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Dixon comes out on top on a wild day in Detroit

Detroit — After track surface issues, crashes, intermittent rain and a race delay of more than two hours, Scott Dixon won Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle.
Dixon, of the No. 9 Target Ganassi Honda, led the entire race – even when the 90-lap race was reduced to 60 laps after the delay.
Dixon edged teammate Dario Franchitti, a former Indianapolis 500 champion. Dixon had a 1.96-second edge over his teammate and averaged 1:12:42 per lap.

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