For the 11th time in the 21-year career of IndyCar driver Scott Dixon, he will head to the final race of the season with a chance to win the championship. His reign over the series can only be described as Bradyesque.
Scott Dixon picked up his first championship in 2003 at the age of 23. To give some context, Steve Jobs wouldn’t unveil the first iPhone until four years later. Twitter was three years away from being founded, and Uber was just a term to explain the extreme example of a person or object. Dixon now sits second on IndyCar’s all-time wins list and has six titles under his belt. The seventh would tie motorsports legend A.J. Foyt.
Ahead of this weekend’s season-ending Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the New Zealander shared some of his work out essentials with Muscle and Fitness.
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Next weekend’s NTT IndyCar Series action begins Friday with the first practice at 5:30 p.m. ET, with live coverage on Peacock Premium, INDYCAR Live! and the INDYCAR Radio Network.
Bright orange Chip Ganassi Racing No. 9 PNC Bank Honda Hat
I have to represent, even when I’m not at the racetrack.
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SOMA Mobile Cognitive Performance app
My long-time trainer Jim Leo at PitFit Training uses this app to improve my ability to fight brain fatigue in the car. I have to do specific drills for 10-20 minutes, which is mentally exhausting!
It’s a “smart” ball that we use to work on hand eye coordination and training. When you’re hitting speeds in excess of 230 mph, your reflexes and decision making need to be sharp.
This is the most important piece of training gear that I own. If you had to train one area of your body as a racecar driver it would be your neck. It undergoes so much force that you constantly need to be working on your neck strength and mobility.
They’re designed to improve your coordination and reaction time through flickers that force you to rely on visual tasks. They really increase the speed at which I can focus on things inside and outside of the racecar.
It’s changed the way I train the body and the brain, improving reaction time, mental accuracy, sensory processing, and other neurocognitive attributes.
