IndyCar Series points leader Scott Dixon and Indy Pro Series rookie Andrew Prendeville were the guests on the Indy Racing League teleconference.
Dixon, who had recorded three second-place finishes and a pair of fourth-place finishes this season, discussed how he approaches racing with the points lead.
Q. Do you have a different mindset as the points leader as to when you are being chased?
SCOTT DIXON: Especially not this early in the season. I think you want consistency. At this stage in the season, you want to go out for race wins. We’ve had I think three seconds so far this season. That’s not nearly good enough for me. I think some of them we could have turned into wins. We definitely need to do that. We’ll be as aggressive as we need to be.
Prendeville discussed the partnership he has formed with the Best Friend Animal Society to raise funds for one of the nation’s largest animal sanctuaries.
Q. Finally, one of the big thing from your standpoint in the last month has been introducing a new tie-in with a charity, the sponsorship prior to Indianapolis with Racing Laps For Best Friends. Give us some background about that program, how you’re involved with it.
ANDREW PRENDEVILLE: Really we launched the full scale of it at Indianapolis. What we’ve done this year is we’ve done it, the signage on my race car, to the Best Friend Animal Society. We thought that was a good thing to do. We didn’t have a whole lot of other companies to put on the car, so we thought it was a logical thing to do.
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