Scott Dixon Cruises to Third Career Win at Mid-Ohio

It was a weekend of firsts for Scott Dixon. He snagged his first pole of the season yesterday and grabbed his first win of the season today. It was Dixon's 26th career Izod IndyCar Series win and his third career win in just five starts at Mid-Ohio. The other results were a third and a fifth. He tied Emerson Fittipaldi as the career wins leader at Mid-Ohio with three wins. Dixon led a race high 50 of the 85 laps. Teammate Dario Franchitti extended his Championship lead over Will Power by a 68 point margin with his second place finish.  Power had a disappointing day with a 14th place finish in the no. 12 Verizon Wireless Honda.  The rivalry  will continue though as Franchitti blamed Power for trying to spin him out o...

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