If you ask the only New Zealand driver to win the Indianapolis 500 what made the difference, Scott Dixon will give all credit to the Target Chip Ganassi team's preparation in the off season. When Dixon snuck into Concord, NC and the Lowe's Motor Speedway Media Tour, he made a big point of saying he was focused on winning the championship. He is back in the point lead after the Brickyard victory--a dominant 115 out of 200 laps led performance. Dixon now leads Helio Castroneves by 15 points going into the race at the Milwaukee Mile next weekend.
Danica Patrick and Ryan Briscoe collided on lap 171, when Briscoe started to fish-tail as he hit the throttle. Patrick's car was in the way. There was likely some fault which could be attributed to both drivers. When Danica marched to confront Briscoe, she was edged aside by some security operatives...even though she still had her helmet on...you could tell by the stride that Danica was angry. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway management was pleased with the first 500 since the Champ Car amalgamation.
The race was entertaining; it was nice to not have some sort of weather problems to delay the race.
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