Dixon, for the first time, lead for this entire oddball, COVID-infected season, and his lead diminished as the race went on, but was good enough by a scant 16 points. And at 40, Dixon has time to win a seventh.ĭixon, by finishing third, did what he had to do to take the championship back from Josef Newgarden, who, by winning the race, did all he could do to catch Dixon, but he came up a bit short.

Petersburg Grand Prix, Scott Ronald Dixon won his sixth-his sixth!-Ind圜ar title, pulling him two past Mario Andretti and to within one of A.J. Sunday afternoon, in a strange, crash-filled race on a super-slick street course at the St. Dixon was the first driver 40 years old or older to win the Ind圜ar championship since Nigel Mansell in 1993.ĭoes Scott Dixon belong in the same discussion for 'best ever' as guys like Mario Andretti and A.J.Dixon's title was his sixth in Indy cars, one short of A.J.Scott Dixon finished third on Sunday to hold off race-winner Josef Newgarden by 16 points for the NTT Ind圜ar Series championship.

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