Rounds 7 and 8. The Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit, 28 - 31 May, 2015.

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Rounds 7 and 8. The Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit, 28 - 31 May, 2015.

The Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit is the only double header this season. Last season, Detroit was the first of three.

Detroit was originally the venue for the F1 Detroit Grand Prix, held from 1982-1988. It was dropped from the F1 calendar after 1988, when F1's governing body FISA declared the temporary pit area sub standard and because of the drivers dislike of the event due to track disintegration, which was particularly bad that year. It was planned to move the F1 event to Belle Isle in 1989 but no agreement was finalised and F1 went to Phoenix and Detroit became a CART event, with the race initially held on a slightly modified version of the F1 track. In 1992, the event moved to Belle Isle, where it was held up to and including 2001. In 1998 the track was extended from 2.1 mi - 3.4 km, to 2.36 mi - 3.80 km.

The race was revived from 2007-2008, as part of the IRL's IndyCar Series, using the original CART layout but was cancelled from 2009-2011, only to be revived again in 2012. Since 2014 the track has reverted to the 1998-2001 CART layout.

Some Trivia:
Hélio Castroneves got his first CART win at Detroit in 2000, driving a Reynard 2Ki-Honda HR-0 V8t, for Marlboro Team Penske and has won the Detroit Grand Prix the most times: 2000, 2001 and 2014.

The team with the most wins is, Team Penske: 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014, Race 1 and 2.

1982-1988 F1 track layout:


Original 1992-1997 CART track layout:


Current and 1998-2001 CART track layout:


Length: 2.36 mi - 3.80 km
Turns: 14

Lap record:
17 Jun 2000. Juan Pablo Montoya, 115.604 mph-184.966 kmh, 1 minute, 13.056 seconds. Target Chip Ganassi, Lola B2K/00-Toyota RVA, CART FedEx Championship Series.

Race 1
Last year's winner:
Will Power.
Team Penske,
Dallara DW12-Chevrolet.

Laps: 70
Distance: 164.22 mi - 264.286 km
Race Time: 1:49:29.9323
Average Speed: 90.138.

Race 2
Last year's winner:
Hélio Castroneves,
Team Penske,
Dallara DW12-Chevrolet.

Laps: 70
Distance: 164.22 mi - 264.286 km
Race Time: 1:45:53.3410
Average Speed: 93.211.

TV Coverage:
ABC are televising the event, with the Green flag at 3:30pm ET, also for both races.