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Biography
Scott Ronald Dixon MNZM (born 22 July 1980) is a professional racing driver from New Zealand. Competing for Chip Ganassi Racing since joining IndyCar, Dixon has won the championship in 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2015, and he won the 92nd Indianapolis 500 in 2008 from pole position. With 40 wins, Dixon is the leading non-U.S. driver in American Championship Cars, and is the leading driver in the current IndyCar Series with 39 wins.
He was selected in a worldwide poll among fans as one of the 33 greatest drivers in Indianapolis 500 history. Among other notable awards won by Dixon are the Jim Clark Trophy (1999, 2001, 2004) and the Bruce McLaren Trophy (2003, 2008). In 2012 he was appointed Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit and was New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year in 2008 and 2013.
Early years
Dixon was born in Brisbane, Australia, to New Zealand parents Ron and Glenys Dixon who were both dirt-track race car drivers. The family returned to Auckland in New Zealand when Dixon was very young. A Manurewa, South Auckland resident and a student from James Cook High School he began racing karts as a seven-year-old, and caught the attention of the New Zealand public when granted a special dispensation to obtain a competition licence to race a saloon car as a 13-year-old. At the time of this incident, New Zealanders could not obtain a road licence until turning 15 years old. Dixon was competing at Pukekohe Park Raceway in a one-make series featuring the Nissan Sentra when he rolled the car onto its roof. He caught national attention when TV showed him struggling from the upturned car with a cushion strapped to his back to enable him to reach the pedals, and wiping a tear from his eye. Dixon went on to win in every series he competed in.
1994–1998
In 1994 he won the New Zealand Formula Vee championship, before taking the Formula Ford Class 2 series in 1995 with 13 wins from 14 races, and then the full New Zealand Formula Ford championship the next year.
In 1997 Dixon decided to race in Australia. With no money to carry on racing, Rotorua businessman Christopher Wingate provided Dixon and his mentor, Kiwi racing hero Kenny Smith, with both money and airfares between New Zealand and Australia to ensure Dixon's career moved ahead. In 1997 Dixon won Rookie of the Year and third overall in the Australian Formula Holden series driving the Ralt Australia prepared Reynard. This resulted in him being offered a drive with top team SH Racing. As the budgets were going to exceed $250,000, Wingate suggested a company be formed to fund Dixon's career. That company was called Scott Dixon Motorsport (SDMS), funded by shareholders who over the next two years invested more than $1m in Dixon. This allowed him to pursue his career without worrying about money. In 1998 Dixon won the Formula Holden series outright. That win brought offers to race in the Australian V8 Supercar series but that was not where he wanted to make his mark, so arrangements were made for him to go to the US to test in the Indy Lights series.
1999–2000
With the backing of Scott Dixon Motorsport investors, Dixon moved to the United States in 1999. After a test in Sebring where Dixon broke the track record on his eighth lap, he was signed to Johansson Motorsports Indy Lights team, beginning a long management association with the team's owner, former Ferrari and McLaren Formula One driver Stefan Johansson. He set a lap record when taking pole position for the Chicago oval race which he won. He was consistently fast throughout the year but had five DNFs, which limited him to fifth place in the series.
In 2000 Dixon remained in Indy Lights, moving to the PacWest team. He took the championship in resounding fashion, scoring six wins and seven podium finishes.
CART
2001
PacWest Racing graduated Dixon to its full CART team in 2001. Dixon immediately out-paced his team-mate, the former Formula One driver Maurício Gugelmin. Dixon led his first race in Mexico for 14 laps. Just two races later he won at Nazareth Speedway – his first oval race in the senior CART series. At the age of 20 years, 9 months and 14 days became the youngest winner of a CART race, though the youngest winner of a major U.S. open-wheel race, belongs to Jimmy Davies who was six months younger when winning the 100-mile (160 km) AAA race at Del Mar, California in 1949. Dixon scored championship points in 11 of 20 starts, and led the FedEx Champ Car Series in laps completed with 2,521 out of a possible 2,610. He won the Jim Trueman Trophy for rookie of the year and was eighth in the championship.
2002
Dixon remained with PacWest, owned by Bruce McCaw of McCaw Cellular, for 2002 but it soon became clear the team was woefully short of cash due to the dot com crash. When it eventually collapsed, Toyota arranged an introduction to Target Chip Ganassi Racing which added a third car to its squad to accommodate Dixon. It was his first experience of a true top-level team, which had the then top engine supplier, Toyota. Dixon posted 12 top-ten finishes, including a second place at Denver.
IndyCar Series
2003
Chip Ganassi joined CART teams Penske and Andretti-Green Racing in 2003 to switch to the all-oval Indy Racing League. Dixon won the season opener at Homestead in Florida. A tangle with Tony Kanaan in Japan left Dixon with a shattered hand, but he recovered to take two more victories and win the championship at his first try. Along the way he also set a record with 343 consecutive laps led, the first time a driver had led consecutive laps in three successive races. At Pikes Peak he led the last 84 laps to win, then led every lap of the next event at Richmond, and at the next event, at Kansas, led the first 53 laps. Although it was his first year in the IRL, and he won the championship, Dixon was not eligible for rookie of the year due to his ChampCar experience.
The year ended on a tragic note for Dixon. Ganassi had recruited Tony Renna as his team-mate. The young American and Dixon were already close friends. At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, during Renna's first practice session for the team, he spun across the track and became airborne in the third turn. Renna's car hit a post at high speed and was demolished, the cockpit splitting on impact. Renna was killed instantly of blunt force trauma to the head and chest.
2004 and 2005 seasons
By 2004, the Toyota engine had lost its edge and Dixon did not successfully defend his title. In the 32 races held during these two years, Dixon made the podium only twice, with a second and a solitary win. He unsuccessfully tested for the Williams Formula One team, and finished 10th when representing the IRL in the 2004 International Race of Champions. In 2005 Dixon and his Ganassi team-mates, Ryan Briscoe and Darren Manning, were struggling, and they wrote off or seriously damaged 28 cars in a long series of crashes. Manning was fired, and Australian Briscoe narrowly avoided serious injury when his car became airborne and disintegrated after touching another car and slammed into the outside retaining wall of Chicagoland Speedway's third turn. Amid rumours that Dixon could also be sacked, he bounced back to score his and the team's first win since 2003, the Indy Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International. Soon after, Dixon re-signed for a further two seasons with Ganassi.
2006
Ganassi moved to Honda engines for the 2006 season, when Dixon was partnered with Englishman Dan Wheldon, the 2005 Indianapolis 500 winner and IRL series champion. Before the IRL season even started, they successfully combined as a one-car team (with Casey Mears) to win the 24 Hours of Daytona. Dixon repeated his 2005 Indy Grand Prix win at Watkins Glen, and became the first driver to win an IRL race run in wet conditions. At Nashville Superspeedway, he won the Gibson Guitar Trophy by a couple of car lengths over his team mate Wheldon. He finished fourth in the standings, completing a series-high 2,504 of a possible 2,510 laps and being the only driver to finish every race, and finishing just 15 points behind Sam Hornish Jr. and Wheldon.
2007
Dixon was runner-up in the 2007 IndyCar Series season, 13 points behind Dario Franchitti. During the last event at Chicagoland, battling Franchitti for the win and the championship, Dixon was leading Franchitti on the last lap when he ran out of fuel, giving Franchitti the race win and the championship. Earlier he had achieved his fourth win of the year, at Infineon Raceway, and his third consecutive Camping World Watkins Glen Grand Prix. He had four second-place finishes, including in the rain-shortened Indianapolis 500, and finished in the top-five in 10 races that season. He dominated the rain-delayed Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway, his second consecutive win in the event, and second consecutive win of the season. He won the next race, the Honda 200 on 22 July, to become the third driver in history to win three IRL races in a row, joining Wheldon and Kenny Bräck.
On 5 August, Dixon was attempting to win a fourth straight race, at the Firestone Indy 400, when he was involved in a six-car accident. Dixon's crew repaired his car sufficiently to run two more laps, earning him series points but this ended his streak of 28 consecutive races — since retiring at the Chicagoland Speedway event in September 2005 — in which Dixon did not retire.
2008
This was a highly successful season for Dixon who won the series championship for the second time, and won his first Indianapolis 500, from the pole, to give car owner Chip Ganassi his second win in the race. He also won at Homestead, Texas, Nashville, Edmonton and Kentucky, a record equalling six wins for a season in the series. In the final points scoring race of the series, at Chicagoland Speedway, Dixon needed to finish no worse than eighth if Castroneves won the race. He placed second to Castroneves in a tight photo finish. Speaking to the media later he said it had been an amazing, unforgettable year. "Getting married, winning the 500, winning a championship in one year – not too many people can probably say they've done that."Motorsport.com took it further, saying that Dixon "can now say he's the 'best of the best' in American open-wheel racing, especially after this year's unification with Champ Car".
At Kentucky he took his career laps-led tally to 2,149, becoming the fifth driver in the series to lead for more than 2,000 laps. Also at Kentucky, Dixon replaced Alex Zanardi as the winningest IndyCar driver for Chip Ganassi (16th victory), and his pole position achieved on 30 August for the Detroit Indy Grand Prix gave him seven for the year, and took him to second all-time leading pole-setter with 15. Also, he led 869 laps during the year, an all-time record for a single season. Just before the Chicagoland event, it was announced that teammate Wheldon would be moving to Panther Racingin 2009 and Dixon's new partner would be Franchitti who would return from NASCAR.
For recording the IndyCar Series championship/Indy500 double, Dixon was selected 2008 New Zealand Sportsman of the Year at the Halberg Awards held in February 2009.
Dixon was one of five New Zealand motor sports personalities honoured in a special issue of New Zealand Post stamps. Others featured were: Denny Hulme, 1967 Formula One World Champion ; Bruce McLaren, race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor whose name lives on in Team McLaren; Ivan Mauger, six time winner of the Speedway World Championship and voted greatest speedway rider of the 20th century; and Hugh Anderson, four time Grand Prix motorcycle racing world champion.
2009
At the start of the season, Dixon finished sixteenth and fifteenth in the first two races, at St. Pete and Long Beach. From then on he got to eight podiums, winning at Kansas, Milwaukee, Richmond, Mid-Ohio and Motegi, as well as a second at Chicago and thirds at Texas, Watkins Glen, and Edmonton. He led the most laps (73) in the Indy 500 but finished sixth. His dominant win at Mid-Ohio, by 29.7 seconds, was his 20th win in the IRL (21st of his career), making him the league's most successful driver.
There was considerable rivalry between him and his friend and new partner in the team, Franchitti, who had returned to the IRL from NASCAR. Franchitti scored four wins, two seconds and two thirds, and leading into the last race of the season at Homestead he was only five points behind Dixon. Complicating the issue was that Penske's Ryan Briscoe was only a further three points back, so whichever of the three drivers could win at Homestead would be series champion. Dixon started outside Franchitti on the front row and ran first and second with Briscoe for most of the race. However the two front-runners were forced to pit for fuel with only several laps remaining and the race win, along with the championship, went to Franchitti on a fuel saving strategy. Dixon claimed third in the race and second in the championship by one point over Briscoe.
2010–2012
In the 2010–2012 seasons, Dixon won seven races and finished third in the championship three times (twice behind teammate Franchitti).
2013
He won at Pocono in July 2013, Indycar's first race there in 24 years, and Ganassi's first win of the year. He achieved back-to-back wins in the two-event Honda Indy Toronto. In the 2013 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, Dixon ran into one of Will Power's pit crew members, and was penalized. Dixon argued that the worker walked in front of his car, though IndyCar race director Beaux Barfield stated Dixon had driven into Power's work area. The next week at Baltimore, Dixon was involved in another incident with Power with 22 laps left, and officials ignored team requests to tow Dixon's car to pit lane for repairs. Dixon called for Barfield to be fired, and on September 6, was fined $30,000 and placed on probation. Dixon won the double-header Houston Grand Prix and by finishing fifth at the season finale in Fontana he secured his third championship title.
2014
The year 2014 started well for Dixon when he was voted New Zealand Sportsman of the Year at the Halberg Awards, and he won two races and finished third in the championship. In the off-season, Dixon was third at both the Dan Weldon Karting Challenge and the 2014 Petit Le Mans endurance sports car race.
2015
He opened his 2015 season by winning the 24 Hours of Daytona for Ganassi and then his first Indycar race of the season at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. He won his second Indianapolis 500 pole and led the most laps at 87, but finished fourth. Dixon won the Firestone 600 at Texas which was his second win of the season, and then won the last event of the year at Sonoma. He and Juan Pablo Montoya ended the season with equal points but with three wins to Montoya's two, he won the 2015 IndyCar Series season championship, his fourth. In the 2015 off season Dixon won the Dan Wheldon Karting Challenge Honoring Justin Wilson.
2016
Though he took two victories during the season at Phoenix and Watkins Glen, Dixon's 2016 season was struggle. He was only able to manage a 6th place finish in the championship standings, marking the first time since 2006 that he had failed to finish in the top 3 positions in the championship. It also marked his worst championship finish since 2005. His sponsor since 2002, Target left at the end of the year as well, it ended a 13 year deal with Dixon and a 27 year deal with Ganassi, who sponsored the team since 1990.
Other
Since joining IndyCar in 2003, Dixon has a career total of 14 road course wins, five street course wins and 19 oval wins. Of the oval wins, two came at tracks larger than 2 miles (3.2 km), five at ovals of 1 mile (1.6 km) or shorter and 12 at intermediate ovals. Of the road course wins, two came at Edmonton, an airfield circuit with significant enough runoff not to be a typical street track. The second win at Motegi for Dixon was at the road course track, unlike the oval track, they had used every other time. His four championship seasons have all seen differences in which tracks he was successful on. In 2003 Dixon won two consecutive short-oval events, then winning only two such events for the coming twelve seasons. Dixon then dominated the larger ovals in 2008, won three street course events in 2013 then followed by one street, one fast oval and one road course in 2015.
Formula One
In 2004 BMW gave Dixon a test drive in a Formula One car even while he raced with Toyota engines in the CART series. At the Paul Ricard Circuit in France, he drove a Williams and recorded respectable times during a one-day test, being not far off those of regular driver Ralf Schumacher. A two-day test six weeks later in Barcelona did not lead to a spot with the team.
In July 2013, Autosport magazine named Dixon one of the 50 greatest drivers to have never raced in Formula One.
Career results
American open–wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Johansson Motorsports | MIA 3 | LBH 2 | NAZ 4 | MIL 15 | POR 11 | CLE 14 | TOR 18 | MIS 16 | DET 7 | CHI 1 | LS 2 | FON 16 | 5th | 88 |
| 2000 | PacWest Lights | LBH 1 | MIL 1 | DET 4 | POR 11 | MIS 14 | CHI 1 | MDO 2 | VAN 1 | LS 1 | STL 15 | HOU 15 | FON 1 | 1st | 155 |
CART
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | PacWest Racing | Reynard 01i | Toyota RV8F | MTY 13 | LBH 19 | TXS C | NZR 1 | MOT 9 | MIL 3 | DET Ret | POR 7 | CLE Ret | TOR 5 | MIS 10 | CHI 4 | MDO 12 | ROA 4 | VAN 13 | LAU 9 | ROC Ret | HOU Ret | LS 4 | SRF 15 | FON Ret | 8th | 98 |
| 2002 | PWR Championship Racing | Lola B02/00 | MTY 6 | LBH 18 | MOT 9 | 13th | 97 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chip Ganassi Racing | MIL 6 | LS 6 | POR 7 | CHI 6 | TOR 5 | CLE 15 | VAN 16 | MDO 5 | ROA 17 | MTL 10 | DEN 2 | ROC 12 | MIA 18 | SRF 15 | FON 6 | MXC 7 | ||||||||||
| Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Top 5s | Top 10s | Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 0 |
IndyCar Series
| IndyCar Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Chip Ganassi Racing | G-Force | Toyota | HMS 1 | PHX 20 | MOT 15 | INDY 17 | TXS 6 | PPIR 1 | RIR 1 | KAN 6 | NSH 2 | MIS 5 | STL 15 | KTY 2 | NZR 16 | CHI 2 | FON 2 | TX2 2 | 1st | 507 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | HMS 18 | PHX 2 | MOT 5 | INDY 8 | TXS 14 | RIR 8 | KAN 12 | NSH 8 | MIL Wth | MIS 7 | KTY 13 | PPIR 20 | NZR 9 | CHI 7 | FON 8 | TX2 6 | 10th | 355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Panoz | HMS 16 | PHX 12 | STP 6 | INDY 24 | TXS 11 | RIR 22 | KAN 18 | NSH 6 | MIL 13 | MIS 19 | KTY 23 | PPIR 16 | SNM 7 | CHI 19 | WGL 1 | FON 10 | 13th | 321 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dallara | MOT 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Honda | HMS 5 | MOT 9 | INDY 6 | TXS 2 | RIR 11 | KAN 4 | NSH 1 | MIL 10 | MIS 16 | KTY 2 | CHI 2 | 4th | 460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Panoz | STP 2 | WGL 1 | SNM 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Dallara | HMS 2 | STP 2 | MOT 4 | KAN 4 | INDY 2 | MIL 4 | TXS 12 | IOW 10 | RIR 2 | WGL 1 | NSH 1 | MDO 1 | MIS 10 | KTY 2 | SNM 1 | DET 8 | CHI 2 | 2nd | 624 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | HMS 1 | STP 22 | MOT1 3 | LBH1 DNP | KAN 3 | INDY 1 | MIL 2 | TXS 1 | IOW 4 | RIR 3 | WGL 11 | NSH 1 | MDO 3 | EDM 1 | KTY 1 | SNM 12 | DET 5 | CHI 2 | SRF2 2 | 1st | 646 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | STP 16 | LBH 15 | KAN 1 | INDY 6 | MIL 1 | TXS 3 | IOW 5 | RIR 1 | WGL 3 | TOR 4 | EDM 3 | KTY 7 | MDO 1 | SNM 13 | CHI 2 | MOT 1 | HMS 3 | 2nd | 605 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | SAO 6 | STP 18 | ALA 2 | LBH 4 | KAN 1 | INDY 5 | TXS 4 | IOW 6 | WGL 8 | TOR 20 | EDM 1 | MDO 5 | SNM 2 | CHI 8 | KTY 7 | MOT 6 | HMS 1 | 3rd | 547 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | STP 16 | ALA 2 | LBH 18 | SAO 12 | INDY 5 | TXS1 2 | TXS2 2 | MIL 7 | IOW 3 | TOR 2 | EDM 23 | MDO 1 | NHM 3 | SNM 5 | BAL 5 | MOT 1 | KTY 3 | LVS C | 3rd | 518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Dallara DW12 | STP 2 | ALA 2 | LBH 23 | SAO 17 | INDY 2 | DET 1 | TXS 18 | MIL 11 | IOW 4 | TOR 25 | EDM 10 | MDO 1 | SNM 13 | BAL 4 | FON 3 | 3rd | 435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | STP 5 | ALA 2 | LBH 11 | SAO 18 | INDY 14 | DET 4 | DET 4 | TXS 23 | MIL 6 | IOW 16 | POC 1 | TOR 1 | TOR 1 | MDO 7 | SNM 15 | BAL 19 | HOU 1 | HOU 2 | FON 5 | 1st | 577 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Chevrolet | STP 4 | LBH 12 | ALA 3 | IMS 15 | INDY 29 | DET 11 | DET 4 | TXS 5 | HOU 19 | HOU 18 | POC 5 | IOW 4 | TOR 5 | TOR 7 | MDO 1 | MIL 4 | SNM 1 | FON 2 | 3rd | 604 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | STP 15 | NLA 11 | LBH 1 | ALA 3 | IMS 10 | INDY 4 | DET 5 | DET 20 | TXS 1 | TOR 8 | FON 6 | MIL 7 | IOW 18 | MDO 4 | POC 9 | SNM 1 | 1st | 556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | STP 7 | PHX 1 | LBH 2 | ALA 10 | IMS 7 | INDY 8 | DET 19 | DET 5 | RDA 22 | IOW 3 | TOR 8 | MDO 22 | POC 6 | TXS 19 | WGL 1 | SNM 17 | 6th | 477 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress.
- 1 Races run on same day
- 2 Non-points paying, exhibition race
| Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Top 5s | Top 10s | Fastest lead lap | Indianapolis 500 Wins | Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | 232 | 25 | 39 | 86 | 121 | 167 | 28 | 1 (2008) | 4 (2003, 2008, 2013, 2015) |
Indianapolis 500
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Panoz | Toyota | 4 | 17 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2004 | Panoz | Toyota | 13 | 8 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2005 | Panoz | Toyota | 13 | 24 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2006 | Dallara | Honda | 4 | 6 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2007 | Dallara | Honda | 4 | 2 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2008 | Dallara | Honda | 1 | 1 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2009 | Dallara | Honda | 5 | 6 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2010 | Dallara | Honda | 6 | 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2011 | Dallara | Honda | 2 | 5 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2012 | Dallara | Honda | 15 | 2 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2013 | Dallara | Honda | 16 | 14 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2014 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 11 | 29 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2015 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 1 | 4 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 2016 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 13 | 8 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
Sports cars
Complete American Le Mans Series results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Doran Lista Racing Jim Matthews Racing | LMP | Ferrari 333 SP | Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12 | M | SEB | ATL | MOS | SON | POR | PET Ret | MON | LSV | NC | 0 | |||
| 2008 | de Ferran Motorsports | LMP2 | Acura ARX-01b | Acura 3.4L V8 | M | SEB | STP | LNB | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | DET | PET 8/5 | MON | 28th | 18 |
| 2009 | de Ferran Motorsports | LMP1 | Acura ARX-02a | Acura 4.0L V8 | M | SEB Ret | STP | LNB | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | PET 24/7 | MON | 28th | 12 |
Complete Rolex Sports Car Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
| Rolex Sports Car Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Make | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | Lexus | DP | DAY 6 | HOM | CAL | LAG | CMT | WAT1 | BAR | WAT2 | DAY2 | MDO | PHX | WAT3 | VIR | MEX | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | Lexus | DP | DAY 1 | MEX | HOM | LBH | VIR | LAG | PHX | LRP | WAT1 | DAY2 | BAR | WAT2 | INF | MIL 4 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | Lexus | DP | DAY 41/21 | MEX | HOM | VIR | LAG | LRP | WAT1 | MDO | DAY2 | IOWA | CGV | BAR | WAT2 | INF | MIL | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | Lexus | DP | DAY 44 / 18 | HOM | MEX | VIR | LAG | LRP | WAT | MDO | DAY2 | BAR | CGV | WAT2 | INF | NJ | MIL | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | Lexus | DP | DAY 5 | VIR | NJ | LAG | WAT | MDO | DAY2 | BAR | WAT2 | CGV | MIL | HOM | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | BMW | DP | DAY 37/15 | HOM | BAR | VIR | LRP | LAG | WAT1 | MDO | DAY2 | NJ | WAT2 | CGV | MIL | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | BMW | DP | DAY 2 | HOM | BAR | VIR | LRP | LAG | WAT1 | MDO | DAY2 | NJ | WAT2 | CGV | MIL | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | BMW | DP | DAY 4 | BAR | HOM | NJ | DET | MDO | ROA | WAT1 | INDY 4 | WAT2 | CGV | LAG | LRP | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | BMW | DP | DAY 37 / 11 | TXS | BAR | ATL | BEL | LEX | S6H | IMS | ELK | KAN | LGA 3 | LRP | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
| Weather Tech United SportsCar Championship results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Make | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | Ford | P | DAY 15 / 8 | SIR 6 | LBH | LS | DET | KAN | S6H | MSP | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 3 | 32nd | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | Ford | P | DAY 1 | SIR 4 | LBH | LS | DET | S6H | MSP | LRP | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 4 / 2 | 13th | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Ganassi Racing | Riley | Ford | P | DAY 13 / 7 | SIR | LBH | LS | DET | S6H | MSP | LRP | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 29th | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Ganassi Racing | Ford GT | Ford | GTLM | DAY | SIR 15 / 5 | LBH | LS | DET | S6H | MSP | LRP | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 26 / 7 | 21st | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Season still in progress
24 Hours of Daytona results
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |  Target Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates | Casey Mears Darren Manning | Riley Mk. XI-Lexus | DP | 694 | 6th | 6th |
| 2006 | Target Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates | Dan Wheldon Casey Mears | Riley Mk. XI-Lexus | DP | 734 | 1st | 1st |
| 2007 | Target Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates | Dan Wheldon Memo Rojas | Riley Mk. XI-Lexus | DP | 538 | 41st DNF | 21st DNF |
| 2008 | Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates | Dan Wheldon Salvador Durán Alex Lloyd | Riley Mk. XI-Lexus | DP | 515 | 44th DNF | 18th DNF |
| 2009 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Dario Franchitti Alex Lloyd | Riley Mk. XI-Lexus | DP | 731 | 5th | 5th |
| 2010 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |  Juan Pablo Montoya Dario Franchitti Jamie McMurray | Riley Mk. XX-BMW | DP | 249 | 37th DNF | 15th DNF |
| 2011 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Juan Pablo Montoya Dario Franchitti Jamie McMurray | Riley Mk. XX-BMW | DP | 721 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2012 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Juan Pablo Montoya Dario Franchitti Jamie McMurray | Riley Mk. XX-BMW | DP | 760 | 4th | 4th |
| 2013 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Dario Franchitti Jamie McMurray Joey Hand | Riley Mk. XXVI-BMW | DP | 594 | 37th DNF | 11th DNF |
| 2014 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates |  Tony Kanaan Kyle Larson Marino Franchitti | Riley Mk. XXVI-Ford | P | 667 | 15th DNF | 8th DNF |
| 2015 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Tony Kanaan Kyle Larson Jamie McMurray | Riley Mk. XXVI-Ford | P | 740 | 1st | 1st |
| 2016 | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | Tony Kanaan Kyle Larson Jamie McMurray | Riley Mk. XXVI-Ford | P | 708 | 13th | 7th |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA |  Ryan Briscoe Richard Westbrook | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 340 | 20th | 3rd |
Australian V8 Supercar results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Final Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kelly Racing | YMC R1 | YMC R2 | BHR R3 | BHR R4 | ADE R5 | ADE R6 | HAM R7 | HAM R8 | QLD R9 | QLD R10 | WIN R11 | WIN R12 | HDV R13 | HDV R14 | TOW R15 | TOW R16 | PHI R17 | BAT R18 | SUR R19 20 | SUR R20 Ret | SYM R21 | SYM R22 | SAN R23 | SAN R24 | SYD R25 | SYD R26 | NC | 0 + |
+ Not Eligible for points
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | A1 Team New Zealand | GBR SPR | GBR FEA | GER SPR | GER FEA | POR SPR | POR FEA | AUS SPR | AUS FEA | MYS SPR | MYS FEA | UAE SPR PO | UAE FEA PO | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | IDN SPR | IDN FEA | MEX SPR | MEX FEA | USA SPR | USA FEA | CHN SPR | CHN FEA | 4th | 77 |
International Race of Champions
(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
| International Race of Champions results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
| 2004 | Pontiac | DAY 8 | TEX 9 | RCH 9 | ATL 8 | 10th | 26 | |
Personal life
Dixon married Emma Davies, a former Welsh and British 800m champion, in February 2008. Shortly after their first wedding anniversary it was announced that he and his wife were expecting their first child, – a daughter, Poppy Davies Dixon, was born on 5 July 2009, a few hours after the end of race nine of the IndyCar Series at Watkins Glen. A second daughter named Tilly was born 10 September 2011, several weeks premature.