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12/30 15:08 CST Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon receives a knighthood
from New Zealand
Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon receives a knighthood from New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) --- Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon was
awarded a knighthood Wednesday in New Zealand's New Year honors list.
"I've been called a lot of things, but I never thought that ?Sir' was going to
be one of them," Dixon said. "That was kind of crazy. Totally out of the blue
... You automatically go back to the start like the first time driving a
go-kart and then all the rest of the memories happened at warp speed."
Scott Ronald Glyndwr Dixon, now a Knight Commander of the New Zealand Order of
Merit, was born in Australia to New Zealand-born parents who later returned to
live in Auckland.
Dixon, who won the Indianapolis 500 in 2008, received the knighthood for
services to motor sport. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver was inducted into the
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2024.
"Sir Scott is a hero to young New Zealand motor sport fans and his work
fundraising for children's charities is invaluable," New Zealand's Prime
Minister Christopher Luxon said.
Dixon won karting titles in Australia and New Zealand before heading to the
United States where he raced in Indy Lights and CART series before moving to
IndyCar in 2003.
"It's all about outside racing giving back to the community and the
partnerships you make away from the track and causes you get involved in,"
Dixon said.
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