Dixon Factor

16 December 2009 | Chris Barsby
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Grant Dixon doing what he does best - driving winners

Grant Dixon doing what he does best - driving winners

With the new year fast approaching, champion Queensland driver Grant Dixon is setting the pace.

That shouldn't really surprise many within the industry, but it will.

Currently, Dixon is 17 wins clear over his nearest rival on the National Premiership and a whopping 38 victories clear on his nearest state counterpart.

To date, Dixon has posted 89 victories for this current term, freakish Victorian reinsmen Chris Alford and Daryl Douglas are both a long way back in his rearview mirror with 17 and 20 wins to make up respectively.

Both Alford and Douglas have been leaders without peer for the last decade.

Alford is a Inter Dominion winning driver who has posted 16 century seasons including 7 doubles with a "PB" of 262.5 winners during the 1998/99 season whilst Douglas is the current record holder for the most wins in a single season with a massive 385.5 victories during the 2007/08 season included amongst his 11 century seasons which also includes 6 doubles and 3 triples.

With the current season still relatively new, Dixon is clearly fast tracking himself for a personal best effort and his current "PB" haul of 222 victories set in the 2003/04 season is under serious threat.

At this pace, Dixon is a huge chance of breaking the 250 mark for winners in a single season and that would clearly smash the Queensland state record of 222 which he currently holds.

For the past three seasons, Dixon has registered double century seasons but his best season was his maiden double century season in 2003/04.

So far this term, Dixon has won 9 metropolitan events whilst he has dominated the country scene with 80 winners spread between Albion Park, Gold Coast and Redcliffe.

The Gold Coast and Redcliffe tracks have both been happy hunting grounds for Dixon in recent seasons and this term is no different with 28 victories posted at the Gold Coast inlcuding his quintette last Friday night whilst 31 winners have come at Redcliffe including his treble last Wednesday night.

The season still has a long way to go, but this is a race that will go right down to the wire.

 

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