Another Series Victory For Dixon
Dixon’s comes out Victorias at the Firestone 600. The win makes it his ninth of 16 Verizon IndyCar Series races and his second of the season.
“We would obviously like to start the season stronger. I would say right now this is one of our better ones, even though we had a pretty awful start with the first two races,” said Dixon, who didn’t win until at least the 10th race three of the past five seasons..
Firestone 600: Numbers to note following the Firestone 600 – the ninth round of the 2015 Verizon Indy Car Series season.
3 – Positions gained by Marco Andretti in the final 23 laps of the race (eighth to fifth).
3.59 – Average running position of winner Scott Dixon for the 248 laps of racing at Texas Motor Speedway.
9 – Drivers who led at least one lap, the most drivers to lead a Texas race since June 2002.
10 – Top-five finishes at Texas by Helio Castroneves, who finished third on Saturday night. Castroneves has four wins among his seven podiums at TMS.
11 – Positions improved by Ryan Briscoe (19th to eighth), most of any driver in the race.
14 – Lead changes in the Firestone 600, the most at Texas since June 2008.
35 – Number of laps in which Briscoe improved his position – most of any driver in the Firestone 600.
37 – Indy car victories for Scott Dixon, which ranks fifth all time. Dixon is two wins behind Al Unser Jr. for fourth.
40 – Indy car poles for Will Power, who tied Rick Mears for fifth all time and extended his streak of front-row starts to six races.
99 – Indy car wins for cars owned by Chip Ganassi.
242 – Consecutive starts by Tony Kanaan, extending his all-time record.
1,172 – Total on-track passes during the Firestone 600. Kanaan led all drivers with 87 passes. Castroneves and Briscoe each had 85.
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