Chip Ganassi Racing’s reigning four-time champion Scott Dixon said he had speed in reserve should the chasing Penske cars have mounted a challenge in the Phoenix Grand Prix. The #9 CGR-Chevrolet led the final 155 laps of the race after both Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya were knocked out of contention by right-front punctures. Notably, however, he appeared to be pacing the race so as to keep first Will Power, then Simon Pagenaud behind him while also not feeling obliged to go off-line and lap backmarkers on a night when passing proved difficult. “Yeah, it was really about management and how hard we had to push the car, whether we needed to pass some of that lapped traffic,”...
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