GE LED Lighting to Serve as Primary Partner on No. 9 Honda in St. Petersburg with Scott Dixon.
NTT DATA Tabbed for Associate-Level Role in INDYCAR Season Opener
Announced in Indianapolis on March 7th.
Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) announced that four-time Verizon IndyCar Series Champion and Indianapolis 500 Winner Scott Dixon will be sporting the colors of GE LED Lighting in Round 1 of the Verizon IndyCar Series on March 12 at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, with additional associate-level support coming from NTT DATA.
Scott Dixon is the four-time Verizon IndyCar Series Champion (2003, 2008, 2013, 2015) and 2008 Indianapolis 500 Winner returns to CGR in 2017 for his 16th season – the longest tenure for a driver in team history (1990-Present).
Dixon holds the distinction of being the winningest active Indy car driver with 40 victories and is currently ranked fourth on the all-time Indy car win list. In addition, he ranks third on the all-time list for most consecutive starts with 207 straight dating back to the 2004 race in Michigan. The New Zealander has 270 Indy car starts, producing 40 wins, 27 poles, 131 top-five and 188 top-10 finishes (2001-Present). In Dixon’s 12 starts in St. Petersburg (2005-2016), he has recorded three podiums, led 94 laps and has over 95% laps completed.
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