FILE - In this Friday, July 17, 2020, file photo, Scott Dixon gets ready for qualifying for an IndyCar Series auto race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Scott Dixon has controlled IndyCar’s title race since the start of this disrupted start-and-stop season.
The American has whittled 85 points off of Dixon's lead and turned Sunday's season finale into a championship-deciding event.
“It was like 20,000 scenarios -- 1% of the scenarios means we can win the championship,” Newgarden said.
“Had I not spun, I think it would have been a different scenario going into the last race,” Dixon said.