Scott Dixon's new IndyCar season started Friday with a modest 12th-place position in the opening official test session on the Phoenix International Raceway oval, but the Chip Ganassi Racing driver felt the times and speeds were less important than the data collected in his team's first short oval run with new engine partner Honda. "For us...it's the second time in the Honda-powered car, so first time on a short oval, which as we know is maybe not the best package to have, but all in all, it ran fairly smoothly," said Dixon, a dominant winner at PIR last year with his Chevy-powered Dallara. "We didn't do new tires. It looked like a bunch of people did new tires at the end and...
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