Scott Dixon sensationally won IndyCar's Nashville round - but had thought car damage would end his race. Full story ⬇️
Having started 14th, Dixon climbed to 11th. Under the second caution of the day he and most of his rivals pitted, but an air-jack failure dropped him to the back of the field.
He was sent out to ensure he didn’t lose a lap and on return the crew tore some of the floor away, which cost him around 400lbs of downforce according to his race engineer Chris Simmons. Then the team dialled out four turns of front wing to help compensate and ‘re-balance’ the car. “The car just had no grip. Each time we had a restart, I was just praying for another accident! Some of those came, some of them didn't.
“No, at the time you're like, ‘Oh, our day is ruined, our day is ruined.’ I think you're OK when the car is not damaged, but our car was pretty damaged. Like the steering wasn't straight, the rear left suspension was bent, the underfloor was pulled off, the strake we had to rip off as well, which is hundreds of pounds of downforce…