He did it once this season at Long Beach. Scott Dixon, enacting another bold fuel-saving strategy that fell into his lap in a race riddled with cautions, crossed the finish line first for the 58th time in his career on Sunday on the streets of Detroit.
Scott Dixon Fastest in Indy 500 Wednesday Practice
The fastest drivers were surprised so many teams worked in qualifying trim. Icon SportswireGetty Images
Scott Dixon was fastest in Wednesday Indianapolis 500 practice but issued no boisterous claims over what it meant or didn’t mean regarding the rest of the month.
The six-time NTT IndyCar Series champion posted a 226.829 mph lap in his No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to pace the six-hour session. Wednesday brought warmer temperatures than opening day and the resulting handling challenges, leaving Dixon wanting more moving forward. I felt like I was little more comfortable yesterday, said Dixon, who was eighth fastest Tuesday at 224.988. Obviously, track conditions are different. The wind direction, especially (Turns) 2 to 4, swaps pretty big. The track temp was up today.