Last Sunday’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear was an epic way for the 2.35-mile racetrack to sign off its time on the IndyCar schedule. Will Power’s triumph by one second over Alexander Rossi meant the Team Penske ace landed Chevrolet’s 100th win since it returned to the sport at the start of the 2.2-liter V6 twin-turbo era in 2012, and he did so in the marque’s – and Roger Penske’s – backyard.
Power also joined Helio Castroneves and Scott Dixon as three-time winners at this venue that has seen so many memorable moments since it first appeared on the schedule in 1992. On the eve of the series arriving for its eighth round at its most scenic and spectacular road course at Road America, let us pay tribute to what became one of the most distinctive and also most grueling venues for IndyCar racing, Belle Isle.
