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Sir Scott Ronald Glyndwr Dixon (born 22 July 1980) is a New Zealand racing driver who races the 9 Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) Dallara DW12-Honda car in the IndyCar Series. Dixon has won the IndyCar Series championship six times, in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2020, and he won the 2008 Indianapolis 500 with CGR. He is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, with CGR in 2006 and 2015 and in 2020 with Wayne Taylor Racing. He has also won the Petit Le Mans twice.

Dixon began karting at age seven and won thirty major karting titles in his age group across Australia and New Zealand. At the age of thirteen, he progressed to car racing, winning the 1994 New Zealand Formula Vee Championship, the 1996 New Zealand Formula Ford Class II Championship, the 1998 Australian Drivers' Championship and the 2000 Indy Lights. He debuted in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) in 2001 with the PacWest Racing team and won his first major open-wheel race in his third series start before joining CGR in 2002 when PacWest folded due to financial difficulties. Dixon and CGR moved to the IndyCar Series in 2003, winning the title in his debut season with three victories. Following a winless 2004 season, he won one race in the 2005, finished fourth in the 2006 with two victories, and finished second to Dario Franchitti in 2007 with four wins. Dixon won his second IndyCar championship in 2008, with five victories (including the Indianapolis 500).

Dixon finished second to teammate Franchitti in the 2009 season, breaking Sam Hornish Jr.'s all-time series wins record, and third in each season from 2010 to 2012. He won his third series championship with four victories in 2013, and finished third overall with two victories the following season. In 2015, he won his fourth IndyCar championship, tying Juan Pablo Montoya on points but being declared series champion due to a count-back on the number of victories taken by both drivers. During the 2016 and 2017 season, Dixon's form lowered but he took three wins to finish sixth and third overall, respectively. His three victories during the 2018 season earned him his fifth series championship, and he went on to win his sixth title two years later with four victories. After finishing fourth overall with one victory in 2021, Dixon improved on his performance with two wins for third in the points standings in 2022, finished runner-up in 2023 with three victories but he dropped to sixth overall with two wins in 2024. He was third overall in 2025 with a solitary win.

Overall, Dixon has won 59 races in American open-wheel car racing and finished on the podium 144 times. Since 2004, he has also competed in endurance racing in the American Le Mans Series, the Rolex Sports Car Series, the IMSA SportsCar Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well the International Race of Champions and V8 Supercars. He was named New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year in both 2008 and 2013. Dixon was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009, a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit a decade later and promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) in 2025. He is an inductee of both the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame.

Early and personal life

Dixon was born in Brisbane, Australia on 22 July 1980, He has two older sisters. Dixon's parents raced various types of cars on various circuits, The family had moved to Australia in 1976 in search of better opportunities, settling in Townsville before returning to Auckland, New Zealand, a decade later after a major accident involving his father. Dixon attended Manurewa Central Primary, Green Meadows Intermediate and James Cook High School. He married former British and Welsh 800 metres champion and television presenter Emma Davies in February 2008 They have three children.

Early racing career

Aged seven, Dixon began racing go-karts after watching his cousins race at Auckland's Mt. Wellington oval kart track and tried karting following the conclusion of a raceday. He was encouraged by his parents to pursue a racing career, During the following five years, Dixon won thirty major Australian and New Zealand-based karting championships in his age group,

Aged thirteen, he began car racing, earning dispensation from Motorsport NZ to obtain a junior competition licence to enter club and national level events in categories up to Formula Ford after lobbying by his parents. Dixon took the 1994 New Zealand Formula Vee Championship at his first attempt to become its youngest champion; and drove the 1994 NZRDC Formula Ford Winter Series. and was named Rookie of the Year. and two months later, finished second in the New Zealand Grand Prix.

After Smith left Dixon's management team post-season, Johansson became Dixon's manager, deciding if Dixon could not progress to CART in the 2001 season, Dixon would join another team. After seeing Dixon compete in Australia, media manager Brett Murray encouraged PacWest Racing's (PWR) Indy Lights development squad to employ him for the 2000 championship. He won the title with 155 points, six victories and eight top-four finishes, becoming the series' second-youngest title winner behind Greg Moore. replacing the retired Mark Blundell in PWR's No. 18 Reynard 01I–Toyota car. he was concerned about acclimating to the longer CART races and developing race strategies. Dixon won the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway on his third career start, driving 116 laps without stopping for fuel, becoming the youngest winner of a major open-wheel race at the age of twenty years, nine months, and fourteen days. He added another top-three finish at Milwaukee Mile and three fourth-place finishes at Chicago Motor Speedway, Road America and Laguna Seca, finishing eighth in the drivers' championship with 98 points and winning the Rookie of the Year award. with the team switching manufacturers from Reynard to a Lola B02/00-Toyota. Following his two top-ten finishes at Monterrey and Motegi in the first three races, The rest of the season saw him achieve nine top-ten finishes including a season-best second at the Grand Prix of Denver late in the year. Dixon finished thirteenth in the final drivers' championship standings with 97 points. he quickly adapted to ovals. Dixon won his debut race, the Toyota Indy 300 at Homestead–Miami Speedway, after leading the final 53 laps. Dixon took successive wins at Pikes Peak International Raceway and Richmond International Raceway and four second places in the next ten races. Dixon finished second, ahead of all other title contenders, to win the championship with 507 points.

In the second round of the 2004 championship, he finished second at Phoenix International Raceway, followed by a fifth-place finish in the following round at Motegi. The remaining twelve races saw him achieve seven more top-tens with his best performance during that period being a fifth place in the final round, the Chevy 500 at Texas, for tenth overall with 355 points. particularly when IndyCar implemented a rule change lowering engine sizes from 3.5 L to 3.0 L at the Indianapolis 500. Dixon, according to Smith, would occasionally overdrive his car, causing handling issues entering corners. He had implants installed in the corner of his left eye to restore it to optimal sight for oval circuits, and focused fully on IndyCar following F1 testing for the Williams team in Europe and racing in the International Race of Champions (IROC) early the previous year. The beginning of the year saw him struggle in comparison with his previous two years in IndyCar with CGR. At Watkins Glen for the Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix, Dixon led an event-high 25 laps for his first series victory in forty races. He finished thirteenth in the drivers' championship with 321 points. He concentrated on improving his abilities on oval tracks, and learnt from teammate Dan Wheldon how to improve his performance on ovals. Dixon began 2006 with consecutive second-places in St. Petersburg and Motegi. He went on to achieve victory in the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway four races later by 0.1176 seconds over Wheldon after leading the final 67 laps. Going into the season-ending Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway, Dixon was one of four drivers mathematically eligible win the championship; however, he finished second and was fourth overall with 460 points. lowering Dario Franchitti's points advantage from 65 to 24. Dixon won the Motorola Indy 300 at Sonoma three rounds later, passing Franchitti's damaged car late in the race to take the championship lead from the latter. He was second overall with three fewer points than Franchitti going into the season-ending Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 in Chicago, and one of three competitors who could mathematically claim the drivers' championship. Late on the race's final lap, Dixon was leading when his car ran out of fuel, causing him to finish runner-up to Franchitti with 624 points.

left|thumb|Dixon celebrating victory in the [[Indianapolis 500 in 2008]]

The 2008 season saw Dixon return to CGR, winning the season-opening Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead from pole position. After two third-places at Motegi and Kansas Speedway (from pole position), and then the rain-shortened Firestone Indy 200 in Nashville. He achieved consecutive wins in the Rexall Edmonton Indy at Edmonton City Centre Airport and the Meijer Indy 300 at Kentucky in which he led 151 laps from pole position after Castroneves ran out of fuel on the final lap. Dixon led Castroneves by thirty championship points entering the season-ending Peak Antifreeze Indy 300; he won his second series title after finishing 0.0033 seconds behind race winner Castroneves in the series' second-closest finish.

thumb|Dixon's victory in the [[2009 Honda 200 meant he surpassed Sam Hornish Jr.'s all time IndyCar series wins record]]

For his title defence in the 2009 season, Dixon raced for CGR. Following two subpar races, Dixon won the ABC Supply Company A.J. Foyt 225 at Milwaukee for the championship lead two races later. At Richmond for the SunTrust Indy Challenge, he led 161 laps in his third victory of 2009, equalling Sam Hornish Jr.'s series record career wins with his nineteenth. Following his finishes at Watkins Glen and Edmonton, His fifth and final victory of 2009 was the Indy Japan 300 at Motegi, leading 139 laps from pole position. Dixon entered the season-ending Firestone Indy 300 as one of three drivers eligible for the championship. With 605 points, he finished third in the race and was championship runner-up to teammate Franchitti.

left|thumb|Dixon practicing for the [[2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg]]

Dixon's 2010 season began with three top-seven finishes in the first four races before leading 167 laps of the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 to win the event for the second consecutive year in Kansas. Following four top-eight finishes, he won the Honda Indy Edmonton after Castroneves was deemed to have blocked his Penske teammate Will Power. Dixon finished no lower than eighth in the five rounds that followed, including a second-place finish at Sonoma Raceway. but he finished the season by winning the 2010 Cafés do Brasil Indy 300 at Homestead to finish third overall with 547 points.

2011–2015

thumb|Dixon after winning the [[2011 Indy Japan: The Final]]

In the 2011 championship, Dixon again returned to drive for CGR. He led 62 laps of the Indy Japan: The Final at Motegi to win the event from pole position three races later. Dixon's third-place finish in the following Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky allowed him to beat Franchitti to the A. J. Foyt Oval Trophy despite having no oval victories in 2011. He was third in the Drivers' Championship with 518 points. engine reliability problems affected his performance that year. Three second-place finishes in the season's first five races came at St. Petersburg, Barber, and the Indianapolis 500. Six races later, he qualified fourth for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, where he won his second race of the season. Dixon was one of four drivers eligible for the drivers' championship after finishing fourth in the Grand Prix of Baltimore on the streets of Baltimore. He was 53 points behind championship leader Power. He finished third in the season-ending MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway for third overall with 435 points.

thumb|Dixon during a press conference after winning the [[2013 Pocono IndyCar 400]]

Dixon signed a three-year contract extension to remain at CGR for the 2013 season and through to the end of the 2015 championship in mid-2012. His Honda engined car had less power than Chevrolet engined vehicles. Dixon finished second at Barber and four other times in the season's first ten rounds. Dixon won both races of the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader (leading 81 laps in the second event from pole position) and moved into second place in the championship standings one week later. He won the first race of the Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston doubleheader and finished second in the second race to overtake Castroneves (who had mechanical issues) as the season-ending MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships at Auto Club Speedway approached. Dixon won his third series title with 577 points after finishing fifth at Auto Club.

Dixon drove a Chevrolet-powered car for the first time in the 2014 season, after CGR switched from Honda to have both the IndyCar and NASCAR teams partnered with the same engine manufacturer. His engines had a power delivery issue that slightly exaggerated shock/damper setup issues, and changes in centre of gravity and weight distribution caused traction issues exiting corners, requiring him to accelerate more cautiously. Dixon finished third once at Barber and had seven top-ten finishes in the first fourteen races of the season before winning the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio after starting 22nd. He overtook Mike Conway to win the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma two races later. He finished third in the final championship standings with 604 points after finishing second in the season finale at Auto Club. He took pole position for the Indianapolis 500 and led 84 laps before finishing fourth due to a lack of speed late in the race. Dixon started seventh in the Firestone 600 at Texas three races later and led 97 laps in his second victory of the season. He finished fifth five times in the next six races, including a pole position at the Iowa race. securing the race victory and his fourth championship title.

2016–2020

Dixon drove for CGR in the 2016 season after signing a three-year contract extension with the team in mid-2015 and was outperformed by Penske engineering-wise. Dixon started seventh and led the final 155 laps of the Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix at Phoenix International Raceway for his first win of the season, breaking a series record for wins in consecutive seasons with 12. He won the IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen after starting on pole and leading 50 laps. With 477 points after finishing seventeenth in the season finale at Sonoma, he finished sixth in the Drivers' Championship, the first time he finished outside the top three in points since 2005.

thumb|Dixon racing in the [[2017 Indianapolis 500]]

CGR returned to Honda engines before the 2017 season after three seasons with Chevrolet. Dixon finished third at St. Petersburg, Barber, and the Indianapolis road course in his first five races. He took the championship lead from Castroneves by finishing second in the first race of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader, and won the Kohler Grand Prix at Road America three races later. He finished no lower than tenth in the next six races, including consecutive second places at Gateway Motorsports Park and Watkins Glen, and was three points behind championship leader Josef Newgarden heading into the season-ending GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma. Dixon finished fourth, putting him third in the final championship standings with 621 points.

left|thumb|Dixon competing in the [[2018 ABC Supply 500]]

Dixon drove a car equipped with a new universal aerodynamic car package for the 2018 season and had no technical disadvantage to Penske. He took five top-ten finishes, including consecutive podiums at the Indianapolis road course and the Indianapolis 500 in the first six races. and he led the final 119 laps of the DXC Technology 600 at Texas for the championship lead two races later. Three races after Texas, he won his third and final race of 2018, the Honda Indy Toronto. Dixon finished no lower than fifth in the year's final five races and took pole position at Gateway. He won his fifth IndyCar championship finishing second in the season-ending Grand Prix of Sonoma, scoring 678 points.

thumb|Dixon in the lead of the [[2019 Indianapolis 500]]

Dixon signed a multi-year contract extension with CGR through to the end of the 2023 season after rejecting an offer from McLaren CEO Zak Brown to join the brand's IndyCar team for a rumoured three seasons before the 2019 championship. The season's first seven races yielded four podium finishes in St. Petersburg, Barber, Long Beach and the Indianapolis road course. Following four top-five finishes, he held off teammate Felix Rosenqvist to win the Honda Indy 200 from eighth, his second and final victory of 2019 and sixth at Mid-Ohio. Dixon finished fourth in the final Drivers' Championship standings with 578 points after finishing on the podium twice more at Pocono and Laguna Seca. and Indiana's lockdown required Dixon to prepare at home for the return to racing. Dixon then won the GMR Grand Prix at the Indianapolis road course and the first race of the REV Group Grand Prix doubleheader at Road America. He finished second in the first race of the Iowa doubleheader and led a race-high 111 laps in the Indianapolis 500. Dixon took his 50th career win in the opening round of the following Bommarito Automotive Group 500 doubleheader at Gateway. He finished no lower than tenth in the final five races, and won his sixth drivers' championship by 16 points over Newgarden in the season-ending Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, finishing third.

2021–present

left|thumb|Dixon racing in the [[2021 Indianapolis 500]]

Dixon started the 2021 championship by finishing third at Barber and St. Petersburg. He started third for the first race of the Genesys 300 doubleheader at Texas, leading 206 of 212 laps in his first and only victory of the year to take the championship lead and surpass Foyt's record of winning a race in the most seasons during his 19th season. Dixon took two pole positions in the second Genesys 300 round and the Indianapolis 500 but lost the championship lead to teammate Álex Palou after finishing seventeenth in the latter event. He took three more podiums and four top-tens and was fourth in the final season standings with 481 points. Four races later, he started second in the Honda Indy Toronto and led 40 laps to claim his fourth Toronto victory. Dixon won the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix four races later on the streets of downtown Nashville. He was one of five drivers mathematically eligible to win the championship heading into the season finale, the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca. A lack of speed in the race restricted him to twelfth and he was fourth in the championship standings with 521 points.

Dixon started the 2023 season improving his performance in qualifying from the year before, and securing a third position at St. Petersburg and top ten finishes in the three of the next four races as a result of a byproduct of an engineering and strategy team reshuffle. A rare retirement following contact with Pato O'Ward at Long Beach put Dixon in a deficit for championship points. After Dixon and his crew began developing more and he and his timing team began understanding their own needs, Dixon's results improved. Dixon then led 82 laps of the following Bommarito Automotive Group 500 to win and become teammate Palou's only championship rival after Newgarden crashed. He was mathematically eliminated from title contention after finishing third at the BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland, which Palou won, but he did secure second in the Drivers' Championship. He overcame a drive-through penalty for contact on the first lap to end the season with a victory in the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey.

thumb|Dixon at [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course|Mid-Ohio in 2024]]

At the second round of the 2024 season, the Grand Prix of Long Beach, Dixon employed a fuel-saving strategy for more than half the race following a yellow flag caution period to win the event for the second time. After two more top six finishes in the following three races with sub-par performances in qualifying, he won the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix through another fuel-saving strategy and holding off Marcus Ericsson to take the championship lead from teammate Palou. Although he lost the realistic prospect of winning his seventh drivers' title after an accident at the Grand Prix of Portland, his second-place finish in the second race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s moved him past Mario Andretti for the record of most career IndyCar podiums with his 142nd. Dixon was sixth in the points standings with 456. Dixon achieved five more top ten finishes over the course of the next eight races. The rest of the season yielded five more top-ten finishes in the final seven races, which included a second-place finish in the second race of the Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend. Dixon was third in the drivers' standings with 452 points. The following year, he again drove the 24 Hours of Daytona in Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates' (CGRFS) No. 3 entry, finishing sixth with Manning and Casey Mears. Dixon, Mears and Wheldon won the 2006 24 Hours of Daytona, completing 734 laps in CGRFS' No. 2 Riley-Lexus. He finished fourth in the season-ending Discount Tire Sunchaser at Miller Motorsports Park, alongside co-drivers Luis Díaz and Pruett in the No. 1 entry. He raced alongside Salvador Durán, Alex Lloyd, and Wheldon in the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona, finishing 41st overall (eighteenth in class) after 515 laps due to three crashes. Dixon finished fifth in class and eighth overall in De Ferran Motorsports' No. 66 Acura ARX-01b in the 2008 Petit Le Mans Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) category alongside Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud. He, Franchitti and Lloyd were fifth in the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona in CGRFS' No. 2 Riley-Lexus car. Dixon co-drove De Ferran Motorsports' No. 66 Acura ARX-02a Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) car with De Ferran and Pagenaud in both the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans. He qualified on pole in Sebring but did not finish due to mechanical issues and was 24th in Petit Le Mans. In July 2012, Dixon, McMurray, and Montoya returned to the Rolex Sports Car Series for the three-hour Brickyard Grand Prix at Indianapolis in CGRFS' No. 2 car, finishing fourth. Although Dixon, Franchitti, Joey Hand and McMurray were 37th in the 2013 24 Hours of Daytona due to McMurray's accident following a pit stop, he and Franchitti were third in the Continental Tire Sports Car Festival. Dixon joined Pruett and Rojas at the No. 1 team for the season-ending Petit Le Mans, finishing third.

Dixon, Kanaan, Larson and McMurray won the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona, completing 740 laps in the No. 2 CGRFS Riley-Ford car. Dixon was paired with Hand and Pruett to CGRFS's No. 1 lineup for both the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans, finishing fourth in both races. He raced Ford CGR's No. 67 Ford GT alongside Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook in the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans as well as the No. 69 car in the Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance Professional (LMGTE Pro) 24 Hours of Le Mans for the next three years. The trio's best Le Mans LMGTE Pro class finish was third in 2016, and they won the GTLM category of the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona after 783 laps.

In 2020, Dixon entered the 24 Hours of Daytona, this time with Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR). The No. 10 Cadillac DPi-V.R he shared with Briscoe, Kamui Kobayashi and Renger van der Zande won in a record-breaking 833 laps. Dixon finished sixteenth overall in the Bathurst 12 Hour with R-Motorsport's No. 76 Pro class Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 he shared with Jake Dennis and Rick Kelly one week later. He, Briscoe and Van Der Zande won the Petit Le Mans and were seventh in the 12 Hours of Sebring with WTR. Dixon finished fifth in both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2021, driving the No. 1 Cadillac CGR DPi-V.R with Kevin Magnussen and Van Der Zande. In the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona, he finished seventh in class and fourteenth overall in the No. 1 car alongside Sébastien Bourdais, Palou, and van Der Zande; he missed the 12 Hours of Sebring because of an IndyCar commitment at Texas and was replaced by Ryan Hunter-Reay. He finished fourth in the season-ending Petit Le Mans alongside Bourdais and van Der Zande.

thumb|left|Dixon in the pitlane at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023.

thumb|right|Dixon competing during the [[2023 24 Hours of Le Mans.]]

Dixon competed in the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona as a co-driver in the No. 1 Cadillac V-LHDh car with Bourdais and Van Der Zande, finishing third overall. He, Bourdais and Van Der Zande went on to finish fourth in the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dixon, Bourdais, Palou and Van Der Zande retired from the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona with a mechanical powertrain fault, and Dixon, Bourdais and Van Der Zande finished second overall in the 12 Hours of Sebring after a late race duel with WTR. Dixon, Bourdais and Van Der Zande teamed up again for the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, retiring after 18 hours with an unrepairable oil leak. The trio came from two laps down after two drive-through penalties to win the season-ending Petit Le Mans.

thumb|right|Dixon in the [[Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 before the start of the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona.]]

In 2025, Dixon shared the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 for the five Endurance Cup races of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship alongside full-time IMSA drivers Colin Braun and Tom Blomqvist at Meyer Shank Racing, joined by Rosenqvist for the 24 Hours of Daytona. The team finished second at Daytona, tenth at Sebring and fifth at the Petit Le Mans. He finished in the bottom half of the top ten in all four races and finished the season in tenth place in the points standings with 25 points. Dixon joined Kelly Racing as Todd Kelly's international co-driver in the No. 7 Holden VE Commodore for the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series' Armor All Gold Coast 600 double header event, finishing 20th in the first race and crashing in the second.

After his manager Johansson convinced the Williams F1 team to test him for a possible race seat in , Dixon underwent a two-part assessment for the squad at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France and the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain in early 2004. The tests did not result in Dixon being signed to the Williams team in either a testing or a racing capacity because it was uninterested in employing a rookie.

Driving style

Dixon generally performs better in a race than in a qualifying session. According to Palou, Dixon can maximise car performance consistency over a stint, a race or a season. Road & Track<nowiki/>'s Fred Smith writes that Dixon has a reputation of being patient, something Dixon says came from his formative years of racing cars when he could not afford to make an error otherwise he would have to stop competing because his family lacked money.

According to Racers Jeff Olson, Dixon prefers to drive a car with oversteer for better driveability, David Malsher-Lopez, writing for Motorsport.com characterised Dixon's handling style as not proactive but "reactive, a reflex match with the vagaries of car handling and physics." He attempts to ensure before the race that he is aware he will be provided with a car that drives well through a corner when in such a scenario. Dixon is also an ambassador for the Richard Mille watch maker, and supports CGR's Women in Motorsport initiative because he is the father of two daughters and believes women in an IndyCar team could improve performance. He has done business with the US division of the New Zealand appliance manufacturer Fisher & Paykel, and has fundraised for children's charities.

Dixon has been a director of Concept Motorsport New Zealand since 2012. Dixon was a guest on the 28 May 2008 edition of Live With Regis and Kelly, and was the subject of This Is Your Life on 21 September 2008. In July 2017, he appeared on Jay Leno's Garage, and his life and 2017 IndyCar season were the subject of the 2018 Bryn Evans documentary Born Racer.

Dixon was awarded the Jim Clark Trophy in 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2019 "for the New Zealand driver competing at a National or higher level who shows a sportsmanlike attitude to the sport and fellow competitors and natural ability in "putting up the most meritorious racing performance during the season" and the Bruce McLaren Trophy in 2003 and 2008. In the 2009 New Year Honours, he was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, upgraded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, and appointed Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2026 New Year Honours, all for services to motorsport". Dixon was named New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year in 2008 and 2013 and was nominated in 2003, 2009, 2015, 2018 and 2021.

NZ Post issued the New Zealand Champions of World Motorsport stamp series featuring Dixon and four other New Zealand motor racing champions in early 2009. Dixon was inducted into the MotorSport New Zealand Wall of Fame in 2009 and the Road to Indy Hall of Fame in 2014. In July 2013, he was named by Autosport magazine as one of the 50 greatest drivers to have never raced in F1. Joe Hogsett, the Mayor of Indianapolis, recognised Dixon's motor racing achievements by declaring 24 September 2018 "Scott Dixon Day" in Indianapolis. He was inducted into the Open Wheel category of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in March 2024, and the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame in 2025.

Racing record

Career summary

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! scope="col" | Season

! scope="col" | Series

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Races

! scope="col" | Wins

! scope="col" | Poles

! scope="col" | F/Laps

! scope="col" | Podiums

! scope="col" | Points

! scope="col" | Position

! scope="row" | 1993–94

|align=left| New Zealand Formula Vee Championship

|align=left| N/A

| 20

| 14

| 2

| 17

| 524

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

! scope="row" | 1996–97

|align=left| New Zealand Formula Ford Championship

|align=left|N/A

| ?

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

! scope="row" | 1997

|align=left| Australian Drivers' Championship

|align=left|Ralt Australia

| 14

| 0

| ?

| 1

| 125

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 1998

|align=left| Australian Drivers' Championship

|align=left| SH Racing

| 10

| 5

| ?

| 9

| 160

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

|align=left|New Zealand Grand Prix

|align=left|SH Racing

|N/A

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

! scope="row" rowspan=4| 1999

|align=left| Indy Lights

|align=left| Johansson Motorsport

| 12

| 1

| 0

| 4

| 88

|5th

|align=left| Formula Holden New Zealand

|align=left|?

| ?

| 62

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|align=left|New Zealand Grand Prix

|align=left|SH Racing

|N/A

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|align=left| American Le Mans Series – Prototype

|align=left| Jim Matthews Racing

| 1

| 0

| NC

! scope="row" | 2000

|align=left| Indy Lights

|align=left| PacWest Lights

| 12

| 6

| 1

| 5

| 7

| 155

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

! scope="row" | 2001

|align=left| CART

|align=left| PacWest Racing

| 20

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 98

| 8th

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2002

|rowspan=2 align=left| CART

|align=left| PWR Championship Racing

| 3

| 0

| rowspan=2|97

| rowspan=2|13th

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 16

| 0

| 1

! scope="row" | 2003

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 16

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 507

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

! scope="row" rowspan=4| 2004

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 15

| 0

| 1

| 355

| 10th

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| CompUSA Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 39

|55th

|align=left| International Race of Champions

|align=left| N/A

| 4

| 0

| ?

| 0

| 26

|10th

|align=left| Formula One

|align=left| BMW Williams F1 Team

| colspan="7" |Test driver

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2005

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 321

| 13th

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 1

| 0

| 25

| 66th

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2006

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 14

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 6

| 460

| 4th

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 63

| 58th

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2007

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 4

| 2

| 1

| 10

| 624

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 1

| 0

| 10

| 75th

! scope="row" rowspan=3| 2008

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 6

| 7

| 2

| 7

| 646

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 1

| 0

| 13

| 60th

|align=left| American Le Mans Series – LMP2

|align=left| de Ferran Motorsports

| 1

| 0

| 18

| 28th

! scope="row" rowspan=3| 2009

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 5

| 1

| 5

| 10

| 605

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 26

| 40th

|align=left| American Le Mans Series – LMP1

|align=left| de Ferran Motorsports

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 12

| 18th

! scope="row" rowspan=3| 2010

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 3

| 0

| 2

| 5

| 547

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 1

| 0

| 16

| 65th

|align=left| V8 Supercar Championship

|align=left| Kelly Racing

| 2

| 0

| NC

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2011

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 2

| 4

| 9

| 518

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 32

| 24th

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2012

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 15

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 6

| 435

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 2

| 0

| 56

| 21st

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2013

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 19

| 4

| 2

| 0

| 6

| 577

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

|align=left| Rolex Sports Car Series – DP

|align=left| Target Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 50

| 27th

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2014

|align=left| IndyCar Series

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Chip Ganassi Racing

| 18

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 604

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|align=left| United SportsCar Championship – P

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 81

| 26th

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2015

|align=left| IndyCar Series

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Chip Ganassi Racing

| 16

| 3

| 2

| 4

| 556

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

|align=left| United SportsCar Championship – P

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 98

| 13th

! scope="row" rowspan=4| 2016

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 16

| 2

| 3

| 4

| 477

| 6th

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – P

|rowspan=2 align=left| Ford Chip Ganassi Racing

| 1

| 0

| 25

| 7th

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTLM

| 2

| 0

| 52

| 21st

|align=left| 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro

|align=left| Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA

| 1

| 0

| N/A

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

! scope="row" rowspan=3| 2017

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 1

| 7

| 621

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTLM

|align=left| Ford Chip Ganassi Racing

| 3

| 0

| 73

| 15th

|align=left| 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro

|align=left| Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA

| 1

| 0

| N/A

| 7th

! scope="row" rowspan=3| 2018

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 3

| 1

| 3

| 9

| 678

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTLM

|align=left| Ford Chip Ganassi Racing

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 89

| 11th

|align=left| 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro

|align=left| Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA

| 1

| 0

| N/A

| 14th

! scope="row" rowspan=3| 2019

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 10

| 578

| 4th

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTLM

|align=left| Ford Chip Ganassi Racing

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 85

| 17th

|align=left| 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro

|align=left| Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA

| 1

| 0

| N/A

| 5th

! scope="row" rowspan=3| 2020

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 14

| 4

| 0

| 2

| 7

| 537

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi

|align=left| Konica Minolta Cadillac

| 3

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 94

| 16th

|align=left| Intercontinental GT Challenge

|align=left| R-Motorsport

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 21st

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2021

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 16

| 1

| 0

| 5

| 481

| 4th

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi

|align=left| Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 858

| 15th

! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2022

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 4

| 521

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi

|align=left| Cadillac Racing

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 527

| 15th

! scope="row" rowspan="3" |2023

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

|17

|578

|style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – DPi

| rowspan="2" align=left| Cadillac Racing

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 952

| 12th

|align=left| 24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar

| 1

| 0

| N/A

| 4th

! scope="row" rowspan="3" |2024

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 2

| 0

| 3

| 5

| 456

| 6th

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTP

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Cadillac Racing

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 972

| 17th

|align=left| 24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar

| 1

| 0

| N/A

| DNF

! rowspan="2" |2025

|align=left| IndyCar Series

|align=left| Chip Ganassi Racing

| 17

| 1

| 0

| 3

| 452

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd

| align="left" | IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTP

| align="left" | Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian

| 3

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 882

| 19th

! rowspan="2" | 2026

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTP

|align=left| Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian

| 2

| 0

| 560

| 6th*

| align="left" |IndyCar Series

| align="left" |Chip Ganassi Racing

| 7

| 0

| 1

| 167*

| 9th*

! colspan="10" |

* Season still in progress.

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Indy Lights

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | 1

! scope="col" | 2

! scope="col" | 3

! scope="col" | 4

! scope="col" | 5

! scope="col" | 6

! scope="col" | 7

! scope="col" | 8

! scope="col" | 9

! scope="col" | 10

! scope="col" | 11

! scope="col" | 12

! scope="col" |

| 1999

!nowrap| Johansson Motorsports

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|MIA

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|LBH

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NAZ

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|POR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|CLE

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|TOR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MIS

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"|DET

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CHI

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|LAG

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|FON

!style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5th

!style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 88

| 2000

!nowrap| PacWest Lights

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|LBH

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|MIL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DET

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|POR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MIS

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CHI

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|MOH

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|VAN

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|LAG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|STL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|HOU

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|FON

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 155

!colspan="16"|