Briscoe edges Dixon at Chicago IndyCar SeriesAustralian Ryan Briscoe This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. edged New Zealand's Scott Dixon Scott Ronald Dixon (born July 22, 1980) is a New Zealand motor racing driver who won the Indy Racing League (IRL) championship in 2003 at his first attempt. Early years on the final lap There is also Final Lap (novel), a novel in the Traces series by Malcolm Rose. Final Lap is a video game released by Namco and Atari Games (for the Americas) in 1987 which was the unofficial sequel to the popular Pole Position games. to win the IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series is the premier series of the Indy Racing League. Due to the legal settlement with CART, the IRL was unable to utilize the name until the beginning of the 2003 season. race at Chicagoland Speedway Chicagoland Speedway is a speedway in Joliet, Illinois, USA, southwest of Chicago. The speedway is actually located several miles south of Joliet proper, just off Illinois Route 53 between Joliet and Wilmington, Illinois. It currently has a capacity of 75,000 people. by .0077sec. Briscoe's third victory of the season gave him a 25-point lead atop the standings over Scotland's Dario Franchitti Dario Franchitti (b. 19 May, 1973 in Bathgate, West Lothian) is a Scottish racing driver of Italian descent. He is the 2007 IndyCar Series champion. He used to compete in the IndyCar Series, formerly drove in the CART series, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. , with Dixon 33 points adrift with two races remaining. "No different, really," Briscoe said. "We've seen how quickly that can turn around." Dixon settled for second, followed by Brazilian Mario Moraes and Franchitti as the title frontrunners kept the chase tight. American Graham Rahal was fifth. Briscoe's Penske Racing teammate, Helio Castroneves of Brazil, appeared to break a suspension part and hit the wall with 16 laps remaining. Castroneves came into the race lying fourth in the standings, but was eliminated from title contention. After Castroneves crashed, Dixon led the field to a restart with nine laps remaining. As they took the white flag signalling one lap remaining, Briscoe pulled alongside Dixon and they raced side-by-side until Briscoe edged ahead to win by a nose. "Pretty simple - we didn't have enough speed," Dixon said. "We did our best job, and we still came up short." The race went without a caution almost until the halfway stage, when Japan's Hideki Mutoh hit the wall hard on lap 92. Mutoh was able to exit his car on his own. 
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