CHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES
GRAND PRIX AT THE GLEN
WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL
TEAM CHEVY RACE NOTES & QUOTES
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2016
SCOTT DIXON, NO. 9 TARGET CHIP GANASSI CHEVROLET – Winner:
YOU HAD A LOT TO OVERCOME TODAY. YOU HAD TO SAVE FUEL, YOU WERE FAST, YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. THIS MUST BE SO GRATIFYING
“Yeah, I think this was actually a Chevy Volt like we were running on electric, or something. We got amazing fuel mileage. I cannot thank all the fans here in The Glen area and everybody else for coming out here today; especially on such short notice. The support from Verizon, they’ve been fantastic with this series; and the support they’ve shown us has been phenomenal. A huge thank you to them, as well. But, look at this Team Target, man this is so cool, so cool.”
LUCK WENT YOUR WAY. YOU PITTED, AND RIGHT AFTER YOU PITTED A CAR SPUN. NOT ONLY DID YOU MISS IT, BUT THAT WAS THE CAUTION YOU NEEDED TO STAY OUT FRONT.
“It was. They roll either way. Sometimes you’re going to get them, and sometimes you’re not. But today, after it bit us pretty good in Toronto, it was a nice way to turn around.
“A huge thanks to everyone who has been giving to the Justin Wilson kids’ fund. I’m actually going to donate my winnings here today to their children’s fun. I want to say hi to everybody. Please keep supporting them.”
THE QUESTION THEY ASKED IN THE BOOTH WAS HOW CAN SCOTT DIXON GO THREE MORE LAPS THAN HELIO CASTRONEVES WITH THE SAME POWERPLANT?
“This car, you could just roll through the corner. I felt like I haven’t even had to downshift sometimes. I can’t thank Chevy and Target and everybody here enough this weekend. It’s been almost a sweep this weekend and you don’t get these too often, especially with the competition level that we have in the Verizon IndyCar Series. I’ll definitely remember this one.”
40th WIN, 4th WIN AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL
“Super happy man. Just a fantastic weekend for us. Qualifying was definitely demanding, but the car was just phenomenal. There was nothing that we couldn’t do today. We could save fuel. We caught that caution which was definitely fantastic for us and definitely a nice reversal of some others earlier this year.
“These things are never easy, man. It is definitely a testament to the hours our team puts in on these cars. We have had some rough runs this year, but our car has had phenomenal speed at a lot of the tracks. It’s about the partners. It’s Target; it’s Chevy. I have to thank all the friends, family and everybody that works on this team day in and day out to make this car, and put me in the seat which is a lot of fun.
“This weekend there were a few unknowns for Firestone because it was the first time back here with the new surface and a totally different car. The reds were perfect, they didn’t go off – they just got better and better and better. The blacks were as probably the favorites of mine just because they were a little bit easier to drive in the high speed corners, but as always, Firestone was good.”