With Honda landing Chip Ganassi Racing for 2017, can each help the other get back on track? Scott Dixon’s race engineer Chris Simmons told David Malsher about his realistic hopes, as well as the technical implications of the switchover. Everyone knows the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series was a difficult one for Honda, except for – and this is a big exception – scoring a 1-2 in the 100th Indianapolis 500. Honda folks can point to how close they came to usurping Chevrolet at other races this year – Barber Motorsports Park and Pocono Raceway spring to mind, for example. They can also justifiably point out that Simon Pagenaud’s #22 Penske-Chevrolet frequently kicked the asses of all...
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