Scott Dixon must wonder what he has to do to add to his season-opening IndyCar Series victory at Homestead, after being denied by circumstances for the second weekend in a row.
The Kiwi had been the class of the field at Kansas Speedway, but got a yellow flag caution period just when he least needed one. Seven days ago, he had been waiting for a yellow in order to top off his tanks at Motegi, only to have to pit under green, allowing Danica Patrick through to claim her maiden win.
This time around, the beneficiary was Target Chip Ganassi team-mate Dan Wheldon, who had sat in Dixon's wheeltracks for much of the 150 or so laps leading to the vital pit-stop cycle. The reigning race champion had to pit just a lap later than Dixon and, having been able to save fuel behind his team-mate, managed to receive service under yellow and emerge at the head of the pack, while the Kiwi dropped to eighth.
Dixon led from the pole, and would easily pick up the three bonus points for leading the most laps, while the pack squabbled in his - and Wheldon's - wake. Series returnee Tomas Scheckter provided the early opposition to the Ganassi duo, even daring to split the red machines at one point, but the rest were looking like also-rans until the closing moments. Only after Buddy Rice clouted the wall to bring out the final, lengthy, yellow that cost Dixon so dear did anyone else get a look-in for a top two spot, with Andretti Green's Tony Kanaan coming through from eleventh after a qualifying nightmare to chase Wheldon across the line. Dixon turned up the wick once the track went back to green, picking off some of those ahead of him, but only being able to reach third place by the chequer.
![Target Chip Ganassi team-mates Dan Wheldon and Scott Dixon [pic credit: IRL/McQueeney]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/426207.jpg)
