Scott marked his 16th year with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2017, which is the longest tenure for a driver in team history (1990-present). Scott, who finished third in last year’s series, holds the distinction of being the most victorious, active IndyCar driver with 40 victories and he is currently ranked fourth on the all-time IndyCar win list.
Scott started his racing career in karting and captured two championships in the New Zealand Formula Vee series. After a successful racing career in Australia and New Zealand, including a championship in the Class One Formula Ford Series and a Rookie of the Year award in the Australian Formula Holden Championship, Scott moved on to Dayton Indy Lights series in North America.
In 2000 he became the second-youngest driver in history to win the Indy Lights title. He moved up to the CART Series in 2001 and was named the Rookie of the Year.
In 2002, Target Chip Ganassi Racing picked up the young Kiwi driver and the rest, as they say, is history.
Scott Dixon - 2017 Honda Civic Type R
Scott marked his 16th year with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2017, which is the longest tenure for a driver in team history (1990-present). Scott, who finished third in last year’s series, holds the distinction of being the most victorious, active IndyCar driver with 40 victories and he is currently ranked fourth on the all-time IndyCar win list.
Scott started his racing career in karting and captured two championships in the New Zealand Formula Vee series. After a successful racing career in Australia and New Zealand, including a championship in the Class One Formula Ford Series and a Rookie of the Year award in the Australian Formula Holden Championship, Scott moved on to Dayton Indy Lights series in North America.
In 2000 he became the second-youngest driver in history to win the Indy Lights title. He moved up to the CART Series in 2001 and was named the Rookie of the Year.
In 2002, Target Chip Ganassi Racing picked up the young Kiwi driver and the rest, as they say, is history.
2017 Honda Civic Type R:
On April 3, 2017 the all new, fifth generation, Honda Civic Type R set a new benchmark lap time for front-wheel drive cars at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. It lapped the world famous German circuit in 7 minutes 43.80 seconds, an improvement of nearly 7 seconds compared to the model’s predecessor.
Honda has created the Type R as the perfect sports machine for the road but with track performance imprinted into its DNA.