MotorMouth
When it didn’t happen in the season-ending Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey on Sept. 22 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Dixon sounded rather matter of fact about accepting his fate as Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden celebrated his second title.
Two years later at Homestead, Dixon was leading Franchitti by four points entering the season finale.
Dixon finished third but had to settle for second in the points when his teammate Franchitti won the race and the championship.
But this year proved to be different at the end, when Dixon encountered misfortune in the previous two races before the season finale.
