This is not a publicity stunt, this is who Scott Dixon is, very friendly and will go out of his way to make the kids feel special, welcomed, and enjoy their time around him! My youngest son met him back in 2012 at a Karting event and when Scott found out that my son was born the year he won his first Indy 500 he went out of his way to talk to him longer, sign whatever he had for him and my other kids, too! Thank you Scott for being a great 'ambassador' for IndyCar Racing!
After the loss of Dan Wheldon, the Dixons temporarily moved to St Petersburg to help Dan's wife and kids pick up the pieces and get through that time. They're just good people. It doesn't surprise me that Scott would do something like this, because like you said, this is who he is. A lot of other racers could learn from him about how to treat the fans.
Scott is a class act! My son and I met him after his 2008 Indy 500 win and he was gracious and talked to my son and posed for a photo. He was warm and engaging and an all around nice guy! Kudos to him!
As an F1 fan, this was so touching...let's be honest I knew about Will Power a bit, heard about Dixon and Kanaan, I was of that Alonso bandwagon but I can justify myself as the year I started watching F1 he was world champion and I was a kid... But when I see Dixon being so passionate and so kind to visit a kind little girl who sent him a letter..this is extraordinary and I get why people like Indycar for not just the racing...this was great to see and great work from Indycar to have made this possible.
I had pleasure of watching Scott from early age, he was 13 at time driving in Nissan Sentra series , here in NZ. BayPark Raceway Mount Maunganui.. He has always been a genuine sincere person ,how he has never been voted sports person of year here is beyond me! Good luck for rest of season Scott, Kia kaha from NZ 😀
Great guy. I met Scott Dixon when I worked from Target Headquarters in Minneapolis. Even after three hours of photos and autographs he still stopped and said hi to everyone on the way out.
A very nice gesture indeed. Indycar Nation collectively held it's breath on that crash as Scott Dixon is one of the very best to ever turn an indycar wheel not to mention one of the nicest, classiest competitors.
Thank you Indycar for being the nicest motorsports in the world and by producing the most emotional happy moments in history! Keep up the good work! As a mark of respect! 👍
This is lovely to see. Both from Lucy to be such a sweetheart, but also from Scott to pay such kind attention and fit this into his schedule. The Indycar series leads the Motorsports world in fan engagement. You all rock!!!!! High 5!
jerryl davis Cute as a button! So lovely of IndyCar and Dixon To do that. She'd have been thrilled with a signed photo. Perhaps it's good for the drivers to be reminded that the fans take everything seriously, and whether we're a big fan of an individual or not, we *all* want them home safe and sound. I started watching F1 in the dark days and have seen far too many fatal accidents in all forms of motorsport. I'm a petrolhead grandma and when my eldest son left home I thought I'd lost my bike racing pal. We'd had "mum and son bonding sessions" (our nickname for getting out of housework and watching hours of Moto GP and Superbikes, and the odd car race - more my thing than his). Four years ago in August I became gran to a beautiful baby girl. For the last two years, if she's over during any type of racing, she demands to come onto my bed and watch it with me. She loves it, especially when she's on my lap and we move around in time to the vehicles and make tyre and brake squealing noises. Not quite the same as watching with my then teenager, but I've brought another over to the dark side LOL. If you get the chance, watch British Superbikes and look at the crowd. A large proportion are female and there are getting to be more and more female engineers in bikes and cars. You may be surprised by how many girls are into engines!
The main difference between F1 and Indycar is that F1 will never be such open and heartwarming to people. Thumbs up for Indycar and Scott Dixon, you've just become my favourite driver today! :)
This is the kind of stuff that has lasting effects... Lucy will be a fan of Scott Dixon and Indycar for LIFE... this won't be forgotten and will be passed down to her kids years from now. I know I haven't followed as closely as I used to (being a Father and provider will do that), but I remember the time spent by some MLB, NFL and NHL players when I was growing up doing similiar things (Sorry NBA, but you guys abandoned us in the late 70's before I started following).. and I will always remember those moments... oh those players have long left the sport (a couple in the NFL HOF)... but the memories outlive them often!
Good pick Lucy on picking your favorite driver and good to see kids showing kindness in a world thats so cruel and great by Scott to do this. Dixon is the best driver of this generation and one of the all-time greats and he is a great person as well. Its a shame he is so underappreciated but the fans and media who don't appreciate Dixie its there loss and I guess they just don't know how to appreciate greatness. Hope Lucy enjoyed the experience
Well said. Scott definitely is one of the very best to ever drive an indycar. He has been super competitive for so many years now. A true racer if ever there was one.
Long time F1 fan here. I have to agree, F1 has been a very closed environment under Bernie Ecclestone; his approach was outdated and felt elitist. Now that Liberty Media acquired it, let's hope the sport opens up on many fronts and appeals to both, long time and new fans. Indycar has a fantastic PR, Americans are great at that, and hopefully Liberty Media will improve PR for F1
Rodrigo Fernández Couldn't agree more. One problem I also noticed however is that many European F1 fans are huge elitists that insult anything remotely American. That kind of toxicity needs to be driven out of the fanbase.
My thoughts exactly as a Dad and a 30 year Indycar fan (.. and a 40 year F1 fan ?). Plus the racing is exciting, varied and actually happens on the track not in factory simulations !
hossahunter22 Well Americans are generally very friendly. If you go to an Indycar or NASCAR race the people make the support just that much more special.
This is awesome! Good on Scott for taking the time to do this. Lucy also seems like a really bright little girl, she must have great parents. Maybe one day she can work in Indycar.
This just shows there are kind awesome people in the sporting world who appreciate their fans. F1 drivers teams and management take note this is how you appreciate your fanbase
This is so adorable. Dixie is one of my favorite drivers -- and Emma is one of my favorite people on Twitter ;) -- and we were at the 500 when his car went airborne (we were in B Stand, between the polesitter's pitbox and Turn 1, so we saw Howard make contact with the wall, but couldn't really see contact with Dixon... we sure saw Scott flying up, though). I'm not exaggerating here: we thought he was dead. My husband even said, at that moment, "I think we just saw someone die." I was shaking like a leaf, trying to breathe... everyone else was standing up, but I had to sit down... and then I cried when he got out of the car right away. Thank you IndyCar!!! THANK YOU DAN WHELDON.
Great ending to an otherwise horrific crash that thankfully did end in tragedy. Dixon definitely earned a fan for life in that sweet little girl. There are quite a few good men (in terms of character) in Indycar, which is refreshing to see after getting sick of the offensive behavior of NFL, NBA and even NCAA football and basketball players. Glad to see there are still some true gentlemen in sports. Simon Pagenaud probably deserves the biggest "nice guy" award, but good character seems to be a common trait of all the IndyCar guys......and then there's Santino Ferrucci who hopefully watches, learns, and emulates his peers.
I think that is what is awesome about IndyCar. The drivers aren't on some pedestal, they are just average people with above average talent behind the wheel. I remember back when Dan Wheldon was around, I'm not sure I ever saw him out on the pit lane where he wasn't interacting with fans. I remember meeting Scott Dixon after the race, the year he won. Literally, the man had just won the Indy 500 an hour or so earlier, and he was just as down to earth as ever.
This has vibes of the Spanish gp written all over it when that young fan who cried at kimi retiring on the first lap was found by an official and he got to meet his hero. This gesture matches that! Great work IndyCar!
Thank you Scotty always looked forward to seeing how your race's went, unfortunately, down here in NZ we get very little info,on how Kiwi driver's are getting on up there Stay safe To you your lovely wife,and your young one's Be great to invite the young girl and her family along to a race,with them getting a pass to join in the Pit,to see how it's done,
Scott Dixon will never do a action like Vettel today. This is a pure sportsman. Formula 1 drivers could learn from him and all the other IndyCar drivers!!
"You've been an Indycar fan for a long time, since you were little." Her whole life! 9 WHOLE YEARS! Hahaha. But awwwww she's a cute munchkin...... she got signed gloves too, how cool.
he sets the fastest pole in 20 yeras then goes to taco bell later that night(got robbed at gun point) scotts just a normal dude driving fast cars. no surprise he met her. hes the nicest and coolest guy in the garage hands down
Despite Dixon being my least favourite driver, i've definitely gained a lot of respect for him to do something like that! Even my least favourite drivers in any series have a lotta nice moments!
I would bet a half a nickel that among major sports leagues, Indycar has the most friendly, effective, and direct engagement with the fans by far. Our daughter who is now 18 had similar experiences (but not a driver coming to the house). When Danica was an Indycar driver, my then 7 year old daughter went up to her during an autograph session and told her that she was one of her favorites. Danica came around the table, hugged her, spent SEVERAL minutes talking and encouraging her to peruse her dreams, and signed the shirt she was wearing. A large rumble of thunder shook the building (at RIR) and Danica grabbed my daughter and said that thunder scared her and asked my daughter if she would help her be brave. She had an even longer conversation with Milka Dunno one year (Yes ....I know ..... I know). Milka talked her about her multiple masters degrees (I remember that nautical engineering was one ot them) and her pursuit of excellence in everything she attempts ... busting any barriers that stand in her way.. In fact, even I saw Milka in a totally different light. Although she was indeed a far less than stellar driver, she had the passion and guts to try her very best to succeed. She also had A very pleasant encounter with DIxie the next race after he won the 500. Of all the drivers that my daughter encountered, it was Casteoneves (at an autograph table) and Marco (in the paddock) who didn't who didn't speak or even acknowledge her. Both me and my daughter knew that both of these encounters were exceptions and not the norm for either. In addition to having someone "refresh" his makeup (during the dancing with stars popularity)', Castroneves was having a Whisper-level, mildly heated conversation with the driver who was seated next to him at the autograph tables ... none other than Dixie. Marco was getting off of his scooter with his ready-to-race serious game face on.
Her reaction tho this crash? Really? What about the poor boy scout who watched Justin Wilson crashed and DIED. Make America Great Again and send this nonsense back to London. Pathetic Parenting Skills.
This is not a publicity stunt, this is who Scott Dixon is, very friendly and will go out of his way to make the kids feel special, welcomed, and enjoy their time around him!
My youngest son met him back in 2012 at a Karting event and when Scott found out that my son was born the year he won his first Indy 500 he went out of his way to talk to him longer, sign whatever he had for him and my other kids, too!
Thank you Scott for being a great 'ambassador' for IndyCar Racing!
Jason Absolutely. He's basically a bloody nice chap. Soooo glad he walked away from that crash!
After the loss of Dan Wheldon, the Dixons temporarily moved to St Petersburg to help Dan's wife and kids pick up the pieces and get through that time. They're just good people. It doesn't surprise me that Scott would do something like this, because like you said, this is who he is. A lot of other racers could learn from him about how to treat the fans.
Wow, I didn't know that but then, I am not surprised either. Scott and Emma are very good people and a huge plus for the series.
Scott is a class act! My son and I met him after his 2008 Indy 500 win and he was gracious and talked to my son and posed for a photo. He was warm and engaging and an all around nice guy! Kudos to him!
As an F1 fan, this was so touching...let's be honest I knew about Will Power a bit, heard about Dixon and Kanaan, I was of that Alonso bandwagon but I can justify myself as the year I started watching F1 he was world champion and I was a kid...
But when I see Dixon being so passionate and so kind to visit a kind little girl who sent him a letter..this is extraordinary and I get why people like Indycar for not just the racing...this was great to see and great work from Indycar to have made this possible.
Awesome... Dixon is a great human being, and also, an excellent driver.
I had pleasure of watching Scott from early age, he was 13 at time driving in Nissan Sentra series , here in NZ. BayPark Raceway Mount Maunganui.. He has always been a genuine sincere person ,how he has never been voted sports person of year here is beyond me! Good luck for rest of season Scott, Kia kaha from NZ 😀
Great guy. I met Scott Dixon when I worked from Target Headquarters in Minneapolis. Even after three hours of photos and autographs he still stopped and said hi to everyone on the way out.
A very nice gesture indeed. Indycar Nation collectively held it's breath on that crash as Scott Dixon is one of the very best to ever turn an indycar wheel not to mention one of the nicest, classiest competitors.
Thank you Indycar for being the nicest motorsports in the world and by producing the most emotional happy moments in history! Keep up the good work! As a mark of respect! 👍
This is lovely to see. Both from Lucy to be such a sweetheart, but also from Scott to pay such kind attention and fit this into his schedule. The Indycar series leads the Motorsports world in fan engagement. You all rock!!!!! High 5!
How awesome is that! We need more good stories like this in our world!
That girl is a rare breed , never heard a girl talk about racing or anything related to cars and at that age it's unbelievable.
jerryl davis yea, really, she's not that rare - she's extremely special for what she did - but girls in tune with racing...
Not at all rare! 😉
Shes just from Indianapolis. They grow up with the race as part of their culture.
jerryl davis Cute as a button! So lovely of IndyCar and Dixon To do that. She'd have been thrilled with a signed photo. Perhaps it's good for the drivers to be reminded that the fans take everything seriously, and whether we're a big fan of an individual or not, we *all* want them home safe and sound. I started watching F1 in the dark days and have seen far too many fatal accidents in all forms of motorsport.
I'm a petrolhead grandma and when my eldest son left home I thought I'd lost my bike racing pal. We'd had "mum and son bonding sessions" (our nickname for getting out of housework and watching hours of Moto GP and Superbikes, and the odd car race - more my thing than his). Four years ago in August I became gran to a beautiful baby girl. For the last two years, if she's over during any type of racing, she demands to come onto my bed and watch it with me. She loves it, especially when she's on my lap and we move around in time to the vehicles and make tyre and brake squealing noises. Not quite the same as watching with my then teenager, but I've brought another over to the dark side LOL.
If you get the chance, watch British Superbikes and look at the crowd. A large proportion are female and there are getting to be more and more female engineers in bikes and cars. You may be surprised by how many girls are into engines!
DocGorilla Got that right. Where else in the world could a jr high student do a US History report on the History of the Indy 500 and get a A.
jerryl davis Much better compared to the Kimi Raikkonen Fan In the Spanish GP this year
I live in Indy and have seen Scott around town a few times. He’s super cool and always available to talk to fans. My favorite driver!
This is so heartwarming. It's the little things like this that make me love Indycar. It's like a giant family. Well done Indycar and Scott.
Nice young lady, great driver, lovely moment. Thanks to all.
The main difference between F1 and Indycar is that F1 will never be such open and heartwarming to people. Thumbs up for Indycar and Scott Dixon, you've just become my favourite driver today! :)
This is the kind of stuff that has lasting effects... Lucy will be a fan of Scott Dixon and Indycar for LIFE... this won't be forgotten and will be passed down to her kids years from now. I know I haven't followed as closely as I used to (being a Father and provider will do that), but I remember the time spent by some MLB, NFL and NHL players when I was growing up doing similiar things (Sorry NBA, but you guys abandoned us in the late 70's before I started following).. and I will always remember those moments... oh those players have long left the sport (a couple in the NFL HOF)... but the memories outlive them often!
That was very heartwarming. Great kid and so cool of Scott Dixon to do that.
Scott Dixon is a true champion on the track and off the track
Good pick Lucy on picking your favorite driver and good to see kids showing kindness in a world thats so cruel and great by Scott to do this. Dixon is the best driver of this generation and one of the all-time greats and he is a great person as well. Its a shame he is so underappreciated but the fans and media who don't appreciate Dixie its there loss and I guess they just don't know how to appreciate greatness. Hope Lucy enjoyed the experience
Well said. Scott definitely is one of the very best to ever drive an indycar. He has been super competitive for so many years now. A true racer if ever there was one.
Fellow F1 fans, this is why Indycar is better in many people's minds
Long time F1 fan here. I have to agree, F1 has been a very closed environment under Bernie Ecclestone; his approach was outdated and felt elitist. Now that Liberty Media acquired it, let's hope the sport opens up on many fronts and appeals to both, long time and new fans. Indycar has a fantastic PR, Americans are great at that, and hopefully Liberty Media will improve PR for F1
Rodrigo Fernández I hope so too. I'm very excited to see what all they do improve everything for the fans.
Rodrigo Fernández Couldn't agree more. One problem I also noticed however is that many European F1 fans are huge elitists that insult anything remotely American. That kind of toxicity needs to be driven out of the fanbase.
My thoughts exactly as a Dad and a 30 year Indycar fan (.. and a 40 year F1 fan ?). Plus the racing is exciting, varied and actually happens on the track not in factory simulations !
hossahunter22 Well Americans are generally very friendly. If you go to an Indycar or NASCAR race the people make the support just that much more special.
Shows just how one good deed and one good moment in sport always circles back around. Good work by Scott and The entire Indycar crew.
I can't watch this without crying!
I hope that she can become friends with his girls thru this...
This is awesome! Good on Scott for taking the time to do this. Lucy also seems like a really bright little girl, she must have great parents. Maybe one day she can work in Indycar.
brb crying [hit me in the feels :'( ] but awwe
This just shows there are kind awesome people in the sporting world who appreciate their fans. F1 drivers teams and management take note this is how you appreciate your fanbase
Great story glad to see drivers being this nice to their fans!
This is so adorable. Dixie is one of my favorite drivers -- and Emma is one of my favorite people on Twitter ;) -- and we were at the 500 when his car went airborne (we were in B Stand, between the polesitter's pitbox and Turn 1, so we saw Howard make contact with the wall, but couldn't really see contact with Dixon... we sure saw Scott flying up, though). I'm not exaggerating here: we thought he was dead. My husband even said, at that moment, "I think we just saw someone die." I was shaking like a leaf, trying to breathe... everyone else was standing up, but I had to sit down... and then I cried when he got out of the car right away. Thank you IndyCar!!! THANK YOU DAN WHELDON.
aww that's so nice of scott dixon meeting his one of his biggest fans.
Absolutely lovely video. Dixon is a great champion for sure!!
Great ending to an otherwise horrific crash that thankfully did end in tragedy. Dixon definitely earned a fan for life in that sweet little girl. There are quite a few good men (in terms of character) in Indycar, which is refreshing to see after getting sick of the offensive behavior of NFL, NBA and even NCAA football and basketball players. Glad to see there are still some true gentlemen in sports. Simon Pagenaud probably deserves the biggest "nice guy" award, but good character seems to be a common trait of all the IndyCar guys......and then there's Santino Ferrucci who hopefully watches, learns, and emulates his peers.
I think that is what is awesome about IndyCar. The drivers aren't on some pedestal, they are just average people with above average talent behind the wheel. I remember back when Dan Wheldon was around, I'm not sure I ever saw him out on the pit lane where he wasn't interacting with fans. I remember meeting Scott Dixon after the race, the year he won. Literally, the man had just won the Indy 500 an hour or so earlier, and he was just as down to earth as ever.
i kept on watching this this is so heart warming
WOW that was beautiful.
Very classy. Scott is always very friendly and makes time for fans at the track.
Very touching Lucy and Scott!
This is why Dixon is my favorite IndyCar driver.
nice surprice , bravo Scott👍
This has vibes of the Spanish gp written all over it when that young fan who cried at kimi retiring on the first lap was found by an official and he got to meet his hero. This gesture matches that! Great work IndyCar!
What a sweetheart!!!
all the feels, top notch
Great moments!
I was sitting in turn 1 at the 500. I can't tell you how heart stopping it was to see Scott fly through the then hit the fence
Scott dixon semble vraiment être un super gars.
Brilliant....a real nice guy
Thank you Scotty always looked forward to seeing how your race's went, unfortunately, down here in NZ we get very little info,on how Kiwi driver's are getting on up there
Stay safe To you your lovely wife,and your young one's
Be great to invite the young girl and her family along to a race,with them getting a pass to join in the Pit,to see how it's done,
Aww that is so sweet
Scott Dixon will never do a action like Vettel today. This is a pure sportsman. Formula 1 drivers could learn from him and all the other IndyCar drivers!!
Whoever gives this a thumb down have no heart
Rebel Coyote or soul
AWWWWW!!
Champion in all sense of the word
Fantastic.
THIS is why Indycar rocks !!!
That remmembers me when Kimi Raikkonen met the young Thomas in Spain
"You've been an Indycar fan for a long time, since you were little." Her whole life! 9 WHOLE YEARS! Hahaha. But awwwww she's a cute munchkin...... she got signed gloves too, how cool.
awesome!!!!!!!!!!
Dude that is awesome!! I would love to meet will power
Send IndyCar a letter
An awesome Kiwi bloke in so many ways.
he sets the fastest pole in 20 yeras then goes to taco bell later that night(got robbed at gun point) scotts just a normal dude driving fast cars. no surprise he met her. hes the nicest and coolest guy in the garage hands down
espetacular, parabens indy, parabens pilotos indy, por isso amo indy e automobilismo americano, sao verdadeiros humanos.
This is the Indycar version of the child Raikkonen fan at Barcelona a couple of years ago.
Very nice
Despite Dixon being my least favourite driver, i've definitely gained a lot of respect for him to do something like that! Even my least favourite drivers in any series have a lotta nice moments!
why is this amazing kiwi your least favourite driver????
So beautiful I hope I can meet Helio Castroneves
As cute as the little Ferrari fan crying after Kimi's crash some weeks ago.
Overall we Kiwis can be happy to have the best IndyCar racer :)
nice!
youtubers (racing fans)...whats with the 1 dislike with this video?
That was from NASCAR Chairman Brian Francy-Pants.
Mac Sixtyfive Danica Patrick saw how to react to fan-mail and got jealous
probably will power
Kiwi drivers are legends!
How does this get 5 thumbs down? Are people so used to negativity that they cant appreciate a good act.
its called MonivationX
it will take a while to get that crash out of my mind,, nearly a month on..
Adam Cleary well, with the big one @ texas, I already forget it
how this got any thumbs down is beyond me!😔
good
I would bet a half a nickel that among major sports leagues, Indycar has the most friendly, effective, and direct engagement with the fans by far. Our daughter who is now 18 had similar experiences (but not a driver coming to the house). When Danica was an Indycar driver, my then 7 year old daughter went up to her during an autograph session and told her that she was one of her favorites. Danica came around the table, hugged her, spent SEVERAL minutes talking and encouraging her to peruse her dreams, and signed the shirt she was wearing. A large rumble of thunder shook the building (at RIR) and Danica grabbed my daughter and said that thunder scared her and asked my daughter if she would help her be brave. She had an even longer conversation with Milka Dunno one year (Yes ....I know ..... I know). Milka talked her about her multiple masters degrees (I remember that nautical engineering was one ot them) and her pursuit of excellence in everything she attempts ... busting any barriers that stand in her way.. In fact, even I saw Milka in a totally different light. Although she was indeed a far less than stellar driver, she had the passion and guts to try her very best to succeed. She also had A very pleasant encounter with DIxie the next race after he won the 500. Of all the drivers that my daughter encountered, it was Casteoneves (at an autograph table) and Marco (in the paddock) who didn't who didn't speak or even acknowledge her. Both me and my daughter knew that both of these encounters were exceptions and not the norm for either. In addition to having someone "refresh" his makeup (during the dancing with stars popularity)', Castroneves was having a Whisper-level, mildly heated conversation with the driver who was seated next to him at the autograph tables ... none other than Dixie. Marco was getting off of his scooter with his ready-to-race serious game face on.
I hope she is gets to visit Dixon's pit box on a race weekend
классная идея!
this is a publicity stunt. said no one ever
Her reaction tho this crash? Really?
What about the poor boy scout who watched Justin Wilson crashed and DIED.
Make America Great Again and send this nonsense back to London.
Pathetic Parenting Skills.