By alley - Sep 4, 2016, 8:01 PM ET

INDYCAR: Dixon donates prize money to Wilson Children’s Fund

Watkins Glen race winner Scott Dixon will donate his purse for winning Sunday's IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen to the charity that was established to look after the financial needs of Justin Wilson's daughters.

The Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver, who has been among the most selfless drivers in the series for many years, will contribute the $30,000 he earned to WilsonChildrensFund.com in honor of Wilson, who was killed in August of 2015 at Pocono and left his wife Julia and daughters Jane and Jess behind.

"Coming into the weekend, especially around this time, I've obviously – a year going on with the loss of Justin, being back at Pocono just recently, and obviously talking to [Julia] and seeing the family, this was a place that Justin really loved," Dixon said of the Watkins Glen circuit where Wilson earned a memorable win in 2009.

"Last time we had a good battle here, and he kicked my butt. It's a place that he got his first win in the combined IndyCar [series] and Dale Coyne's first and was definitely a milestone, and I was thinking about Justin a lot this weekend."

As regular contributors and visitors to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, not to mention the family of the late Dan Wheldon, donating a significant sum to care for the Wilson girls fits the character of Dixon and his wife Emma.

"Obviously with the launch of the Wilson Children's Fund, the new website and all that stuff, I just thought – Emma and myself and our family – could donate our winnings from this weekend."