Scott Dixon, who drove a flawless race to victory in the first half of this weekend's Detroit double-header, paid tribute to HPD and also the fact that IndyCar Race Control didn’t immediately throw a yellow for a stranded car. Dixon hit the front for the first time after stalking polesitter and early leader Marco Andretti in the first stint, by running a lap longer in the first stint. He delivered a strong in- and a strong out-lap, and combined with his #9 Chip Ganassi Racing crew’s traditionally swift pitstop, he emerged 4.5sec ahead of Andretti.  Once Graham Rahal, who’d been the only driver to start on the harder primary Firestones, and Ryan Hunter-Reay who was on a three-stop...
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