Scott Dixon Wins Indianapolis 500!

With Help From His Crew, Scott Dixon Scores His First Indy 500 Victory.

Scott Dixon drove a great race on Sunday, but I have to say I was really hoping Danica Patrick would win the race. She was definitely robbed out of at least placing in the Indy 500. Danica was unable to finish for the first time since she has driven the Indy.

With only 29 laps to go, Ryan Briscoe clipped her car and left her with a broken left rear suspension. Crowd-favorite Patrick was unable to make a good run for the lead because of problems with her car. For much of the race she continually complained to her crew over the radio about how it was handling.

The race was full of crashes and mechanical failures with the bright yellow caution flag being waved eight times throughout the 69 lap race. However that didn’t seem to be much of a deterrent for Scott Dixon. During the final round of stops, Dixon raced ahead of Vitor Meira out of the pits and steadily held off Marco Andretti. Meira ended up finishing the race as runner-up finishing 1.75 seconds behind.

In an exciting finish to the challenging race, Dixon’s spotter yelled over the radio to Dixon, “You’re clear now” and with Dixon having only two more turns to go, his spotter said, “Bring it home! Bring it home!”

Bring it home was exactly what Scott Dixon did! He was clearly at the advantage with the strongest car.