IndyCar Detroit: O’Ward fastest in first practice on new street track
Having raced on nearby Belle Isle Island from 1992, Penske Entertainment Corp decided to revive the downtown circuit for the IndyCar event with a new 1.7-mile, nine-turn layout in the shadow of the General Motors Renaissance Center.
It utilises some sections of the 2.5-mile track used by Formula 1 between 1982 and 1988.
Teams and drivers got their first taste of the circuit in a 90-minute …Keep reading
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