Just hours after winning the Indianapolis 500 pole, Scott Dixon and former Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti were robbed at gunpoint outside a Taco Bell about a half mile from Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Indianapolis 500 pole-sitter Scott Dixon robbed at gunpoint outside Taco Bell
Scott Dixon was making a late-night food run for a group of drivers when the robbery occurred.
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Dixon and Franchitti were in a vehicle Sunday night going through the drive-thru line when two juveniles approached the vehicle and robbed them at about 9:40 p.m. ET, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Report. The juveniles then fled on foot. Dixon and Franchitti were not injured.
Police later arrested two boys, ages 15 and 14, in connection with the robbery.
Dixon won the pole Sunday for the May 28 Indianapolis 500 with an average speed that was the fastest in 21 years at the track. Regarded as one of the all-time best Indy car drivers, the New Zealander has won four series championships and 40 races — including the 2008 Indianapolis 500.
Franchitti won four IndyCar Series championships and three Indianapolis 500s before retiring in 2013 after suffering serious injuries in a crash.
Tony Kanaan, Dixon’s Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, told reporters Monday morning that Dixon was making a food run for a group of drivers.
“While they were ordering with their windows down two guys approached at gunpoint,” Kanaan said. “They held a gun at Dixon’s head and asked him for his wallet and his phone.”
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