I'm a big fan of his

He's our great hope of a next F1 driver, I support him.
He'll be in F1 within 2 yrs.

i read that he was at monza for the gp,

he was with stefan johansson who manages him(?) and they were looking for possible testing positions for the coming season.

i know dixon has strong links to toyota, has there been any more news on his chances for f1 next year?

He's wanting to get at least a test drive for 2005, as is well known, there is nothing available 2004 at this late stage.
He wants to learn all the tracks first in testing before hopefully securing a drive in 2006.
Thats the theory, anyway.

he's still young enough to wait for the right opprotunity, hopefully he will get out of the irl before it hurts him.

that series is just stupid, i know racing is dangerous and the drivers accept the risks, but the rules of the irl seem to put drivers in harms way.

I'm a fan, but staying in IRL is career crippling. Especially if he gets involved in an accident. Chances are he won't walk away from it.

I enjoy IRL especially the super speedways. Just cant get into CART.

That's because Cart currently have stupid rules. IRL is stupid in a general sense.

I recon he'll get a Toyota drive in 2005 in F1 - just when I expect the team to be getting up with the top 4 teams

He'll be fighting many others for it, including current test driver Ryan Briscoe.

Scott will get it B)

What are his credentials on road courses like?

FAST FACTS

Born: July 22, 1980
Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand
Resides: Indianapolis
Ht./Wt.: 5-10/150
Spouse: Single




Career Highlights:

- 2003 IRL Champion
- 2001 CART Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year.
- Youngest driver to win in any major open-wheel series with CART victory in 2001 at Nazareth at age 20 years, 9 months, 14 days.
- 2000 Dayton Indy Lights champion.

2003
- IRL Champion
- Five pole Positions
- Three Wins
- Eight Top 3 finishes
- Most laps led during the year
2002
- Finished 13th in CART point standings, scoring three top-five finishes, including a second place at Denver.
- Began the season with PacWest Racing, moved to Target Chip Ganassi Racing before Milwaukee and finished season with team.
- Announced Oct. 23 he would compete in IRL IndyCar Series for Target Chip Ganassi Racing in 2003.

2001
- Won CART Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year Award and finished eighth in CART point standings with victory at Nazareth.
- Youngest driver to win in any major open-wheel series with victory in 2001 at Nazareth at age 20 years, 9 months, 14 days.
- Scored six top-five finishes and completed a series-high 2,521 of a possible 2,610 laps.

2000
- Won Dayton Indy Lights championship, winning six of 12 races driving for PacWest Lights team.
- Led series-high 228 laps.

1999
- Competed in first season of North American competition with Johansson Motorsports in Dayton Indy Lights series, winning at Chicago, where he led every lap from the pole.
- Finished fifth in championship and finished second in the Rookie of the Year standings, one point behind Jonny Kane.

1998
- Won Australian-based Formula Holden championship for Formula 3000 cars with five wins, seven poles and five second-place finishes in 12 races.

1997
- Finished third in Formula Holden and named series Rookie of the Year.

1996
- Captured New Zealand Formula Ford Class I championship.

1995
- Earned 13 wins in 14 races to capture New Zealand Formula Ford Class II championship.

1994
- Finished second in the New Zealand Formula Class II championship.
- Won the New Zealand Formula Vee championship after being granted a special license to compete at the age of 13.


Personal

- Enjoys surfing, snooker and indoor karting.
- Drives a Lexus GS 430.
- Favorite driver is the late Ayrton Senna.
- Favorite city is Los Angeles.
- Nickname is “The Phantom.”
- Parents, Ron and Glenys Dixon, both were race drivers.

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