January 11th, 201990Two New Zealand motorsport stars – five-time IndyCars champion Scott Dixon and the 2018 Australian Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin – have been selected as finalists for the Sportsman of the Year title in the 56th ISPS Handa Halberg Awards.
The prestigious awards celebrate and honour sporting achievements from 2018, with...
September 17th, 2018304Scott Dixon’s fifth IndyCar Series championship adds another layer to his hero status in New Zealand motorsport.
The race driver originally from Manurewa ran a steady, mistake-free race to finish second in the IndyCar season finale, the Grand Prix of Sonoma, to race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay. The result was more than enough to...
September 17th, 2018255Ryan Hunter-Reay knew what he had to do to win the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Sonoma. Scott Dixon knew what was needed to wrap up a fifth Verizon IndyCar Series championship. Mission accomplished on both fronts.
Hunter-Reay led 80 of 85 laps at Sonoma Raceway in a commanding performance to win the 2018 season finale from the pole position....
September 16th, 2018245Ryan Hunter-Reay ignored the hype surrounding the battle for the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series championship and set about the task at hand: winning the Verizon P1 Award in qualifying for the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Sonoma.
The Andretti Autosport veteran won the pole position for the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Sonoma with a dramatic last lap in...
September 16th, 2018158Practice day at the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Sonoma did little to suggest a favorite among the four remaining contenders for the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series championship.
After two practices Friday in preparation for the season finale at Sonoma Raceway, points leader Scott Dixon was third on the combined-session timesheet. He was...
September 3rd, 2018357Takuma Sato went to victory lane in Sunday's Grand Prix of Portland, but Scott Dixon felt like a winner, too. Alexander Rossi had mixed feelings.
Dixon salvaged what could have been a disastrous points day relative to the Verizon IndyCar Series championship by finishing fifth. Rossi had bad luck of a different kind but managed to...
September 2nd, 2018242Might as well add Portland International Raceway to the list of Indy car tracks where Will Power has dominated qualifying.
Power had qualified seventh in his two previous races at this track - in 2006 and '07 - and blitzing today's Verizon IndyCar Series field gave him 25 tracks where he has won a pole.
Power set a new track record...
September 1st, 2018396Will Power continued to show he's serious about getting back into Verizon IndyCar Series title contention by posting the fastest lap of Friday's second practice session at Portland International Raceway.
The winner of last week's race at Gateway Motorsports Park turned a lap of 57.4053 seconds (123.166 mph) in the No. 12 Team Penske...
August 29th, 2018263Scott Dixon leads the Verizon IndyCar Series championship with two races to go for the second time in his career. Dixon has a 26-point advantage heading into Sunday’s Grand Prix of Portland in Oregon, the penultimate round of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series. Having led the championship since his win at Texas Motor Speedway on June 9,...
August 27th, 2018267Will Power went from worst to first at Gateway Motorsports Park in the span of a year and moved into closer contention for the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series championship in the process. Crossing the finish line third was Scott Dixon.
"I think it was a good race for us and the PNC Bank team," commented Dixon. "It was great to lead a...
August 25th, 2018149It's not the way he wanted to earn the top starting position, but Scott Dixon will gladly lead the field to the green flag in Saturday night's Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta & Valvoline.
Verizon P1 Award qualifying was canceled Friday at Gateway Motorsports Park after periodic rain throughout the day in the St. Louis...
August 20th, 2018227For the second consecutive Verizon IndyCar Series race, Alexander Rossi put together a dominantly triumphant performance. On Sunday, he won the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway and made the season championship battle tighter in the process.
The race was delayed nearly two hours by a red-flag stoppage for track fencing repairs...
August 19th, 2018254Will Power has claimed the Verizon P1 Award in qualifying Saturday for the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway. Power's two-lap average (219.511 mph) in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet gave the 2018 Indianapolis 500 champion pole No. 53 of his 14-year career, moving him into a tie for second on the all-time list with Foyt. Only...
July 30th, 2018214About the only wheel Alexander Rossi turned wrong in Sunday's Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio came when he attempted a victory doughnut in the No. 27 NAPA AUTO PARTS Honda. His car slid off track and became stuck in the grass.
Otherwise it was an exceptional day for the Andretti Autosport driver, who won the Verizon IndyCar Series race at...
