INDIANAPOLIS — Scott Dixon has been in the conversation for almost every record imaginable. He ranks 2nd in championships (6), wins (53), runner-up’s (50), podiums (133) and Indy 500 poles (5). However, he’s about to take the record on Saturday for most consecutive starts (319).

Coming into this weekend’s Gallagher Grand Prix (2 p.m. ET, USA, INDYCAR Radio Network), Dixon has made 318 straight NTT INDYCAR SERIES starts. That’s in a tie with Tony Kanaan for most all-time. Once he pulls off pit lane on Saturday afternoon and takes the green flag in the 14th event of the 2023 season, the record is his.

Fittingly enough, it’s going to come at Indianapolis, a place to where records and history is meant to be made.

“This race is always fun to do the doubleheader with NASCAR, especially with some extra friends coming in with Shane van Gisbergen, Brodie Kostecki and Kamui Kobayashi,” said Dixon. “It will be fun to catch up with them.

“We’re looking to have a good, smooth weekend. We’ve had some good cars, but some mistakes in the past on my behalf and with how strategy has shaken out, but our pace has been good. We’ll need to start further up this time, and it should be a lot better. Looking forward to the race and we’ll go for the win.”

Dixon is also after another triumph – 200 top five finishes. Last Sunday in Nashville was his 199th career top 5 effort in just his 381st try. Bringing home another one this weekend takes him to No. 200.

The Ice Man has 12 top 10 finishes in 14 starts on this 2.439-mile track. The bad? Just one of the last six finishes here have been better than 8th either (6th in May) too. Prior to that however, he did have four consecutive top two finishes here.

It’s qualifying that’s holding him back with his last seven qualifying efforts being 12th, 15th, 16th, 26th, 21st, 20th and 9th respectively. Dixon has also finished 7th, 6th, 4th and 2nd respectively on natural road courses in 2023.

It’s been a wildly strong season for him for which no one is talking about. Last Sunday was Dixon’s 7th top 5 finish in 13 races run this season and 12th top 10 at that. He’s finished worse than 7th just once and that came when he was punted by Pato O’Ward while running in the top seven at Long Beach.

On a weekend that saw him make an uncharacterizable bad mistake in qualifying for which he crashed in the final seconds in the second round which relegated him to a 12th place start, he still rebounded to finish in the top five for a third straight year.

I mean just look at his finishes since May: 6th, 6th, 4th, 4th, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 6th, 5th. Most years, that would be good enough for a points lead. But, when Palou has finished 1st, 4th, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 8th, 3rd, 3rd in the same stretch, Dixon’s run begins to get overshadowed.