American Racing News Vol 1, Issue 2 Issue 8 | Page 21

previous lap record held by
Ryan Briscoe.

lucky enough to come back here
and race.”

Once the green flag waved on
the INDYCAR Grand Prix at The
Glen presented by Hitachi, the
four-time series champion
made himself scarce, pulling a
huge gap and easily managing
the race from the front. To add
insult to injury, Dixon cruised to
his fourth Verizon IndyCar
Series win at The Glen with
plenty of fuel to spare, while the
rest of the drivers struggled to
make their Sunoco E85R ethanol
last. He took the checkers more
than 16 seconds ahead of Josef
Newgarden.

Best comeback
performance

"These are the weekends that
you definitely don't forget, just
in the sheer fact of we had such
a smooth one,” Dixon said after
his 40th win moved him into
fourth overall in career Indy car
victories. “I love coming to
upstate New York and this track
is one of the old-school great
American tracks that we're

James HinchcliffeIn 2015, No. 5
Arrow Schmidt Peterson
Motorsports Honda driver
James Hinchcliffe watched the
Indianapolis 500 from a hospital
bed due to a massive accident
in practice for the “Greatest
Spectacle in Racing.” A year
later, Hinchcliffe faced down
the famed 2.5-mile Brickyard
oval to score his maiden Verizon
IndyCar Series pole position on
the final run of the Fast Nine
Shootout session. His average
four-lap speed was 230.760
mph.