Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix - Dual 2 2018-06-03

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Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix - Dual 2

Date
Sun 3rd June 2018 (UTC)

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
IndyCar Series

Season
2018

Round
8

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Location
Belle Isle Park

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Description

The Detroit Grand Prix (currently branded as the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Corporation for sponsorship reasons) is an IndyCar Series race weekend held on a temporary circuit at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. The race has been held from 1989 to 2001, 2007 to 2008, and since 2012. The current format of the event is a unique "doubleheader" weekend, which includes two full, points-paying races, one each on Saturday and Sunday. In addition, since 2012, the event has been scheduled for the weekend immediately following the Indianapolis 500.

Ryan Hunter-Reay may not have started a tradition, but he hopes he started a pattern. And a post-victory jaunt into the iconic James Scott Memorial Fountain at Belle Isle Park may not have the resonance of kissing the Indianapolis Motor Speedway bricks, but it was as refreshing as ending his 42-race winless streak on Sunday in Race 2 of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear.
Hunter-Reay’s predatory overtake of teammate Alexander Rossi seemed much the same – no problem – but belied the effort he and his No. 28 DHL Honda crew exerted in using a three-stop strategy to seize control in the final seven laps of 70 around the Belle Isle temporary street course.
In doing so, Hunter-Reay picked up his first Verizon IndyCar Series victory since Pocono Raceway in August 2015 and ruined what looked like a perfect plan coming together for Rossi. Hunter-Reay closed a seven-second gap to Rossi following the last round of pit stops and forced Rossi to slide off course, take the lead and win for the 17th time in his Indy car career.

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Result List

Result Description
Pos/ Driver/ Team/ Laps/ Points

1 /Ryan Hunter-Reay /Andretti Autosport /70 /51
2 /Will Power /Team Penske /70 /40
3 /Ed Jones /Chip Ganassi Racing /70 /35
4 /Scott Dixon /Chip Ganassi Racing /70 /32
5 /Graham Rahal /Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing /70 /30
6 /Robert Wickens /Schmidt Peterson Motorsports /70 /30
7 /Tony Kanaan /A.J. Foyt Enterprises /70 /26
8 /Charlie Kimball /Carlin /70 /24
9 /Marco Andretti /Andretti Autosport /70 /22
10 /Simon Pagenaud /Team Penske /70 /20
11 /Max Chilton /Carlin /70 /19
12 /Alexander Rossi /Andretti Autosport /70 /22
13 /Zach Veach /Andretti Autosport /70 /17
14 /Matheus Leist /A.J. Foyt Enterprises /70 /16
15 /Josef Newgarden /Team Penske /70 /15
16 /James Hinchcliffe /Schmidt Peterson Motorsports /70 /14
17 /Takuma Sato /Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing /69 //13
18 /Jordan King /Ed Carpenter Racing /69 /12
19 /Gabby Chaves /Harding Racing /69 /11
20 /Santino Ferrucci /Dale Coyne Racing /69 /10
21 /Sebastien Bourdais /Dale Coyne Racing //67 /9
22 /Rene Binder/Juncos Racing /66 /8
23 /Spencer Pigot /Ed Carpenter Racing /21 /7

Points standings after this race:
Rank Driver Points

1 Will Power 309
2 Scott Dixon 304
3 Alexander Rossi 298
4 Ryan Hunter-Reay 278
5 Josef Newgarden 270
6 Robert Wickens 232
7 Graham Rahal 221
8 Marco Andretti 197
9 Sebastien Bourdais 194
10 Simon Pagenaud 188
11 James Hinchcliffe 177
12 Ed Jones 160
13 Tony Kanaan 148
14 Takuma Sato 143
15 Zach Veach 133
16 Spencer Pigot 128
17 Matheus Leist 125
18 Gabby Chaves 123
19 Charlie Kimball 119
20 Ed Carpenter 118

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