Nashville, TN (My Sportsbook) - Scott Dixon took advantage of a controversial pit stop by Tony Kanaan to capture Saturday's rain-shortened Firestone Indy 200 at the Nashville Superspeedway.

Dixon, the series points leader, was leading Dan Wheldon when rain forced the IndyCar officials to bring out the red flag after 171 laps of the scheduled 200. The rain soaked the track in a matter of minutes and forced IndyCar officials to pull the plug on the race.

The victory was Dixon's fourth of the season and 14th of his IndyCar career. Dixon has now won this race three years in a row.

Helio Castroneves, Kanaan and Danica Patrick completed the top-five.

"It's a big night for Target Chip Ganassi Racing. Every time we ran this car I've won with it here at Nashville and at Watkins Glen. It's been a hell of a lot of luck for us, but you could not have been luckier than we were tonight," said Dixon.

Kanaan was leading Dixon, Patrick, Vitor Meira and Castroneves when officials brought out the caution flag on lap 139 due to a light rain. It was reported that more rain was in the area.

The No.11 Andretti Green Racing driver and most of the leaders took a huge gamble on lap 148 when they took their cars down pit road for service. Dixon and Wheldon inherited the top-two spots by not stopping.

"It was the right call," Kanaan said. "Who can predict the rain? Unfortunately, the rain and I don't get along too well. But the 7-Eleven guys have great momentum and the guys at the front know we are coming. I'll take fourth place."

Dixon was supposed to pit with Kanaan, but a miscommunication with his pit crew kept him out on the track.

"It was a miscommunication on the pit call. That's the only reason that I didn't come in. I was angry for a few laps, but when I saw that rain coming down, I thought, 'Oh, this could work out pretty good,'" said Dixon.

The rain started to lighten so the race went back to green on lap 152. Dixon led Wheldon, Kanaan, Castroneves, and Patrick.

Dixon was still in the first position when the caution flag flew on lap 166 for more rain.

The drivers drove a few laps under caution. But a persistent rain eventually forced the officials to call the race.

After winning the pole on Friday night, Castroneves led the 24-car field to the green flag.

Castroneves maintained the first spot early on. On lap three, Marco Andretti lost control of his car and crashed Ryan Briscoe into the wall to bring out the first caution flag. Some of the drivers in the back of the field came down pit road for service during the caution period.

The No.3 Team Penske driver pulled away from the field on the restart. Patrick, Dixon, Kanaan and Hideki Mutoh followed behind.

The leaders came up on lap traffic by lap 30, allowing Patrick to quickly cut into Castroneves' margin. Patrick fought hard to pass Castroneves but her attempts failed. She eventually fell back to fourth, as Dixon and Kanaan went around her.

Dixon now had his sights set on Castroneves. Dixon passed Castroneves in turn two on lap 55 to take over first. Meanwhile, Patrick and Mutoh came down pit road to start a cycle of green flag stops.

The No.9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver held onto the lead when the stops were complete. Kanaan, Patrick, Meira and Wheldon completed the top-five. After leading the race early on, Castroneves found himself in sixth after the pit stops.

Dixon continued to show the way as the drivers neared the midway point. The only time Kanaan was able to get a run on Dixon was when they came up on lap traffic. On lap 90, Kanaan took advantage of the lap traffic and got by Dixon for the lead.

Kanaan quickly pulled away from the field. But his comfortable gap was erased on lap 100 when Ryan Hunter-Reay, last week's winner at Watkins Glen, crashed. The leaders came down pit road for their second stops of the night during the caution.

The No.11 Andretti Green Racing driver kept the first position by winning the race off pit road. Dixon, Patrick, Meira and Castroneves rounded out the top- five.

The race went back to green flag conditions on lap 110. Kanaan pulled away from Dixon on the restart and was starting to dominate the race.

Kanaan was in total control of the race and held over a three-second lead on lap 130 as rain approached the area.

It seemed like Kanaan had the race won when the rain forced the caution flag to fly on lap 139.

Dixon increases his lead over Castroneves in the point standings to 63 points.

The next race in the series is set for Sunday, July 20th at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.