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Dixon doesn't sing blues about the past
He's able to laugh at error in last year's 500
By DAVE KALLMANN dkallmann@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Indianapolis -- Kicking the garage door wouldn't have helped, no more than crying or pitching a fit.
So Scott Dixon laughed.
After hanging on deftly at 220 mph for the better part of 480 miles, after battling through traffic and dealing with frustration, Dixon's valiant rookie drive in the Indianapolis 500 last year ended with an unceremonious bump into the inside wall.
Caused by a rare lapse in concentration . . .
While scrubbing his tires . . .
At quarter-speed . . .
Behind the pace car . . .
Eight laps from the finish.
And as much as it hurt at the time, and as much as it cost him a top-10 finish and good old cash, Dixon was able to chuckle...