Scott Dixon News

Unification is the buzz du jour, but before that there was Danica. After the merger of the Champ Car World Series and the Indy Racing League has been given its due, there will still be Danica.

The Indy Racing League announced Thursday that clothing maker Izod will be the title sponsor of its top open-wheel series entering next season.

Indianapolis, October 29, 209:Throughout the offseason, IndyCar Series drivers will discuss their 2009 season.

Quite why the Indy Racing League decided to hold its final race of the season at Homestead late on a Saturday afternoon is a complete mystery, especially when Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe, and Dario Franchitti were all in contention for the title.

Dario Franchitti sure knows how to put together a dramatic finish. After returning to the IndyCar Series, he capped off his first season back by winning the 2009 IndyCar Series Championship in dramatic fashion, edging Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon in one of the closest points races in recent memory.

Just one night after becoming the "Comeback Kid" by winning his second IndyCar Series title, Dario Franchitti got the ultimate show of respect from his fellow drivers.

Welcome to Miami, which has replaced Chicagoland as the site of the series finale.

His parents were dirt track racers, so it should come as no real surprise that Scott Dixon has not only followed in their tire tracks but taken the family name to heights and tracks not seen before.

Oriol Servia drives the #06 McDonald's Newman Haas Lanigan Racing Dallara Honda during the IRL IndyCar Series The Honda Indy 200 on August 9, 2009 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

Dario Franchitti was getting dressed at the Miami Dolphins' training facility Thursday afternoon, when someone warned him that the adjacent pile of football playbooks were top secret.

The IndyCar Series championship has traditionally come down to the last race of the season.

The last time he entered a championship finale in IndyCar, Dario Franchitti had to fight off his then rival from an opposing team, Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing.

This is the last of a six-part series looking at classic championship races in IndyCar Series history.

Target Chip Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti head into the final IndyCar race of the season in a winner-take-all showdown.

MOTEGI, Japan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 - Two-time IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon earned the PEAK Performance Pole Award with a dramatic qualifying run to win his first pole of the season at the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi.

Gil de Ferran has hit out at Clint Field after a collision between the de Ferran Acura and the Intersport Lola at Petit Le Mans which could have a major bearing on the fight for the American Le Mans Series title.

INDYCAR SERIES NEWS AND NOTES a ' Sept. 14, 2009 Today's IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights headlines 1. Championship race heads to Far East 2. IndyCar Series spans globe for Japan race 1. Championship race heads to Far East: Note to IndyCar Series championship contenders Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti: It's beneficial to ...

SECOND: New Zealand's Brendon Hartley has had a good weekend, finishing second in a World Series Renault race at the Nurburgring in Germany.

PUMPED: New Zealand's Scott Dixon celebrates after winning the IndyCar Series' Indy Japan 300 mile auto race at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, northeast of Tokyo.

Czech's reach final...Dixon takes the flag... Golf updates POREC, Croatia The scene is half set for the Davis Cup final.