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Kiwis rule in US - Van Gisbergen, Dixon title double
Shane van Gisbergen and veteran Scott Dixon have delivered a day of New Zealand dominance in US motorsport with a mighty title double. Three-time Supercars champion van Gisbergen completed a weekend sweep on the Chicago Street Course, winning the NASCAR Cup Series race on the tricky downtown circuit on Sunday. It was van Gisbergen's second victory of the season and his third career Cup win, havingalso triumphed in Chicago in 2023 when he became the first driver to win in his Cup Series debut since 1963. Shane van Gisbergen wins at Chicago, he has won 4 of the 6 races held at the three wins, SVG is now the winningest foreign born driver in NASCAR Cup Series history. — NASCAR Insights (@NASCARInsights) July 6, 2025 It capped a dominant weekend for the 38-year-old Kiwi who won the second-tier Xfinity Series race from the pole Saturday. He also was the top qualifier for the Cup race. Van Gisbergen regained the lead when he passed Chase Briscoe with 16 laps left. As fog moved into downtown Chicago with thunderstorms in the forecast, van Gisbergen controlled the action the rest of the way. "I love this place."We bet you do, @shanevg97. 🏉 — NASCAR (@NASCAR) July 6, 2025 In Lexington, Ohio, Dixon extended a remarkable streak when he notched his first win of the IndyCar season at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Family.@scottdixon9 | @CGRTeams — INDYCAR on FOX (@IndyCarOnFOX) July 6, 2025 The New Zealander, who turns 45 later this month, has now won an IndyCar Series race in every season since 2005, a 21-year streak. It marks the 59th victory of his illustrious career. Dixon drove his No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to victory lane after teammate and series leader Alex Palou made a crucial error down the stretch. Dixon owed Mom a win ✅Got it done at @Mid_Ohio 🙌 — NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) July 6, 2025 Palou had a slight lead with five laps to go but ran wide as his No. 10 car reached Turn 9. The Spaniard slowed down in the dirt and Dixon made it past him, taking the lead the rest of the way. The win was timely for Dixon, who entered the week tied for fourth in the points race and last got the chequered flag at the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix 13 months ago. - with Reuters
New York Times
03-03-2025
- Automotive
- New York Times
Scott Dixon places second in IndyCar opener after racing without radio comms: ‘Cost us the race'
Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon ran the series' season opener Sunday without radio communications throughout the entire race in St. Petersburg, Fla., and said the issue likely cost him first place. The New Zealand driver could not hear his team throughout the race at the 1.8-mile, 14-turn circuit that partly ran through the streets of downtown St. Petersburg. His team could hear him intermittently, team owner Chip Ganassi said. Advertisement The technological mishap caused Dixon to pit too late, he said after the race Sunday. Dixon pitted based on his fuel gauge but said not having the radio 'ultimately cost us the race.' 'I'm pretty pissed off,' Dixon said Sunday. 'We had a good race going and we didn't get it done, so it doesn't feel good, that's for sure.' Dixon, 44, trailed only winner Alex Palou, 27, in a 1-2 punch for Chip Ganassi Racing. It was Dixon's fifth runner-up finish in St. Petersburg, where he's never taken the top spot, and his first career race fully ran without radio communications. 'With not (pitting) when I should have, I think with about maybe the same lap as Alex, we caught that traffic with about five or six cars and lost about two or three seconds on that lap, so that was a bit of a nightmare,' Dixon said. 'You have a fuel light so you know when the car is going to run out. I didn't know if they could hear me, so I was just telling them, 'I'm just going to run to the light and see what happens.' 'Ultimately I think for me, it was just one lap too long. I should have pitted maybe when I saw (Palou) coming in.' Starting the season with a 1-2 punch 👊 — Chip Ganassi Racing (@CGRTeams) March 2, 2025 Ganassi said, 'If everything was 100 percent, (Dixon) would have won — it was simple.' 'It was one stop to go, and we pitted a lap later than we wanted him to. That was the race. That was the difference between (Dixon) and Palou.' Palou won three of the last four IndyCar championships, including the last two. He now has a 10-point lead over Dixon heading into the next event, slated for March 23 at The Thermal Club in Thermal, Calif.
