Dixon basks in Indy 500 triumph

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AFP) — New Zealand's Scott Dixon didn't get much sleep on Sunday night, but he had plenty of energy on Monday to reflect on his Indianapolis 500 triumph.

"My phone kept going off, so I didn't get any rest whatsoever," Dixon said as he conducted journalists around the fabled Indianapolis Motor Speedway describing his race on Sunday.

"Lucky enough I didn't drink too much so I'm not feeling too bad. I'm tired, just tired.

"It has been pretty crazy."

On Sunday Dixon called his triumph, by more than 1.7 seconds over Brazilian Vitor Meira "surreal."

On Monday, the soft-spoken Kiwi said it still hadn't sunk in.

"I've been so busy and when you get a break, which I haven't gotten yet, it hasn't kicked in yet," said...