Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dixon suffered an issue with his 2.2-litre, twin-turbo Honda V6 on his final run in Friday practice that he said puts his team “on the backfoot”. He has started on pole for the last two Indy 500s, and has five to his name compared to Mears' all-time record six.
After installing a fresh engine from Honda’s pool of motors, Dixon returned to the track in Saturday morning’s available half hour of running to run-in the new power unit.
