
- Completed a series-high 2,504 of a possible 2,510 laps. Led nine races.
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