DETROIT – The Verizon IndyCar Series field took to the Raceway at Belle Isle Park this morning for its final warm up ahead of this afternoon’s first race of Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans doubleheader weekend. If the pace from the practice is any indication, it should be a heck of a race.
Josef Newgarden (No. 21 Preferred Freezer/Fuzzy’s Vodka Chevrolet) posted the fastest lap in the 30-minute session at 1 minute, 14.6464 seconds (113.334 mph). The lap for the Ed Carpenter Racing driver was faster than the track record set a day ago by Helio Castroneves in qualifying for today’s race. Newgarden will start 14th in the 22-car field today.
Scott Dixon, the 2012 race winner on the 2.35-mile Belle Isle temporary street circuit, was second in today’s session in the No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet (1:14.8319, 113.053 mph). Ryan Hunter-Reay’s No. 28 DHL Andretti Autosport Honda was third (1:14.9739, 112.839 mph).
Simon Pagenaud, winner of the Verizon P1 Award for pole position Friday in the No. 22 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chevrolet, was fourth this morning (1:14.9979, 112.803 mph).
It was a tough session for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. James Hinchcliffe, in the No. 5 Arrow Honda, brought out a brief red flag when he spun exiting Turn 5, suffering rear wing damage. Hinchcliffe’s teammate, Mikhail Aleshin had issues of his own, going off track multiple times in Turn 7 in his No. 7 SMP Racing Honda. Hinchcliffe and Aleshin ended the session 13th and 21st, respectively.
Coverage for Race 1 of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans begins at 3 p.m. ET on the Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network and at 3:30 p.m. on ABC. Broadcast times are the same for Race 2 on Sunday. Both races are 70 laps or 164.5 miles.
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