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IndyCar driver Scott Dixon, retired racer Dario Franchitti robbed at Taco Bell

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Indy 500 pole-sitter Scott Dixon, his wife and retired racer Dario Franchitti were robbed at gunpoint in a Taco Bell drive-thru Sunday night, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police report obtained by USA Today .

According to the report, the robbery occurred around 10 p.m. ET.

Dixon, who won the pole Sunday for this year's May 28 race, won the race in 2008. Franchitti, a three-time 500 winner who was married to actress Ashley Judd from 2001-13, retired from racing after a crash in 2013.

The Taco Bell in question is less than a mile away from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Two teenagers reportedly were arrested in connection with the robbery, but the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police did not release further details.

 

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