FT. WORTH, Tex. (June 7, 2008) – Scott Dixon continued to put his stamp on the 2008 IndyCar Series, completing a virtual trouble-free run when all around him encountered problems to win the Bombardier Learjet 550 under the lights at Texas Motor Speedway for his third win of the season.

Starting from the pole, Dixon ran in the lead pack for the entire 228-lap race distance while all of his challengers – including Helio Castroneves, Marco Andretti, Ryan Briscoe, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Vitor Meira – encountered problems, penalties, misfortune or the unyielding walls of the high-banked, 1.5-mile oval. It was a typically hard-fought Texas race, with 22 official lead changes among six drivers. Dixon's strongest late-race rivals for the victory, Andretti and Hunter-Reay, were eliminated in a hard crash on Lap 222 that resulted in the race ending under caution. The pair made contact in Turn Four while battling for second place, but both drivers apparently escaped serious injury.

Two other potential race winners, Team Penske's Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe, spent much of the night recovering from early mistakes. Briscoe mistakenly pulled into the pit stall of Target Chip Ganassi Racing's Dan Wheldon during the first round of stops and was assessed a drive-through penalty, while later in the race Castroneves received the same penalty for speeding as he entered pit lane. Both fell off the lead lap as a result of the penalties. Castroneves still managed to lead a race-high 85 laps to recover to second place, while Briscoe set some of the fastest laps in the race en route to his third-place finish.

Wheldon showed no after-effects from a rollover crash in practice on Friday to come home fourth tonight. Andretti Green Racing teammates Tony Kanaan and Hideki Mutoh ran fifth and sixth, respectively, as Mutoh solidified his lead in the series rookie standings with another strong performance. Vitor Meira's Panther Racing team attempted a alternative pit strategy that might have paid off with a long-overdue victory, but that was spoiled by the late-race cautions. He finished a lap down in seventh.

Through it all, Dixon sailed on untroubled, leading 58 laps, rarely running lower than third, and with flawless pit stops from his Target Chip Ganassi Racing crew for his first win at Texas Motor Speedway.