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Scott Dixon's personal Ford GT
6-time IndyCar champion - 2008 Indy 500 winner - Ford GTLM 24 Hours
of Le Mans team driver
Includes all specialty items delivered from new
44 miles from new
Extremely Rare Carbon package with exposed carbon fiber stripes
Own a ford GT with unmatched providence owned by Scott Dixon. The
Ford GT40 legacy is a story that follows a 50+ year timeline. The
original Ford GT40s were built to break Ferrari's seemingly
unshakable grip on the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. In 1966, they took
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place at Le Mans proving that Ford, an American
manufacturer, could run with the European contenders and defeat
them. The Ford GT40 would continue to dominate Le Mans for the next
3 years, leaving a 4-year streak between 1966 and 1969. After the
final race the Ford GT name would lay dormant for almost 40 years,
seeing its revival in 2004 with the new Ford GT road cars. These
were developed to be street cars with 550 horsepower on tap.
Fast forward to 2015 Detroit Auto Show and the all-new Ford GT is
revealed. It was later announced in the summer of 2015 that the
Ford GT is set to go racing in both IMSA and the World Sports Car
series, spearheaded by the Chip Ganassi Racing team. Much like the
fateful race at Le Mans over 50 years ago with Ford's triumph,
Ford's GT under Chip Ganassi Racing would go on to take 1st in
class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016, cementing the modern car
as a legend as its predecessor had done before it.
The new Ford GT road car application process saw a flooding of
applicants who wanted to get their hands on one of the new cars,
despite only 1,000 being announced to be built initially. With over
8,000 applications in the first week, many went home empty handed
only to dream what it would be like to own Ford's most advanced
supercar. A small number of lucky individuals would learn that they
would be receiving their very own Ford GT, one of the most advanced
sports cars available today.
Scott Dixon is one of the most successful IndyCar drivers of all
time. With 6 combined IndyCar championships to his name, only the
legendary A.J. Foyt has more championships than Dixon. Racing for
Chip Ganassi and Chip Ganassi Racing for most of his IndyCar career
since starting in 2001, Dixon started racing in 1987 with go-karts
and moved into Formula V cars at the age of 13. He is also the
youngest driver to have a racing license due to loopholes in his
original home, New Zealand. Scott Dixon's accomplishments include 6
IndyCar Championships, 2008 Indianapolis 500 winner, 50 race wins
in the IndyCar Series, 24 Hour of Daytona overall winner, 24 Hours
of Le Mans 2016 3rd place in Ford GTLM, class winner in 2018 at the
24 Hours of Daytona, in addition to overall 24 Hours of Daytona win
for 2020.
When Dixon heard about the Ford GT program, Scott was immediately
interested in racing with the program. Scott was from New Zealand,
much like famed raced Bruce McLaren who raced the first Ford GTs
with Carroll Shelby and Ford Motor Company and won the 24 Hours of
Le Mans outright in 1966. Scott spoke with Chip Ganassi considering
his New Zealand heritage and how it would be fitting for him to be
able to participate. Soon enough, Scott was in the driver's seat of
the new Ford GTLM race car 50 years after Bruce McLaren had gotten
into the original Ford GTs.
In 2016 with the Ford GT return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Scott
was part of the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing team that took 1st and 3rd
in the GTLM class, 50 years after the first Ford GTs won the 24
Hours of Le Mans. In 2018 Scott Dixon and the rest of his driving
team took the 24 Hours of Daytona GTLM class win in the Ford GTLM
car, cementing the Ford as a true tour-deforce across multiple
continents.
Scott ordered this special Ford GT with a specific theme in mind.
Along with being able to secure chassis number 009, 09 being his
IndyCar racing number, he chose a clean specification of Frozen
White pearl paired with the $70,000 carbon package. This unique
option exposes the carbon fiber body underneath in the form of two
body stripes, showing the material that makes up a majority of the
car, in addition to the lightweight carbon fiber wheels, a
lightweight Alcantara steering wheel and the seats and dashboard
were swathed in Alcantara. He took delivery of his car in 2019 and
kept his car perfectly protected throughout his ownership and
remains in pristine new condition, only taking the car to drive
twice that is evident by the low 44.7 miles on the odometer.
Ford Motor Company, after 50 years, was able to relive and
experience winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans again with what was,
essentially, a bespoke-built race car. Innovation has always been a
strong suit of American manufacturers, and Ford is a prime example
of this. Building a brand-new racecar from scratch with a perfectly
clean slate, ensuring no compromises would get in the way of
allowing the Ford GT to succeed at its ultimate goal: winning the
24 Hours of Le Mans. Unique from every angle, driving with
razor-like precision, all while inside a road car that has direct
ties to the 24 Hours of Le Mans and racing. Ford took a leap of
faith and produced something unlike any other car on the road,
making the Ford GT go down as one of the most unique, interesting,
and iconic sports cars ever produced by an American
manufacturer.