“I was looking down, and looking in the mirror. He was fast. Dixon moved with one of matching Mario Andretti s 52 victories for the second-most on the career list that AJ Foyt tops with 67. Dixon has now won a race in 19 different seasons, breaking a tie with Foyt for the most. Dixon last year won his sixth season title, one short of Foyt s record seven.
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Scott Dixon has shown his class to win in Texas again. “I never dreamed of that. I feel so lucky and so privileged to do what I get to do, he said.
By Paul Kelly | Published: May 1, 2021
Scott Dixon schooled the rest of the Genesys 300 field in an oval-racing clinic Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway, leading a race-record 206 of 212 laps for his first victory of the 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season.
Dixon drove the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to victory by .2646 of a second over fellow New Zealand native Scott McLaughlin in the No. 3 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet, who was racing on an oval for the first time. Pato O’Ward finished third in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet.
“It was a bit of a crazy night for us,” Dixon said. “Definitely very tense there at the end. It was kind of cool to be racing a countryman for the last few laps. Fifth win at Texas, baby! That was awesome.”
Scott Dixon wins IndyCar at Texas again ahead of rookie Scott McLaughlin Definitely the most happy I ve ever been finishing second, Scott McLaughlin said.
It was another dominating victory for Dixon at Texas Motor Speedway, winning Saturday night in the first of two races on consecutive days at the series first oval this season. He passed Chip Ganassi Racing teammate and polesitter Alex Palou at the start of the third lap and went on to lead 206 of 212 laps for his 51st career victory, the fifth at the high-banked, 1 1/2-mile track in the Lone Star State.
The 40-year-old Dixon finished .2646 seconds ahead of McLaughlin, the 27-year-old Team Penske driver and three-time defending Australian V8 Supercars champion.
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Scott McLaughlin finished second in his IndyCar oval circuit debut as Scott Dixon had another dominating victory at Texas, winning in the first of two races on consecutive days at the IndyCar Series first oval track this season.
Dixon passed Chip Ganassi Racing teammate and polesitter Alex Palou at the start of the third lap and went on to lead 206 of 212 laps for his 51st career victory, his fifth at the high-banked, 2.4km Texas Motor Speedway.
The 40-year-old New Zealander finished .2646 seconds ahead of fellow countryman McLaughlin, a 27-year-old IndyCar rookie in his first oval race.
Scott Dixon dominates at Texas for first win of season
Field Level Media
02 May 2021, 14:05 GMT+10
Scott Dixon put on a clinic at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday at Fort Worth, Texas, winning there for the fifth time in his career.
Dixon led a 1-2 Kiwi finish in his Honda-powered Dallara as fellow New Zealander Scott McLaughlin, driving a Team Penske Chevrolet, trailed him to the checkered flag by a mere .2646 of a second as Dixon led a record 206 of 212 laps for Chip Ganassi Racing. Huge result for a race for a couple of Kiwis, which is great to see, Dixon said. Commenting preseason, people are like, How do you feel about having another Kiwi on the grid?