Scott Dixon is hoping to make a run for the Borg-Warner from his fifth Indy 500 pole

INDIANAPOLIS – Scott Dixon celebrated his record run for his fifth Indy 500 pole position as one might expect: Stopping at a local Taco Bell.

“Except this one was on the north side of town near my home,” Dixon said. “The other one where Dario Franchitti and I were held up has been closed for a few years now.”

That, of course, was the infamous location on 16th Street, less than a mile to the east of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Dixon and Franchitti were held up at gunpoint in the drive-through window after Dixon won the Indy 500 pole in 2017.

There was no such drama Sunday night for Dixon.

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After his media interviews were completed, the six-time NTT IndyCar Series champion and winner of 51 races went back to the Chip Ganassi Racing garage in Gasoline Alley and hung out with his crew until 9:30 p.m. ET.

The 20-minute drive to his neighborhood on the fashionable north side of Indianapolis was followed by the celebratory trip to Taco Bell.

After that, he returned home to discover his 2-year-old son, Kit, still was awake.

“Kit and I stayed up and watched the Australian Supercars race on television,” Dixon (who also celebrated his sixth title with Taco Bell in 2020) told NBCSports.com in an exclusive interview Monday morning in Gasoline Alley at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “It was a nice way to celebrate the Indy 500 pole, with my son watching Supercars on TV.”

Dixon provided the drama earlier in the day when he stunned the crowd with the fastest pole-winning run in Indianapolis 500 history. Dixon turned the fastest four-lap average speed in history for an Indianapolis 500 pole winner at 234. 046 mph. The previous record was 233.718 mph set in 1996 by the late Scott Brayton.

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