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FROM where Scott Dixon stands right now, it looks like he might have mixed that perfect cocktail, the one many people from this part of the world have tried to concoct but few have ever managed to get quite right.
Dixon's stage is the high-powered yet fickle world of international motorsport where the cocktail of success requires the right mix of money and talent, combined with a dash of influence.
This weekend's Gold Coast Indy 300 is the first chance for the Brisbane-born, New Zealand-raised 21-year-old to show his "home" crowd just how far he has come in the three years he has been driving in the US.
The shed of trophies Dixon captured on the Australasian motorsport circuit up until his final success as the 1998 Australian Formula Holden champion looks small fry against what awaits him as leading driver for CART team Pac-West Racing. He joined the team this year...