IndyCar driver Scott Dixon arrives in Florida this weekend for the second round of the 2014 championship fourth on the table after the opening gambit in Saint Petersburg.
New Zealander Dixon is the reigning champion and one of only three men to win three or more IRL titles - former teammate Dario Franchitti has four and Sam Hornish Junior three - and is starting to mark himself out as one of the world's best single-seater racers.
At just 33 the Kiwi is seventh on the all-time winners list with 33 victories and this season could easily move up to fourth behind AJ Foyt (67), Mario Andretti (52), Michael Andretti (42) and eclipse Al Unser senior (39), Bobby Unser (35) and Al Unser junior (34).
Dixon has a reputation as one of the toughest racers to get past and Franchitti has been quoted as saying to win a championship you have to go through his former teammate first. He's not known as the Iceman for nothing. His single-minded focus on the job at hand is legendary, and he will consistently get the best out of the car no matter how good or bad it is.
A fair chunk of Dixon's success has to come down to having only driven for the Target Chip Ganassi team since 2002. There's been a big change in 2014 as Ganassi signed a deal to race with Chevrolet engines this season after being powered by Toyota and Honda power plants since 2003.