Round 10: Honda Indy Toronto. Exhibition Place, Toronto. June 12-14, 2015
Originally a CART event and known as the Molson Indy Toronto, it is the second longest running street race on the calendar after Long Beach. It was first held in 1986 and won by Bobby Rahal, driving a March 86C-Ford Cosworth DFX for Truesports. With the demise of CART, the race morphed into a Champ Car World Series event and continued until 2007. Though unification of the Champ Car World Series and the Indy Racing League was announced on February 22, 2008, the race was cancelled but returned in 2009, where it has remained on the calendar ever since.
Last year's event saw both races being run on Sunday, as rain on Saturday washed out Race 1. IndyCar officials therefore decided to run both races on Sunday, with Race 1 in the morning and Race 2 in the afternoon and both shortened to 65 laps. However, Race 2 was further shortened to a time limited race, after the rain returned.
The race has been traditionally held in mid-July but there were concerns this year's race might be cancelled, as it would clash with the Pan-American games, also being held in mid-July in Toronto but the race was moved to June and unlike the two previous years there's no double header.
Some Trivia:
The driver with the most wins is Michael Andretti: 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001.
The team with the most wins is Newman/Haas Racing: 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2004.
The track length was changed from 1.784 miles (2.871 km) in 1986-95, to 1.755 mile (2.824 km) in 1996, due to construction of the Direct Energy Center, which led to the last turn being altered.
Original Track Layout:
Current Track Layout:
Length: 1.755 mi - 2.824 km
Turns: 11
Lap record: July 17th, 1999. Gil de Ferran, 57.143 seconds, 110.565 mph - 177.937 km/h. Walker Racing, Reynard 99i-Honda, CART FedEx Championship Series.
Last year's winner, Race 1:
Sébastien Bourdais
KV Racing Technology
Dallara DW12-Chevrolet
Laps: 65*
Distance: 114.075 Mi - 183.585 km
Race Time: 1:15:44
Average Speed: 90.37 Mph - 145.436 km/h
*race shortened
Last year's winner, Race 2:
Mike Conway
Ed Carpenter Racing
Dallara DW12-Chevrolet
Laps: 56*
Distance: 98.28 Mi - 158.166 km
Race Time: 1:20:36
Average Speed: 73.168 Mph - 117.752 km/h
*race shortened
TV Coverage:
NBCSN
Green flag, 3:00pm ET.