Scott Dixon wins Indycar race for 21st consecutive season

picture id=”4KBDZSY_cotty_png” crop=”16×10″ layout=”full”]Scott Dixon has won his 59th career race.

New Zealand driver Scott Dixon has won a race in Indycars for a 21st consecutive season.

The 44-year-old won the Indy200 at Mid-Ohio, taking advantage of a mistake by championship leader and team-mate Alex Palou with five laps to go.

Dixon, who started at ninth on the grid, won his 59th career race, holding out Palou over the final few laps.

Dixon, who has six Indycars series to his credit, finished 0.421 seconds ahead of Palou for his first victory this year in the Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.

Palou made an error on turn nine with five laps to go when he went wide, slowing enough for Dixon to edge past.

Christian Lundgaard finished third in the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet..

Of the other Kiwis, Marcus Armstrong finished seventh, while Scott McLaughlin was 23rd.

“It was definitely a tough race,” Dixon said afterwards on the Sky Sport broadcast.

“So much fun, to try and pull off what we did and deal with what we had was fantastic.”

He said he was just hoping his rear tyres would hold on over the last few laps.

It was a big family outing for the Dixon family at Mid-Ohio with his mother Glenys visiting from Auckland.

“She has been here a couple of months so finally it has paid off for her.”

It was also his youngest child, 5-year-old Kit’s first Indycar event.

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