IndyCar driver Scott Dixon is learning a lot about the Olympics from his wife, a former middle distance runner for Britain.

The couple is now headed to London, a day after Dixon won Sunday's IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio.

"To go to an event like that and see what it's all about, and have somebody that I'm so close to sort of fill me in on what's going on behind the scenes ... I'm excited," he said.

He said, though, he has "pretty crappy seats" and may need some binoculars to get a piece of the action.

Emma Davies-Dixon ran the 800 and 1,500 meters on a national level, but scaled back her career when her father, who was also her coach, became terminally ill. She's been expressing some regret about walking away from her sport at a young age.

With the games now in her home country, she's been planning her visit for more than a year and has been excitedly tweeting about getting to Olympic Stadium to watch athletics.

Also headed to the games is fellow IndyCar driver Alex Tagliani and his wife, Bronte.

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