As engines echo in Indianapolis, the Verizon IndyCar Series rolls on to The Chevrolet Dual in Detroit at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park. The 2.35-mile street course in Detroit, Michigan marks the only doubleheader in the 2017 IndyCar season, with races taking place on Saturday, June 3rd and Sunday, June 4th. The weekend’s doubleheader will mark the 22nd and 23rd IndyCar races on the course.
#indyTO intern, Jordan Stewart explores his thoughts on the Indy 500 tradition
TAKUMA SATO IS THE INDY 500 CHAMPION! I repeat, TAKUMA SATO IS THE INDY 500 CHAMPION! We recap the wildly unpredictable 101st running of the Indianapolis 500.
Many Family and Fan Experiences Planned for Honda SpeedZone
Final Days of Spectacular May Fan Giveaways Promotion
TORONTO (May 29, 2017) – Single-day tickets to the Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place, July 14-16, 2017, have been released to the public for sale today (Monday, May 29). Prices start as low as $40 for single-day general admission and $70 for reserved grandstand seats.
The 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 is this weekend. In this week’s TrackTalk we examine the favorites to win the race, but also look through the grid to see if there are any underdogs or dark horses with the ability to break through.
New Zealand’s Scott Dixon will tear through the streets of Toronto in July, but in May he’s content to ride slowly through its traffic. The four-time Verizon IndyCar Series Champion was north of the border for a media tour in advance the 2017 Indianapolis 500. Dixon claimed pole position for the event, knocking defending champion Alexander Rossi and two-time Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso off the top of the lineup. While outrunning these drivers was a feat in itself, the real focus was on the last driver up.
As two-time Indianapolis 500 pole sitter Ed Carpenter screamed around Indianapolis Motor Speedway for his last qualifying lap, two people looked on with great anxiety. One was Scott Dixon, four-time champion of the Verizon IndyCar Series and 2008 Indy 500 champion, who was sitting on pole position while hometown hero Carpenter attempted to knock him off. The other was myself, watching from my apartment in Toronto, knowing that if Carpenter was to come in second, then my upcoming interview with Scott Dixon was going to become an interview with 2017 Indy 500 pole sitter Scott Dixon.
