Drive, innovation: Chevy looks beyond finish line

Via IndyCar.com

Scott Dixon rode a wave of emotion and went crowd surfing following his victory in the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma to clinch the Verizon IndyCar Series driver and entrant championships.

Near the thicket of revelers, Chevrolet personnel gathered to celebrate, too, albeit in a more subdued fashion. The bowtie brand earned its fourth consecutive Manufacturers’ Championship in the season-long duel with Honda’s engine/aerodynamic bodywork packages, and in that span became the first to sweep the manufacturer and driver title and win the Indianapolis 500.

“It’s a team effort. It’s a culmination of multiple years of development and execution,” said Chris Berube, Chevrolet Racing program manager for the Verizon IndyCar Series. “It’s about setting goals. It’s about getting the right people in place to achieve them and it’s about execution, and you can pretty much apply that model to the driver’s championship, the Manufacturers’ Championship, and that’s how we get things done at Chevrolet.”

Chevrolet entries recorded 10 race victories this season, including three by Dixon in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car, and swept the podium six times. It also earned all Verizon P1 awards for the pole position.

Since its return to Indy car racing in 2012 after a seven-year absence, the Chevrolet IndyCar 2.2-liter V-6 direct-injected turbocharged engine fueled with Sunoco E85R has amassed 43 victories.

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