Bob Dixon Claims Second BRP CanAm Super Stock Series Championship

St. Catharines, ONT…Bob Dixon of Smethport, Pennsylvania is two for two in BRP CanAm Super Stock Series championships.  Despite the fact that Dixon was the 2003 Series champion, he was very much the upset champion for 2004.  Dixon took the Series point lead with just one race remaining on the schedule as contrasted with 2003 where he topped the point standing list for most of the season.

Dixon opened the season with an eighth place finish at Little Valley, but crashed out of the next two events [Freedom and Merrittville].  Event four of the Series was on Dixon’s home turf, the McKean County Raceway, where he finished fourth and started his steady climb up the point ladder.  Next he was sixth at Genesee.  Following the event at Genesee Speedway, the Series moved to the Bradford Speedway.  Dixon used his cool calculating style and experience from many laps at that historic mountain top track to claim a fifth place finish and he was back in the top ten in points.

After the Bradford event, the BRP CanAm Series made its second stop of the season at McKean County Raceway for a Thursday night event during the county fair.  That race produced an outstanding battle between front row starters, AJ Young and Dixon.  Dixon muscled his way to the top spot late in the event and scored his only win of the year.  That win with the resulting boost in both points and confidence changed Dixon’s focus. He was now after a repeat championship.

After the MCR win, Dixon was third at Genesee on Labor Day weekend, eighth at Ransomville, and second the following night at Woodhull in the next to last race of the season.

After the Woodhull event, Dixon was on top of the point chart for the first time all year.  On top, but by only eight points over Andy Miller who had led most of the season.  The showdown was set for the season finale at Little Valley the following weekend.

For Dixon, championship night at Little Valley did not start off well.  He was involved in a heat race tangle which sent him to the back of the pack.  He charged through traffic to claim fifth, the final qualifying position.  This put him in 20^th starting position for the A main behind Andy Miller and Todd Rice, the other two drivers with a chance for the Series title.

Dixon buckled into his GRT Monte Carlo with a determined single focus – the BRP CanAm championship for Teresa.  As the race unfolded Dixon passed Rice and caught Miller.  Then, as if tied to the rear bumper of Miller, the two moved towards the front.  They reached second and third behind Ed Carley when the checkered flag flew.  Mission accomplished.

When the points were tallied the very happy, but very subdued, Dixon had won the championship by three points over Andy Miller.

Dixon’s wife, Teresa, had been sick all summer.  His MCR win was the last race she attended.  She was hospitalized soon after that race and died in early September before her man had won their second BRP CanAm Super Stock Series Championship.