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23.05.2021 / 23:37

Dixon knocks two budding young stars from Indy 500 pole

INDIANAPOLIS – Scott Dixon slammed the brakes on IndyCar's current youth movement by winning his fourth Indianapolis 500 pole by a mere 0.03 seconds on Sunday.

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Marcus Ericsson of Sweden wins Indy 500 after rare red-flag stoppage

Marcus Ericsson of Sweden celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the 106th Running of The Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 29, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Marcus Ericsson had to leave Formula One to become a global superstar — a goal achieved Sunday when the Swedish driver won the Indianapolis 500.Ericsson took control of the race late — largely because of teammate Scott Dixon's speeding penalty — and had it under control for Chip Ganassi Racing until a crash by teammate Jimmie Johnson with four laps remaining brought out a rare red-flag stoppage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.IndyCar is among the purest forms of motorsports and rarely throws artificial cautions or issues stoppages that might change the outcome.

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Ed Carpenter Racing posts strong day in Indy 500 practice

INDIANAPOLIS – Ed Carpenter Racing, fresh off its first victory since 2016, brought fast cars to Indianapolis Motor Speedway with every intention of completing a sweep in its own backyard.

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Trio of Indy winners silences youth movement on opening day

INDIANAPOLIS – The kids were at last quieted when Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened for practice. Experience mattered once again, and a trio of former Indianapolis 500 winners led the way.

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Rinus VeeKay becomes IndyCar's newest first-time winner

INDIANAPOLIS – Rinus VeeKay continued IndyCar's youth movement Saturday by scoring his first career victory with a win on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Alex Palou scores 1st career IndyCar win in Ganassi debut

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alex Palou celebrated his move to Chip Ganassi Racing with his first career IndyCar victory by beating a pair of series champions to win Sunday's season-opening race at Barber Motorsports Park.

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Scott Dixon seeks motorsports milestone 7th championship

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Scott Dixon looks around the IndyCar paddock and sees drivers half his age acting like A.J. Foyt even if they’ve never crossed the finish line first.

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Dixon's struggles open door to Newgarden for IndyCar title

INDIANAPOLIS – Scott Dixon looked invincible in the first half of this IndyCar season.He won the first three races before ceding the fourth to Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Felix Rosenqvist. Runner-up finishes at Iowa and in the Indianapolis 500 gave Dixon five top-twos in seven races, and a win at St.

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Newgarden's stays in championship fight with 1st Indy win

INDIANAPOLIS – Josef Newgarden doesn't intend to just give up on his season title defense.And now, he's got a chance to keep the crown another year.The two-time IndyCar champion pulled away from the rest of the field over the 18 laps Friday, racing to his third win of the season, this time by a margin of 14.2940 seconds over Alexander Rossi. With the Harvest GP win, Newgarden moved within 40 points of what once seemed a seemingly safe 120-point lead of five-time series champ Scott Dixon.Now the New Zealander hopes to rebuild his lead when he returns to Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course on Saturday for the second race on a doubleheader weekend.

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Jimmie Johnson teams with Ganassi on 2-year IndyCar program

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jimmie Johnson will transition from NASCAR to IndyCar with Chip Ganassi Racing in a partnership that could pair two of the most dominant drivers of this generation on one team. The seven-time NASCAR champion will work with the Ganassi organization to finalize sponsorship on a two-year program for Johnson to run the road and street course races on IndyCar's schedule.

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Sato content after winning 2nd Indy 500 under caution

INDIANAPOLIS – Takuma Sato won't waste any time wondering what might have happened if his teammate had not crashed in the closing laps of the Indianapolis 500. Scott Dixon might have run him down.

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Sato, Rahal give Rahal Letterman Lanigan banner Indy 500

The long, white beard cascading out from David Letterman's mask as he climbed onto the new-look winner's podium at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was evidence of just how long it's been since the longtime “Late Show" host joined team co-owner Bobby Rahal in celebrating an Indy 500 victory.Sixteen years between Buddy Rice's improbable win and Takuma Sato's celebration on Sunday.While the Honda-powered cars of Andretti Autosport had been the talk of the paddock leading up to “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” which was postponed from its typical Memorial Day weekend date because of the coronavirus, it was the Hondas behind Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing that managed to dash Scott Dixon's hopes of a second Indy 500 win.“To even be here, to be in

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Dixon leads opening practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

INDIANAPOLIS – Scott Dixon, already off to a tremendous start to the IndyCar season, quickly set the pace on the first day of practice for the Indianapolis 500. The five-time IndyCar champion was fastest in the first session Wednesday in preparation for the Aug.

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Pagenaud snaps Ganassi streak with IndyCar win at Iowa

NEWTON, Iowa – Simon Pagenaud's worst-to-first run capped a wild opening night to IndyCar's doubleheader at Iowa Speedway.The former series champion, who was unable to qualify because of a fuel pressure issue, managed to stretch his tires and take advantage of a unique pit strategy — and a little bit of luck — to get to the lead. Pagenaud then held off series leader Scott Dixon through the final laps Friday night to end Chip Ganassi Racing's four-race winning streak.“I can't believe it.

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Dixon, Ganassi out to continue IndyCar domination in Iowa

NEWTON, Iowa – Few people can appreciate the level of success that Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Scott Dixon and Felix Rosenqvist have had during the IndyCar team's pandemic-challenged 30th anniversary season more than Tony Kanaan.To start with, the former series champion spent four years driving the No. 10 car Rosenqvist took to victory lane for the first time at Road America last week, ending Dixon's streak of three straight wins to start the season.

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Dixon breaks through at Indianapolis with victory in GP

INDIANAPOLIS – Scott Dixon finally made his second trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway's victory lane.Twelve years after winning his only Indianapolis 500 on the Brickyard's historic 2.5-mile oval, the five-time series champion added a second title Saturday — this one by a dominant 19.9469 seconds over Graham Rahal in the IndyCar Grand Prix.Dixon finished runner-up in each of the last three races on the track's 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course. This time, second wouldn't do.“It's so good to be standing here, racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway," Dixon said after pumping his fist in a mostly empty and silent renovated winner's circle.

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IndyCar gets through well-screened, delayed opener in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas – FORT WORTH, TexasThrough all of the uncertainty and unknowns after more than eight months since the last IndyCar race, Scott Dixon and another pair of former champs relied on their experience for podium finishes.

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Dixon wins Texas IndyCar opener, Rosenqvist crashes out from second

Scott Dixon won the opening race of the delayed 2020 IndyCar Series season at the Texas Motor Speedway as Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate Felix Rosenqvist crashed out late on.Dixon was leading a comfortable one-two for Chip Ganassi with Rosenqvist set for his first-ever podium finish in an oval race, before the Swede hit trouble with 10 laps of the race remaining.Whilst aiming to catch and overhaul his team-mate for his maiden IndyCar win, Rosenqvist attempted to lap James Hinchcliffe around the outside.But the slippery high line caused Rosenqvist to lose his car on the exit of the corner and slam into the wall, ending his race.Earlier on Saturday, reigning IndyCar champion Newgarden beat Dixon to pole position for the first race of the

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Man describes 'strange' first coronavirus symptom which left him hospitalised

A coronavirus patient has described his first symptom, which came before the deadly disease's characteristic headaches and fatigue.

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