Scott Dixon

Scott Ronald Glyndwr Dixon was born on July 22, 1980, in Brisbane, Australia, and grew up in New Zealand. He started karting at just seven years old and accumulated more than thirty major karting titles in New Zealand and Australia over the following years. At just thirteen years old, he switched to formula racing and won the New Zealand Formula Vee Championship in 1994, becoming the youngest champion in the history of that series.

Dixon’s path upward led him consistently through the Australian-New Zealand junior classes: in 1996 he secured the title in Formula Ford Class II, and in 1998 came the Australian Drivers’ Championship. Instead of taking the classic European route via F3 and F2, he headed to North America, where in 2000 he won the Indy Lights championship with PacWest Racing. He made his CART debut in 2001 for PacWest Racing and won a race at Nazareth on just his third start, becoming the youngest winner in American open-wheel history at that time. When PacWest dissolved for financial reasons in 2002, Dixon moved to Chip Ganassi Racing, the team with which he switched to the IndyCar Series in 2003 and won the championship title in his very first season.

Since then, Scott Dixon has been inseparable from Chip Ganassi Racing and ranks among the most successful drivers in IndyCar history. Following his 2003 title came additional championships in 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018, and 2020, a total of six championships that place him second on the all-time list behind A.J. Foyt. The highlight of his career came in 2008, when he won the Indianapolis 500 from pole position and claimed his second title that same year. He has also been successful in sports car racing: with Chip Ganassi Racing he triumphed at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2006 and 2015, and in 2020 he won the race again, this time with Wayne Taylor Racing. In total, he has 59 IndyCar wins and 144 podium finishes to his credit.

For the 2026 season, Scott Dixon remains the full-time driver for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series, the team with which he has contested nearly his entire career since 2003 and won all six titles. After finishing third in the overall standings in 2025 with a season victory, he approaches the coming year with the clear ambition to continue fighting for wins and top finishes. His consistency over more than two decades at the top makes him one of the most defining drivers of the series, and his experience and composure behind the wheel—which earned him the nickname ‘The Iceman’—will likely remain an important factor for the CGR team in 2026.