(Photo of Alex Palou by James Black for Penske Entertainment)
NTT P1 Award winner Alex Palou (No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Ridgeline Lubricants Honda) captured the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear on the streets of Detroit on Sunday. Spaniard Palou kept the lead during two late restarts and beat the No. 12 Team Penske Verizon Chevrolet of Will Power to the finish by 1.1843 seconds. It was the sixth career victory for 2021 season champion Palou and his second in the last three races this season, as he also won the GMR Grand Prix on May 13 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. “Super proud of the job we did," Palou said. "It was tricky there at the end, man, with those (worn) tires couldn’t really get to temperature (on restarts).” Felix Rosenqvist finished a season-best third in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren onsemi Chevrolet after muscling past teammate Alexander Rossi during a spirited duel in the closing laps on the nine-turn, 1.7-mile temporary street circuit. Six-time series champion Scott Dixon finished fourth in the No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing PNC Bank Honda, putting two CGR cars in the top four. Rossi rounded out the top five in the No. 7 Arrow McLaren NTT DATA Chevrolet. Watch the Race Highlights courtesy of Motorsports on NBC here.
Our dearly departed billboard at Road America. As most of you know, Peter coined the phrase "America's National Park of Speed" and gifted it to the track. -WG
The overall vision of Road America grew out of the dreams of Clif Tufte, a highway engineer, who chose 525 acres of Wisconsin farmland outside the Village of Elkhart Lake for the track. The natural topography of the glacial Kettle Moraine area was utilized for the track and for fan viewing areas, sweeping around rolling hills and plunging through ravines. Since opening in 1955, countless facility improvements have been made over the years, but the 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course itself is virtually the same today as it was when it was first laid out. Now in 2023, an entirely new track surface stands ready for racers and enthusiasts alike. - Road America
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