Richard Arnold

So that was all right.

He didn't qualify as well as he might have.

yesterday for today's GP but Lindblad's up there and so therefore the car's reasonable so I think both those cars potentially end up in the top 10 speaking of racing uh Dixon I mean I know it's a long way to go and all that sort of stuff and a lot of weird stuff happens in Indy cars but Dixon currently leads uh the Indy 500 which does lead to the question if he won it

at his age and stage of his career, where does that go in the year's sporting events?

I mean, as we celebrate Auckland FC, obviously, this morning, but if he wins this, how big a deal is that, eh?

News for you in a couple of moments here at Newstalk ZB.

Kevin just told you that Dixon was leading the Indy 500.

At that moment, literally, rain started falling, so the race was off.

They'd cracked 100 laps, so once you do that, if you can't get back out on the track, you can win it.

So Dixon could have won the Indy 500.

They are back out on the track.

There is lightning coming, so that might well be an issue, but we'll keep...

We'll keep an eye on that.

We'll go to Richard Arnold shortly with this pending deal.

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