IndyCar: Scott Dixon’s 2019 road/street championship-clinching scenarios

By Asher Fair | Sep 19, 2019

SONOMA, CA - SEPTEMBER 16: Scott Dixon of New Zealand driver of the #9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda during the Verizon IndyCar Series Sonoma Grand Prix at Sonoma Raceway on September 16, 2018 in Sonoma, California. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS – JUNE 06: Scott Dixon of New Zealand, driver of the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)

FORT WORTH, TEXAS – JUNE 06: Scott Dixon of New Zealand, driver of the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) /

Scott Dixon (continued)

With an 8th place finish…

Dixon will have 423 points
Rossi must finish in ninth place (416 points) or lower
Newgarden must finish in fifth place (423 points) or lower

With a 9th place finish…

Dixon will have 419 points
Rossi must finish in 10th place (412 points) or lower
Newgarden must finish in sixth place (419 points) or lower

With a 10th place finish…

Dixon will have 415 points
Rossi must finish in 11th place (410 points) or lower
Newgarden must finish in seventh place (415 points) or lower

With an 11th place finish…

Dixon will have 413 points
Rossi must finish in 10th place (412 points) or lower
Newgarden must finish in eighth place (411 points) or lower

With a 12th place finish…

Dixon will have 411 points
Rossi must finish in 11th place (410 points) or lower
Newgarden must finish in eighth place (411 points) or lower

With a 13th place finish…

Dixon will have 409 points
Rossi must finish in 12th place (408 points) or lower
Newgarden must finish in ninth place (407 points) or lower
Simon Pagenaud must finish in second place (389 points) or lower

With a 14th place finish…

Dixon will have 407 points
Rossi must finish in 13th place (406 points) or lower
Newgarden must finish in ninth place (407 points) or lower
Pagenaud must finish in second place (389 points) or lower