From press release
Penske driver Will Power won the first of two IndyCar races, presented this weekend on the street circuit of Belle Isle, in Detroit. The Australian beat Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's Graham Rahal by a whisker, after a late caution bunched the field back up for a 10-lap sprint to the checkered flag.
"Just a great job by the team, putting me in a position to use our speed," said Power. "That was hard work. It’s a massive win for me, massive win for the team and especially for Roger and for Chevy. They’ve been trying to win here for a long time and we finally did it with a Honda trying to charge by.
"(Rahal) was really fast. I was worried but I just kept executing good laps.” "I was just trying to give him a run for his money," added Rahal.
"I thought if I can just force him into a little mistake, this is mine. Didn’t quite get there but I’m very proud of this team." Canadian James Hinchcliffe brought his car home in sixth, having started on the outside of row one.
Race results* – Race One (Belle Isle, Detroit) 1 - Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – Penske - 70 laps 2 - Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) – Rahal - 0"3308 3 - Jack Hawksworth (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – Herta - 5"5096 4 - Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) – Coyne - 8"5951 5 - Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – Penske - 10"7365 6 - James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Honda) – Andretti - 11"5074 7 - Carlos Munoz (Dallara DW12-Honda) – Andretti - 14"8813 8 - Carlos Huertas (Dallara DW12-Honda) – Coyne - 26"5965 9 - Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – Ganassi - 32"5852 10 - Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Honda) – Andretti - 33"1818 11 - Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – Ganassi - 33"3522 12 - Juan Pablo Montoya (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – Penske - 34"0094 13 - Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – KV - 36"0240 14 - Sebastian Saavedra (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – KV - 37"0532 15 - Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – Ganassi - 56"6632 16 - Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Honda) – Andretti - 1 lap 17 - Mikhail Aleshin (Dallara DW12-Honda) – Schmidt - 2 laps 18 - Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) – Foyt - 4 laps 19 - Jack Hawksworth (Dallara DW12-Chevy) – Herta - 5 laps Fastest lap of the race: 1’17”6399 by Graham Rahal Retirements Lap 37 - Josef Newgarden Lap 23 - Mike Conway Lap 5 - Simon Pagenaud *Unofficial results
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