Car 3 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy was happy winning the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans Dual 2. It’s the place where he won his 1st Indycar and climbed the fence the for 1st time (signature victory celebration).
This was not a close race as he had a good lead and a Margin of victory: 1.6836 over 2nd place team mate (8) Car 12 Will Power, Dallara-Chevy who started in 8th place and had serve drive thru penalty for avoidable contact.
3rd place Car 83 Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chevy (who started in 20th place) had to hold off James Hinchcliffe on the last lap for position.
4th place Car 9 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chevy had good results starting in 22th place and taking advantage of Hinchcliffe’s failed pass.
5th place went to Car 27 James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda who started on the front row in 2nd place. In 6th place came Car 77 Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda who started in 7th place.
7th place went to Car 7 Mikhail Aleshin, Dallara-Honda who started in 16th place.
In 8th place(6)Car 34 Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Honda who started in 6th place.
9th place went to Car 10 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy who started in 17th place.
Lastly in the Top 10 came Car 8 Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevy who started in 5th place.
Car 3 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy’s win makes it a sweep for engine supplier Chevrolet and Team Penske. Roger Penske is not only owner of both cars that won this weekend but he is also based in Detroit and the race promoter. That’s 2 exciting races in a row. It might be hard on the drivers and teams to race 2 days in a row but it was good for the fans.
The race had 4 Cautions for 13 laps and 7 Lead changes among 7 drivers.
Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans Dual 2 post race quotes;
Car 3 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy: “We came out with the Hitachi car. Spot on. I mean yesterday it was a frustration, obviously. Great that (Team Penske) won but a frustration for our side because we knew what car we had and we demonstrated it today. I want to thank Hitachi obviously, Shell, Pennzoil. It was great. Also AAA, SKF, Verizon. Especially Chevy, man. This is the land of Chevy and we made it. Two! That was great. I’m so happy for Team Penske.”
Car 12 Will Power, Dallara-Chevy: “Because of Roger (Penske), I definitely wasn’t going to race him hard. Unless (Helio Castroneves) made a mistake, I wasn’t going to go for a move unless I was close. A great day for Chevy, Roger (Penske) at his home track and Chevy’s backyard. Just fantastic.”
Car 83 Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chevy: “I knew that I had no overtakes left and (James Hinchcliffe) had one overtake left going down the back straight and that was his last best opportunity, so I defended into the inside. When he got alongside me we went into the corner side-by-side. It’s so hard because as much as the Firestones marbled today when you were offline. You really start sliding around. It caught Scott out and I was able to take advantage of that. So I knew if I could put (James Hinchcliffe) offline at the apex then I could get the drive out of the corner and hold onto the line. It was nice I was able to (hold up) Hinch (James Hinchcliffe) enough that Scott would be able to come through and for Chip Ganassi Racing to end up third and fourth.”
Car 27 James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda: “We were battling for third down the back straight, and (Charlie) Kimball made his car wide; that’s all there was to it. I had to go to the outside. I had gone to the inside, but he didn’t like that, so I went to the outside. He did a good job out-braking me, and I had to lift a bit on the exit there, and (Scott) Dixon got us. Fourth or fifth, it doesn’t really matter – we’re racing for podiums, we’re racing for wins. I have to watch the race and see how it ended there. It was confusing race with all the different strategies and play, but again, the car was really fast. They United Fiber & Data guys were awesome in the pits. Considering how my past races in Detroit have gone, this is hell of a good weekend – two front-row starts and two top-six finishes. We’ll take it.”
Car 9 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chevy: “A huge credit to the Target team coming from dead last to fourth. That’s a huge accomplishment. We had some brake issues on the second to last restart and that cost us in the end. Overall a good day and the team did a good job on strategy.”
VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1 Will Power 326
2 Helio Castroneves 307
3 Ryan Hunter-Reay 299
4 Simon Pagenaud 247
5 Marco Andretti 227
6 Carlos Munoz (R) 210
7 Juan Pablo Montoya 187
8 Scott Dixon 184
9 Justin Wilson 173
10 Sebastien Bourdais 170
SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STANDINGS
1 Carlos Munoz 210
2 Jack Hawksworth 141
3 Mikhail Aleshin 137
4 Carlos Huertas 132
5 Kurt Busch 80
6 Sage Karam 57
7 James Davison 34
8 Martin Plowman 18
The next Verizon IndyCar Series race is the Firestone 600 on June 7 at Texas Motor Speedway. The race will be telecast live at 8 p.m. (ET) by NBCSN. The IMS Radio
Network will also carry the race live on Sirius channel 213 and XM channel 209.
Verizon IndyCar Series
Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans Dual 2
DETROIT – Results Sunday of the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 2.35-mile The Raceway at Belle Isle Park
Position, Starting Position in parentheses, Car #, Driver, Chassis-engine, Laps, Status
1. (3) Car 3 Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 70, Running
2. (8) Car 12 Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 70, Running
3. (20) Car 83 Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chevy, 70, Running
4. (22) Car 9 Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chevy, 70, Running
5. (2) Car 27 James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 70, Running
6. (7) Car 77 Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 70, Running
7. (16) Car 7 Mikhail Aleshin, Dallara-Honda, 70, Running
8. (6) Car 34 Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Honda, 70, Running
9. (17) Car 10 Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, 70, Running
10. (5) Car 8 Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevy, 70, Running
11. (4) Car 20 Mike Conway, Dallara-Chevy, 70, Running
12. (13) Car 19 Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 70, Running
13. (15) Car 2 Juan Pablo Montoya, Dallara-Chevy, 70, Running
14. (19) Car 98 Jack Hawksworth, Dallara-Honda, 70, Running
15. (12) Car 18 Carlos Huertas, Dallara-Honda, 70, Running
16. (18) Car 25 Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 70, Running
17. (10) Car 67 Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 69, Running
18. (1) Car 14 Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 69, Running
19. (21) Car 27 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 61, Electrical
20. (11) Car 11 Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, 58, Contact
21. (14) Car 15 Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 43, Contact
22. (9) Car 17 Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, 9, Contact
Race Statistics
Winners average speed: 93.211
Time of Race: 01:45:53.3410
Margin of victory: 1.6836
Cautions: 4 for 13 laps
Lead changes: 7 among 7 drivers
Lap Leaders:
Sato 1 – 10, Hinchcliffe 11 – 20, Conway 21 –24, Power 25 – 26, Aleshin 27, Castroneves 28 – 33, Hawksworth 34, Castroneves 35 – 70
Point Standings: Power 326, Castroneves 307, Hunter-Reay 299, Pagenaud 247, Andretti 227, Munoz 210, Montoya 187, Dixon 184, Wilson 173, Bourdais 170.