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The 2013 IndyCar season lasted a marathon 19 races.
As exciting as ever, the championship went right down
to the wire and a night race on the oval track at Fon-
tana. Scott Dixon managed to repeat his successes of
2003 and 2008. An impressive rhythm, with a title
once every five years for the New Zealander, who has
remained faithful to Chip Gamassi's team ever since
his debut back in 2002; something a record for the
world of motorsports.
But the 2013 season got off to an inauspicious start
for the team that also featured Dario Franchitti and
Charlie Kimball, in the Honda-powered Dallara car. In
fact, at the halfway point, following the race in Iowa,
who would have thought that Dixon, who was langui-
shing down in seventh place in the championship, 192
points behind the leader, could have recovered from
such a position? But Dixon began to put a series of
wins and top three finishes together, gradually moving
up the leader board, before finally extinguishing the
hopes of Helio Castroneves and team Penske.
“
We showed everyone what a great team we are this
year
. - said Dixon –
Thanks to our hard work and
various elements that emerged from testing, we gra-
dually overcame our initial difficulties. Once we’d iden-
tified the nature of the problem we soon got back to
winning ways, and thanks also to a slice of luck I
managed to make up the ground on Castroneves.
Quite a recovery!
”.
A
T THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE
I
NDY
C
AR CHAMPIONSHIP THERE DIDN
'
T APPEAR
TO BE WAY THAT THE
N
EW
Z
EALANDER
D
IXON COULD HOPE TO WIN THE TITLE
.
B
UT THEN
,
FOLLOWING AN AMAZING RECOVERY
,
HE WON THE CROWN FOR THE THIRD TIME
NEVER SAY NEVER
