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Dixon wins Indy Japan 300
19 September 2009 / Results / PhotosTarget Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon has claimed another race victory this season by winning the Indy Japan 300 at Motegi. Dixon finished ahead of team-mate Dario Franchitti and Newman/Haas/Lanigan driver Graham Rahal.
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The Indy Japan 300 was all about Ryan Briscoe being able to claim his first IndyCar championship title but the Australian failed to clinch the title as a pitlane incident put him towards the back of the field. Briscoe finished 18th so the 2009 IndyCar championship title won't be decided until the final round at Homestead-Miami next month.
Scott Dixon, who entered the seventh annual race at the 1.52-mile oval 32 points behind Briscoe in the standings, gave Target Chip Ganassi Racing its first victory in Japan. Team-mate Dario Franchitti was 1.4475 seconds back. Graham Rahal finished third to tie his career high on an oval, and Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team-mate Oriol Servia tied his IndyCar Series best finish in fourth place.
Briscoe, who made two service stops after the incident, was credited with 18th place. So it will be a shootout in the season finale for the fourth consecutive year, with Dixon pacing the contenders with 570 points. Franchitti has 565 and Briscoe has 562.
That's the second-closest 1-3 gap in series history (2003) and the 14th change atop the standings in the 16 races. The last time Dixon and Franchitti finished 1-2 - at Richmond in late June - Briscoe finished a season-low 19th after smacking the wall at the exit of Turn 2.
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