Scott Dixon is the grand old man of IndyCar, if you consider 42 old. Which it probably is considering he's two decades older than a lot of his competition these days.
He beat them all again Sunday, by the way.
Started 14th after qualifying like an old lady, and then drove like the best of his generation he is, winning the Music City Grand Prix on a Nashville street circuit that included racing over a bridge, and which turned a lot of expensive race cars into macrame.
Wise old head that he is, Dixon survived the demolition derby. It was his 53rd career victory, lifting him over Mario Andretti into second place alltime, and now he's just six points behind Will Power -- another wise old head -- with three races left.
It's the closest he's been to his seventh championship all year. He's been hanging around -- fourth, fifth, sixth -- but no one was even talking about a seventh title earlier on. Everyone was watching Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, Pato O'Ward, Josef Newgarden and others fighting over the top spot.
But now?
Anyone want to bet against that seventh title now?
Didn't think so.
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