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[QUOTE=Jeff Higgins;8530886]Oh, o.k. - he did race in Australia, though, didn't he?[/QUOTE

Possibly.
Dixon's luck changed when he jumped ship from the Snakes' Miller Lite car to the all Al Anabi car 8 or ten years ago. He didn't mesh well with the new team, got canned and has only had a handful of partial rides with poorly funded teams since.
It's too bad, really. He's a good driver, won 3 championships with Prudhomme, and from all indications he seems like a decent person. In retrospect, leaving the Snake was a mistake, and the bad blood continues to this day between them.