Scott Dixon won his first championship in 23, is too young to appreciate what he will finish his first full season chip Ganassi teams competing with their first year in the IndyCar series.
After five seasons, the upper limit of a title, over the years, you can only dream of: Dixon won six games, the Indianapolis 500, married his wife, Emma, and deserve it with his second championship.
Then dario Fran chet return indy, as his teammates in Ghana west, dickson, become so. He has won 10 games, lost champion in the next three years, but each time his new teammates. Frankie's won championships, from 2009 to 2011, in that span, picked up two printed 500 wins, beat dickson exchange in 2012, two leading the other 11 times in the last lap 47.
But Dixon, who go to open round one of the greatest drivers in the history of the United States, when his career is coming to an end, is never go out of style of hunting. This season, even when he is in the halfway mark does not belong to the title screen.
Dickson, excellent finished the rebound on Saturday night, five years later, his final champion, won his third champions -, and 10 years later, he first - and amazed by different each journey.
"First, I think I'm still young, just didn't really understand what I won. In my opinion, he said:" when I was, what I do now I know what is a completely different 22 or 23. 'and' 08 is a dream of a year. Married, won the indy 500 winner. Beautiful, hard to beat.
"I think this year is far different, but in fact busy season, we don't think we have a shot.
After 10 games a win this season, Dixon's 16, in Iowa dropped his seventh in the table. Written out, he and she are the champion of the pictures, lead integral event in Iowa game Helio Custer roddick's wrath.
"I remember a conversation Helio after Iowa," I love ', you need to pay attention to. I am not the champion, don't do that, because otherwise I may hinder your champion, Dixon recalled: "on Saturday night." It's funny, how it was born, is that we strive for in the last few games.
Two weeks later, Iowa, Dixon in Pocono breakthrough year, his first victory. He then scored the even within seven days after three wins in Toronto, Dixon, the second championship suddenly, champion hunting very much.
But there are also show in advance.
Dickson, sonoma is given priority to, but take out for victory, indy rule, he is a fault of contact with the crew of the willpower in the last pit stop. Electricity, castro penske racing teammates, to win the game and finished 15th Dixon.
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Events and power in Baltimore next week leave dickson, insist on the track, indy dragged his car to the garage, rather than the pit lane, effectively ended his day. Passion and back back to the control of the game, dickson, roar, and called for the tournament director art barfield be fired.
He was fined 30000 yuan series, the real damage is in the table: 49 points in these two events, the remaining three games behind the castro.
But as the team boss Ghana west, win a championship, not derail frankie's over every five years, he points out, Dixon has proven "he is a tough guy. He hung in there.
"We have a tough, tough at the beginning of the season. We have a difficult indy 500. We had a difficult season, Ghana west said." And then, of course, sonoma events, accident of Baltimore. The players in this team never, never, never give up. These guys don't know the word 'give up'. They don't know how to give up. They hang in there, hang in there, hang in there.
So Dixon is the location in Houston, two weeks ago, when Mr Castro to his first mechanical problems this season. Dixon has won the first game in Houston and sliced castro led 41 points.
The next day, castro has made a mistake, drive the width of a bump orbit, causing his gearbox break. Dickson, finished second, there is now a 25 points lead into the finale led in the table.
All auto club circuit, Saturday night, he had to do it is safe and smart castro trying to win the game.
"The biggest harvest, we have seen in Houston, you know, you can come in fontana, and this kind of situation. This is why it is so hard, the champion, because you have the whole season highs and lows, dickson said." When it comes down to the final game, you know you have a real chance to win it, do you have a mechanical failure, a stupid spin you could have been avoided, you run more than stops, do some stupid things?
"For me, the most important thing and chip said, in every game, as the first game of the season, the match had paid the same amount of points." You can't single out of place. You can't say, 'this is why I lost the title. "You have to get it for all the people all the time. '
However, castro also thinks he can point to why he lost the title. Leadership points after 14 games, he because three RACES in the championship collapse liquidation at the end of the second. On Saturday evening, team boss Roger penske call him into the open pit pit lane, draw a penalty, lead to contact dickson teammates Charlie kimball a broken front wing, leading cast him in a circle.
We have. "I can't take it for granted season is so close, but so far, Mr Castro said." One weekend, unfortunately, we spent a lot of. Unfortunately, this is anyone's predictions. Everything we do, we can to avoid
