135 Facts About Scott Dixon

Scott Dixon is a six-time drivers' champion of the IndyCar Series, having claimed the title in 2003,2008,2013,2015,2018 and 2020 and he won the 2008 Indianapolis 500 with CGR.

Scott Dixon began karting at age seven and won 30 major karting titles in his age group across Australia and New Zealand.

Aged 13, Scott Dixon progressed to car racing, winning the 1994 New Zealand Formula Vee Championship, the 1996 New Zealand Formula Ford Class II Championship, the 1998 Australian Drivers' Championship and the 2000 Indy Lights.

Scott Dixon debuted in Championship Auto Racing Teams in 2001 with the PacWest Racing team and won his first major open-wheel race in his third series start before joining CGR in 2002 when PacWest folded due to financial difficulties.

Scott Dixon won his second IndyCar championship in 2008, with five victories.

Scott Dixon finished second to teammate Franchitti in the 2009 season, breaking Sam Hornish Jr.

Scott Dixon won his third series championship with four victories in 2013, and finished third overall with two victories the following season.

Since 2004, Scott Dixon has competed in endurance racing in the American Le Mans Series, the Rolex Sports Car Series, the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well the International Race of Champions and V8 Supercars.

Scott Dixon was named New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year in both 2008 and 2013.

Scott Dixon was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009 and a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit a decade later.

Scott Dixon was born in Brisbane, Australia on 22 July 1980, the youngest child and only son of middle-class New Zealand expatriates Ron and Glenys Scott Dixon.

Scott Dixon's parents raced various types of cars on various circuits, and owned a dirt speedway in Townsville, North Queensland.

Scott Dixon attended Manurewa Central Primary, Green Meadows Intermediate and James Cook High School.

Scott Dixon married former British and Welsh 800 metres champion and television presenter Emma Davies-Dixon in February 2008.

Aged seven, Scott Dixon began racing go-karts after watching his cousins race at Auckland's Mt.

Scott Dixon was encouraged by his parents to pursue a racing career, and was first put into a midget car with a Ironhorse engine at age eight.

Scott Dixon was influenced by the success of New Zealand drivers Chris Amon, Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren.

Scott Dixon's father worked long hours importing Omega karts and cars from Japan, to finance his son's endeavours and borrowed so much money he did not inform his wife about all of it.

Scott Dixon took the 1994 New Zealand Formula Vee Championship at his first attempt to become its youngest champion; He was second in the 1994 New Zealand Formula Class II Championship, and drove the 1994 NZRDC Formula Ford Winter Series.

Scott Dixon rolled a Nissan Sentra saloon car onto its roof during a race at Pukekohe Park Raceway, capturing national attention when footage showed him struggling from the upturned car with a cushion strapped to his back to reach the pedals.

Scott Dixon got race-by-race funding from sponsors and individuals as his family and a small group of local sponsors lost funding.

Scott Dixon initially found it difficult to communicate with team owner Graham Watson because he was not a family member; his school recommended he stop schooling due to his good academic performance and focus on racing.

Scott Dixon was not allowed to access the Australian Institute of Sport for fitness and media training since he was not an Australian citizen.

Scott Dixon finished second in the New Zealand Grand Prix.

SDMS approached Tasman Motorsports owner Steve Horne but was unable to secure enough sponsorship for Scott Dixon to drive for the team, so Scott Dixon was tested by Johansson Motorsports at Sebring International Raceway.

Scott Dixon raced for the team in the 1999 season after legal negotiations with SDMS and additional sponsorship funding.

Scott Dixon underwent intensive training in a weighted helmet to strengthen his neck muscles to combat g-forces.

Scott Dixon accepted following SDMS' decision not to engage in direct contract talks, finalising a five-year contract with 15 days minimum testing with its CART team in April 2000.

Scott Dixon won the title with 155 points, six victories and eight top-four finishes, becoming the series' second-youngest title winner behind Greg Moore.

Scott Dixon's team encouraged him to gain weight before the season began, and he trained with teammate Mauricio Gugelmin; he was concerned about acclimating to the longer CART races and developing race strategies.

Scott Dixon won the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway on his third career start, driving 116 laps without stopping for fuel, becoming the youngest winner of a major open-wheel race at the age of 20 years, 9 months, and 14 days.

Scott Dixon added another top-three finish at Milwaukee Mile and three fourth-place finishes at Chicago Motor Speedway, Road America and Laguna Seca, finishing eighth in the drivers' championship with 98 points and winning the Rookie of the Year award.

Scott Dixon purposefully did not sign a long-term contract with the team so that he could switch to F1 if he impressed teams during testing.

Scott Dixon became compatible with his teammates Bruno Junqueira and Kenny Brack and had to learn about CGR's expectations.

Scott Dixon finished 13th in the final drivers' championship standings with 97 points.

Scott Dixon sustained injuries in an accident with Tony Kanaan at Motegi two races later.

Scott Dixon took successive wins at Pikes Peak International Raceway and Richmond International Raceway and four second places in the next ten races.

Scott Dixon entered the season-ending Chevy 500 at Texas Motor Speedway as one of five title contenders and tied on points with Team Penske's Helio Castroneves, requiring a victory to win the championship.

Scott Dixon finished second, ahead of all other title contenders, to win the championship with 507 points.

Scott Dixon, according to Smith, would occasionally overdrive his car, causing handling issues entering corners.

Scott Dixon stayed at CGR for the 2005 season after signing a contract extension to stay in IndyCar until the conclusion of the 2006 championship in May 2004.

Scott Dixon had implants installed in the corner of his left eye to restore it to optimal sight for oval circuits, and focused fully on IndyCar following F1 testing for the Williams team in Europe and racing in the International Race of Champions early the previous year.

At Watkins Glen for the Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix, Scott Dixon led a event-high 25 laps for his first series victory in 40 races.

Scott Dixon finished 13th in the drivers' championship with 321 points.

Scott Dixon began 2006 with consecutive second-places in St Petersburg and Motegi.

Scott Dixon then won the following wet-weather Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix, his fifth career victory, after passing Buddy Rice with nine laps left.

Scott Dixon went on to achieve victory in the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Speedway four races later by 0.1176 seconds over Wheldon after leading the final 67 laps.

Scott Dixon began the 2007 season with two podium finishes and two fourth places within the first four rounds before qualifying fourth for the Indianapolis 500 and finishing the rain-shortened race second.

Scott Dixon won three consecutive races at Watkins Glen, Nashville and Mid-Ohio, tying a series record set by Brack in the 1998 season and Wheldon in the 2005 championship, lowering Dario Franchitti's points advantage from 65 to 24.

Scott Dixon won the Motorola Indy 300 at Sonoma three rounds later, passing Franchitti's damaged car late in the race to take the championship lead from the latter.

Scott Dixon was second overall with three fewer points than Franchitti going into the season-ending Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 in Chicago, and one of three competitors who could mathematically claim the drivers' championship.

Late on the race's final lap, Scott Dixon was leading when his car ran out of fuel, causing him to finish runner-up to Franchitti with 624 points.

Scott Dixon won the Bombardier Learjet 550 from pole position two races later in Texas, and then the rain-shortened Firestone Indy 200 in Nashville.

Scott Dixon achieved consecutive wins in the Rexall Edmonton Indy at Edmonton City Centre Airport and the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky in which he led 151 laps from pole position after Castroneves ran out of fuel on the final lap.

Scott Dixon led Castroneves by 30 championship points entering the season-ending Peak Antifreeze Indy 300; he won his second series title after finishing 0.0033 seconds behind race winner Castroneves in the series' second-closest finish.

Scott Dixon entered the season-ending Firestone Indy 300 as one of three drivers eligible for the championship.

Scott Dixon finished no lower than eighth in the five rounds that followed, including a second-place finish at Sonoma Raceway.

Scott Dixon was mathematically eliminated from winning the championship after finishing sixth in the Indy Japan 300 at Motegi, but he finished the season by winning the 2010 Cafes do Brasil Indy 300 at Homestead to finish third overall with 547 points.

Scott Dixon won the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio for the third time after leading 50 laps from pole position.

Scott Dixon led 62 laps of the Indy Japan: The Final at Motegi to win the event from pole position three races later.

Scott Dixon was third in the Drivers' Championship with 518 points.

Scott Dixon won the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix at The Raceway on Belle Isle after leading every lap from pole position.

Scott Dixon was one of four drivers eligible for the drivers' championship after finishing fourth in the Grand Prix of Baltimore on the streets of Baltimore.

Scott Dixon finished third in the season-ending MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway for third overall with 435 points.

Scott Dixon signed a three-year contract extension to remain at CGR for the 2013 season and through to the end of the 2015 championship in mid-2012.

Scott Dixon's Honda engined car had less power than Chevrolet engined vehicles.

Scott Dixon finished second at Barber and four other times in the season's first ten rounds.

Scott Dixon started 17th in the Pocono IndyCar 400 at Pocono Raceway and held off teammate Charlie Kimball for his first victory of the season.

Scott Dixon won both races of the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader and moved into second place in the championship standings one week later.

Scott Dixon won the first race of the Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston doubleheader and finished second in the second race to overtake Castroneves as the season-ending MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway approached.

Scott Dixon won his third series title with 577 points after finishing fifth at Auto Club.

Scott Dixon drove a Chevrolet-powered car for the first time in the 2014 season, after CGR switched from Honda to have both the IndyCar and NASCAR teams partnered with the same engine manufacturer.

Scott Dixon finished third once at Barber and had seven top-ten finishes in the first fourteen races of the season before winning the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio after starting 22nd.

Scott Dixon overtook Mike Conway to win the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma two races later.

Scott Dixon finished third in the final championship standings with 604 points after finishing second in the season finale at Auto Club.

Scott Dixon took pole position for the Indianapolis 500 and led 84 laps before finishing fourth due to a lack of speed late in the race.

Scott Dixon started seventh in the Firestone 600 at Texas three races later and led 97 laps in his second victory of the season.

Scott Dixon finished fifth five times in the next six races, including a pole position at the Iowa race.

Scott Dixon was one of six drivers vying for the championship heading into the season-ending GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, securing the race victory and his fourth championship title.

Scott Dixon drove for CGR in the 2016 season after signing a three-year contract extension with the team in mid-2015 and was outperformed by Penske engineering-wise.

Scott Dixon started seventh and led the final 155 laps of the Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix at Phoenix International Raceway for his first win of the season, breaking a series record for wins in consecutive seasons with 12.

Scott Dixon had eight top-ten in the next twelve races after failing to finish three races due to unreliability and one in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio due to an accident with Castroneves and qualifying on pole position for the race at Toronto.

Scott Dixon won the IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen after starting on pole and leading 50 laps.

Scott Dixon finished third at St Petersburg, Barber, and the Indianapolis road course in his first five races.

Scott Dixon took the championship lead from Castroneves by finishing second in the first race of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader, and won the Kohler Grand Prix at Road America three races later.

Scott Dixon finished no lower than tenth in the next six races, including consecutive second places at Gateway Motorsports Park and Watkins Glen, and was three points behind championship leader Josef Newgarden heading into the season-ending GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma.

Scott Dixon finished fourth, putting him third in the final championship standings with 621 points.

Scott Dixon drove a car equipped with a new universal aerodynamic car package for the 2018 season and had no technical disadvantage to Penske.

Scott Dixon took five top-ten finishes, including consecutive podiums at the Indianapolis road course and the Indianapolis 500 in the first six races.

Scott Dixon won the first race of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader after leading 39 laps, and he led the final 119 laps of the DXC Technology 600 at Texas for the championship lead two races later.

Scott Dixon finished no lower than fifth in the year's final five races and took pole position at Gateway.

Scott Dixon won his fifth IndyCar championship finishing second in the season-ending Grand Prix of Sonoma, scoring 678 points.

Scott Dixon signed a multi-year contract extension with CGR through to the end of the 2023 season after rejecting an offer from McLaren CEO Zak Brown to join the brand's IndyCar team for a rumoured three seasons before the 2019 championship.

Scott Dixon won the second race of the hevrolet Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader after starting sixth.

Scott Dixon finished fourth in the final Drivers' Championship standings with 578 points after finishing on the podium twice more at Pocono and Laguna Seca.

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic delayed and shortened the 2020 season to 14 events, and Indiana's lockdown required Scott Dixon to prepare for the year at home.

Scott Dixon then won the GMR Grand Prix at the Indianapolis road course and the first race of the REV Group Grand Prix doubleheader at Road America.

Scott Dixon took second in the first race of the Iowa doubleheader and led a race-high 111 laps in the Indianapolis 500.

Scott Dixon won his 50th career race in the opening round of the following Bommarito Automotive Group 500 doubleheader at Gateway.

Scott Dixon finished no lower than tenth in the final five races, and won his sixth drivers' championship by 16 points over Newgarden in the season-ending Grand Prix of St Petersburg, finishing third.

Scott Dixon started the 2021 championship with a fifth-place finish at Barber and a third-place finish in St Petersburg.

Scott Dixon started third in the first race of the Genesys 300 doubleheader at Texas, leading 206 of 212 laps in his first and only victory of the year to take the championship lead and surpass Foyt's record of winning a race in the most seasons during his 19th season.

Scott Dixon then won two pole positions in the second Genesys 300 race and the Indianapolis 500, losing the championship lead to teammate Alex Palou.

Scott Dixon finished the season with three more podiums and four top-ten finishes and was fourth in the final point standings with 481 points.

Scott Dixon finished in the top ten in each of the first five races of the 2022 season, with a best result of fifth place at Texas.

Scott Dixon won the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix four races later on the streets of downtown Nashville.

Scott Dixon was one of five drivers mathematically eligible to win the championship heading into the season finale, the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca.

Scott Dixon started the 2023 season with a third place at St Petersburg and top ten finishes in the three of the next four races.

Scott Dixon made his endurance racing debut in the 1999 Petit Le Mans, retiring the No 36 Ferrari 333 SP LMP class car he shared with Johansson and Jim Matthews due to gearbox problems.

Scott Dixon competed in the 2004 24 Hours of Daytona with Jimmy Morales, Max Papis, and Scott Pruett, finishing sixth in class and tenth overall in CGR's No 1 Riley MkXI-Lexus Daytona Prototype.

Scott Dixon went on to finish third in the Lexus Grand American 400 alongside Darren Manning.

Scott Dixon finished fourth in the season-ending Discount Tire Sunchaser at Miller Motorsports Park, alongside co-drivers Luis Diaz and Pruett in the No 1 entry.

Scott Dixon entered the 24 Hours of Daytona with Memo Rojas and Wheldon in 2007, retiring after 538 laps when Rojas crashed the No 2 car on the saturated track in the 21st hour for 21st in class and 41st overall.

Scott Dixon raced alongside Salvador Duran, Alex Lloyd, and Wheldon in the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona, finishing 41st overall after 515 laps due to three crashes.

Scott Dixon finished fifth in class and eighth overall in De Ferran Motorsports' No 66 Acura ARX-01b in the 2008 Petit Le Mans Le Mans Prototype 2 category alongside Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud.

Scott Dixon competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona from 2010 to 2012, sharing the No 2 Riley MkXX-BMW with Franchitti, Jamie McMurray, and Montoya.

Scott Dixon joined Pruett and Rojas at the No 1 team for the season-ending Petit Le Mans, finishing third.

Scott Dixon was paired with Hand and Pruett to CGRFS's No 1 lineup for both the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans, finishing fourth in both races.

Scott Dixon was joined by Kanaan, Larson, and McMurray for the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona; brake issues caused Larson to crash, leaving the No 2 car 13th overall.

Scott Dixon raced Ford CGR's No 67 Ford GT alongside Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook in the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans as well as the No 69 car in the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional 24 Hours of Le Mans for the next three years.

Scott Dixon finished fifth in both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2021, driving the No 1 Cadillac CGR DPi-V.

Scott Dixon finished fourth in the season-ending Petit Le Mans alongside Bourdais and Van Der Zande.

Scott Dixon competed in the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona as a co-driver in the No 1 Cadillac V-LHDh car with Bourdais and Van Der Zande, finishing third overall.

Scott Dixon was one of twelve drivers invited to compete in the four-race IROC stock car racing series in 2004, driving an identically prepared Pontiac Firebird.

Scott Dixon finished in the bottom half of the top ten in all four races and finished the season in tenth place in the points standings with 25 points.

Scott Dixon joined Kelly Racing as Todd Kelly's international co-driver in the No 7 Holden VE Commodore for the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series' Armor All Gold Coast 600 double header event, finishing 20th in the first race and crashing in the second.

The tests did not result in Scott Dixon being signed to the Williams team in either a testing or a racing capacity because it was uninterested in employing a rookie.

Scott Dixon is an ambassador for the youth cancer patients' support group CanTeen and Teen Cancer America because he feels teenagers with cancer as a group are overlooked.

Scott Dixon is an ambassador for the Richard Mille watch maker, and supports CGR's Women in Motorsport initiative because he is the father of two daughters and believes women in an IndyCar team could improve performance.

Scott Dixon has been a director of Concept Motorsport New Zealand since 2012.

Scott Dixon appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman three times.

Scott Dixon was a guest on the 28 May 2008 edition of Live With Regis and Kelly, and was the subject of This Is Your Life on 21 September 2008.

Scott Dixon was named New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year in 2008 and 2013 and was nominated in 2003,2009,2015,2018 and 2021.

Scott Dixon was inducted into the MotorSport New Zealand Wall of Fame in 2009 and the Road to Indy Hall of Fame in 2014.

Scott Dixon will be inducted into the Open Wheel category of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in March 2024.