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Scott Dixon earned the SONAX Perfect Finish Award for sweeping the Toronto doubleheader in July. Can someone do the same in Houston this weekend? ... Drivers get behind disc-throwing robots. ... Race 1 standing start procedures the same as Toronto.

A sweep at Toronto, which earned the SONAX Perfect Finish Award, has helped Scott Dixon post the best average finish in the races that have constituted doubleheader weekends. The third and final doubleheader is Oct. 5-6 at Houston.

Alex Zanardi and Jimmy Vasser, teammates at Target Chip Ganassi Racing in the '90s, reunited in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They hold the team record with six consecutive victories. ... Honda and Chevrolet tied in manufacturer standings headed to Sonoma Raceway.

Oriol Servia will make his third start for Panther Racing and his ninth at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Aug. 4. He last competed in the No. 4 National Guard car at Iowa Speedway.

Helio Castroneves has been atop the championship standings for a career-high eight consecutive races and takes a 29-point lead over Scott Dixon into the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio this weekend. His No. 3 Team Penske car, however, will soon get its fifth fresh engine of the season.

Scott Dixon, who won the IZOD IndyCar Series championship in 2003 and '08, has vaulted into second in the standings courtesy of three consecutive victories. Next up is the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, where he's won the past two years.

Four-time Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais provided team owner Jay Penske the first podium finishes for Dragon Racing on the streets of Toronto. He's looking forward to continuing the momentum Aug. 4 in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, where he placed fourth last year.

Alex Tagliani, a Make-A-Wish Canada ambassador, spends time with families during Fan Friday as part of the Honda Indy Toronto. ... Simona De Silvestro gets grid guy. ... Ryan Briscoe has surgery on fractured right wrist.

Numbers to note from the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader on the 1.7-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street circuit: Helio Castroneves is only driver to complete every lap, Dario Franchitti gains in career top-five finishes.

With the sweep of the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader, Scott Dixon received the $100,000 SONAX Perfect Finish Award. He's won three races in eight days to move into second in the championship standings.

Scott Dixon sweeps the Honda Indy Toronto - 2inT.O. doubleheader and claims the $100,000 SONAX "Perfect Finish" award.

Scott Dixon sweeps the Honda Indy Toronto doubleheader to earn the $100,000 SONAX Perfect Finish Award. It was the 32nd Indy car victory for Dixon. Helio Castroneves finishes second and Sebastien Bourdais is third.