The Indy 500 leaderboard was as tight as it gets. While Scott Dixon led the race before a red flag was deployed because of weather conditions, it was Scott McLaughlin who gained multiple positions after. Both their wives, clearly happy with how things were going, shared sweet messages.Scott Dixon, driver of the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, leads a pack of cars during the NTT INDYCAR Series Good Ranchers 250 (Getty Images via AFP)Scott Dixon's wife celebrates Indy 500Just ahead of the race, Emma Davies posted a series of Instagram stories showing fireworks and the atmosphere in Indianapolis. Under a video of a light show, she wrote: “Yep, this was our alarm clock.”Dixon and Emma have spent nearly two decades together. The couple shares three children, daughters Poppy and Tilly, along with son Kit. Before becoming closely linked with the IndyCar world, Emma built a successful career in track and field as an 800-meter running champion.Her father also served as her coach during her athletics career. Emma eventually stepped away from competitive running following his death and after beginning her relationship with Dixon.Their relationship moved quickly after they first met in 2006. The pair became engaged in December of that year, less than a year after meeting, before marrying two years later.‘It takes a racer to love a racer’Over the years, both Scott and Emma have openly discussed the unique understanding that exists between elite athletes competing at the highest level.“It takes a racer to love a racer,” Dixon once said while reflecting on their relationship.Emma later explained how deeply invested she became in Dixon’s pursuit of IndyCar history.“As much as we live as husband and wife, I feel like we also live as training partners. My dreams were the same as his. From the moment I fell in love with him, my dream was he was to make history in this sport," she told NBC Sports' MotorSportsTalk.Scott McLaughlin's wife gets good newsMcLaughlin's wife and family received good news after the red flag. The Penske driver surged several positions.Indianapolis 500 leaderboard (at the time of writing this story)Felix Rosenqvist (#60) — Started 4th | Led 22 laps | LeaderPato O'Ward (#5) — Started 6th | Led 9 laps | +2.797Marcus Armstrong (#66) — Started 16th | Led 0 laps | +18.255David Malukas (#12) — Started 3rd | Led 29 laps | +23.965Romain Grosjean (#18) — Started 24th | Led 3 laps | +33.389Alex Palou (#10) — Started 1st | Led 59 laps | +36.602Santino Ferrucci (#14) — Started 5th | Led 0 laps | +41.483Takuma Sato — Started 12th | Led 0 laps | +43.645Rinus VeeKay (#76) — Started 11th | Led 8 laps | +45.011Scott McLaughlin (#3) — Started 9th | Led 5 laps | +49.838Conor Daly — Started 8th | Led 4 laps | 1 lap behindNolan Siegel (#6) — Started 20th | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindKyffin Simpson (#8) — Started 7th | Led 4 laps | 1 lap behindChristian Lundgaard (#7) — Started 18th | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindScott Dixon (#9) — Started 10th | Led 32 laps | 1 lap behindMarcus Ericsson (#28) — Started 17th | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindKyle Kirkwood (#27) — Started 25th | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindMick Schumacher (#47) — Started 27th | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindDennis Hauger (#19) — Started 29th | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindHelio Castroneves — Started 14th | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindGraham Rahal (#15) — Started 28th | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindJack Harvey — Started 33rd | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindLouis Foster (#45) — Started 21st | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behindSting Ray Robb (#77) — Started 31st | Led 0 laps | 1 lap behind