{"id":507039,"date":"2026-07-03T00:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507039\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T00:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T00:27:18","slug":"kiwi-indycar-star-scott-dixon-to-race-for-new-team-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507039\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi IndyCar star Scott Dixon to race for new team in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon is ending a remarkable run with Chip Ganassi Racing.<\/p>\n

Owner Chip Ganassi announced Friday that Dixon recently informed the team he would not return in 2027.<\/p>\n

“Scott has meant so much to CGR over the past 24 years,” Ganassi said. “Together we’ve shared championships, many victories and countless moments that have helped define this organization.”<\/p>\n

Ganassi said he believed the 45-year-old Dixon’s contract gave him an opportunity to end his career with the team.<\/p>\n

\"Chip<\/p>\n

Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon races during the IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach auto race. (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

“We respect that he\u2019s chosen a different path and wish him nothing but continued success,” Ganassi said. “Scott will always be a special part of this team\u2019s history, and we\u2019re grateful for everything we\u2019ve accomplished together.”<\/p>\n

Dixon, who won the 2008 Indianapolis 500, is the defending champion at IndyCar’s next race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday. He is 10th in points this season with one top-five finish.<\/p>\n

“Our focus now is on finishing this season strong with the No. 9 PNC team while also preparing for the future at Chip Ganassi Racing,” Ganassi said.<\/p>\n

\"From<\/p>\n

From left, second placed Marcus Ericsson, first placed Scott Dixon, and third placed Marcus Armstrong celebrate after the IndyCar Detroit Grand Prix auto race in Detroit. (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

Dixon won karting titles in Australia and New Zealand before moving to the United States where he raced in Indy Lights and CART series before moving to IndyCar in 2003.<\/p>\n

He won series championships in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2020 and has 59 career victories, trailing only A.J. Foyt.<\/p>\n

Dixon was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2024 and was awarded a knighthood<\/a> last December in New Zealand. He was born in Australia to New Zealand-born parents who later returned to live in Auckland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon is ending a remarkable run with Chip Ganassi Racing. Owner Chip Ganassi announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[238294,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-507039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-f1autoz26","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}