Without any racing coming up in their immediate futures (at least the rest of this calendar year), Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan found another form of competition: a triathlon.
The Ironman 70.3 triathlon in Miami featured a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run, via IndyCar.com.
Dixon has ventured to Kanaan’s adopted residence of Miami for the triathlon, an event Kanaan has done several times previously but not something Dixon’s done previously.
Dixon already poked fun at Kanaan for getting him to compete in the event:
https://instagram.com/p/9PFBTcNkSG/
But, as proper athletes and competitors, both pulled off strong performances in the event.
Via IndyCar.com, Dixon completed the event in 4 hours, 50 minutes, 29 seconds - indeed ahead of Kanaan, who also finished at 5 hours, 11 minutes, 10 seconds.
It’s nice to see the two of them in competition outside of their day jobs in IndyCar. It also ties a nice bow around their competitive seasons. They kicked off 2015 with a win co-driving the No. 02 Chip Ganassi Racing Riley-Ford at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, while Dixon secured the Verizon IndyCar Series championship at the final round of the year.
Other photos are below, via the drivers’ respective Instagram pages:
https://instagram.com/p/9RRM2ANkY2/?taken-by=scottdixon9
https://instagram.com/p/9RQrdLEFkS/?taken-by=tkanaan
https://instagram.com/p/9TMyZOkFvF/?taken-by=tkanaan
Here’s a couple tweets from their respective wives, as well, Emma Dixon and Lauren Kanaan:
Team mates helping each other grease up before the swim.. That's love #Vaseline @scottdixon9 @TonyKanaan pic.twitter.com/w2GCLTqjNR
— Emma Davies Dixon (@EmmaDaviesDixon) October 25, 2015
Can't decide which I find sexier! Swim hats or race suits 😊.. These boys did amazing 💪🏼💪🏼👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/C3rVzn0D6S
— Emma Davies Dixon (@EmmaDaviesDixon) October 25, 2015
New PR! 5:11:10. @tonykanaan #miami703 💪🏼#momentslater #cannedpeaches marnie_house ryan_harber https://t.co/qyFQ2qvgHC
— Lauren Kanaan (@LaurenBKanaan) October 25, 2015