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Scott Dixon teases potential 2026 Daytona 500 try
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Scott Dixon teases potential 2026 Daytona 500 try

By Miles Cooper February 15, 2025
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If you happen to did not tune in to look at FOX Sports activities’ protection Saturday afternoon, then you definately missed cameras slicing to a casually-clad Scott Dixon, who’s hanging round Daytona Worldwide Speedway this weekend as good friend and visitor to Jimmie Johnson for the 67th operating of the Daytona 500. And it seems his attendance is not only for having fun with probably the most prestigious NASCAR occasion of the yr. 

May Dixon, the 2008 Indy 500 winner and six-time IndyCar champion be the subsequent open-wheel legend to attempt his hand on the pinnacle of inventory automobile racing? The Kiwi did not rule it out on Saturday when FOX Sports activities spoke to him throughout the ultimate observe session for this yr’s 500.

“Yeah, we have been simply speaking about that,” smiled Dixon, overtly teasing a doable 500 bid. “Attempting to work out how I can do my entry for subsequent yr.” He appeared to suggest that if the deal got here collectively, it could be with the group co-owned by good friend Jimmie Johnson, Legacy Motor Sports activities, which is fielding three vehicles this weekend.

If Dixon have been to make a run on the Daytona 500, he would probably be eligible for the newly applied Open Exemption Provisional, which ensures ‘world-class drivers’ a spot within the occasion ought to they fail to race their means in. 

Scott Dixon teases potential 2026 Daytona 500 try

Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, Jimmie Johnson, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

Picture by: Chris Jones

Dixon and Johnson have been as soon as Chip Ganassi Racing teammates throughout Johnson’s IndyCar stint. That is Dixon’s first go to to the Daytona 500 in a couple of decade, the place he plans to cheer his good friend on throughout his twenty second begin in The Nice American Race. Then it is off to Sebring subsequent week for pre-season IndyCar testing. 

In the meantime, one other of Dixon’s fellow IndyCar counterparts, Helio Castroneves, is making his debut in NASCAR’s crown jewel occasion. It has been a tough week for Castroneves with restricted laps and a number of incidents throughout the Duel qualifiers and a chaotic ARCA race (the place he nonetheless completed fifth). He’ll begin forty first on Sunday in a rebuilt race automobile for Trackhouse Racing Workforce.

Solely two Indy 500 winners have additionally gained the Daytona 500 — Mario Andretti in 1967 and A.J. Foyt in 1972.

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