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Circuit: Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix (2.35-mile temporary street circuit) Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.
2013 Winners:
Race 1 Mike Conway (Dale Coyne Racing Honda) 90.753 mph average
Race 2 Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports Honda) 84.906 mph average
Weather: Sunny, warm, 85 degrees F
Top 10 Race Results:
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[TD]Fn.[/TD]
[TD]St.[/TD]
[TD]Driver[/TD]
[TD]Team[/TD]
[TD]Engine - Chassis[/TD]
[TD]Laps[/TD]
[TD]Average Speed/Notes[/TD]
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[TD]1.[/TD]
[TD]3.[/TD]
[TD]Helio Castroneves[/TD]
[TD]Team Penske[/TD]
[TD]Chevrolet Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]93.211 mph avg.; led 42 laps[/TD]
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[TD]2.[/TD]
[TD]8.[/TD]
[TD]Will Power[/TD]
[TD]Team Penske[/TD]
[TD]Chevrolet Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]+1.6816 seconds; led 2 laps[/TD]
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[TD]3.[/TD]
[TD]20.[/TD]
[TD]Charlie Kimball[/TD]
[TD]Chip Ganassi Racing[/TD]
[TD]Chevrolet Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]**[/TD]
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[TD]4.[/TD]
[TD]22.[/TD]
[TD]Scott Dixon[/TD]
[TD]Chip Ganassi Racing[/TD]
[TD]Chevrolet Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]**[/TD]
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[TD]5.[/TD]
[TD]2.[/TD]
[TD]James Hinchcliffe[/TD]
[TD]Andretti Autosport[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]Led 10 laps[/TD]
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[TD]6.[/TD]
[TD]7.[/TD]
[TD]Simon Pagenaud[/TD]
[TD]Schmidt Peterson Hamilton[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]**[/TD]
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[TD]7.[/TD]
[TD]26.[/TD]
[TD]Mikhail Aleshin-R[/TD]
[TD]Schmidt Peterson[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]Led 1 lap[/TD]
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[TD]8.[/TD]
[TD]6.[/TD]
[TD]Carlos Munoz-R[/TD]
[TD]Andretti Autosport[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]**[/TD]
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[TD]9.[/TD]
[TD]17.[/TD]
[TD]Tony Kanaan[/TD]
[TD]Target Chip Ganassi Racing[/TD]
[TD]Chevrolet Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]**[/TD]
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[TD]10.[/TD]
[TD]8.[/TD]
[TD]Ryan Briscoe[/TD]
[TD]Target Chip Ganassi Racing[/TD]
[TD]Chevrolet Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]**[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 7"]Other Honda-powered Results:[/TD]
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[TD]12.[/TD]
[TD]13.[/TD]
[TD]Justin Wilson[/TD]
[TD]Dale Coyne Racing[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]**[/TD]
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[TD]14.[/TD]
[TD]19.[/TD]
[TD]Jack Hawksworth-R[/TD]
[TD]Bryan Herta Autosport[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]Led 1 lap[/TD]
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[TD]15.[/TD]
[TD]12.[/TD]
[TD]Carlos Huertas-R[/TD]
[TD]Dale Coyne Racing[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]**[/TD]
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[TD]16.[/TD]
[TD]18.[/TD]
[TD]Marco Andretti[/TD]
[TD]Andretti Autosport[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]70[/TD]
[TD]**[/TD]
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[TD]17.[/TD]
[TD]10.[/TD]
[TD]Josef Newgarden[/TD]
[TD]Sarah Fisher Hartman[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]69[/TD]
[TD]Running[/TD]
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[TD]18.[/TD]
[TD]1.[/TD]
[TD]Takuma Sato[/TD]
[TD]A.J. Foyt Racing[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]69[/TD]
[TD]Running; led 10 laps[/TD]
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[TD]19.[/TD]
[TD]21.[/TD]
[TD]Ryan Hunter-Reay[/TD]
[TD]Andretti Autosport[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]61[/TD]
[TD]Did not finish – transmission [/TD]
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[TD]21.[/TD]
[TD]12.[/TD]
[TD]Graham Rahal[/TD]
[TD]Rahal Letterman Lanigan[/TD]
[TD]Honda Dallara[/TD]
[TD]41[/TD]
[TD]Did not finish – transmission [/TD]
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Hinchcliffe Runs Fifth in Dual 2 at Detroit

• Last-lap move for a podium finish comes up short
• Honda drivers lock out front row in qualifying

In a race that in many ways resembled Saturday's "Dual 1" opening race of the Detroit Grand Prix Verizon IndyCar Series doubleheader, poorly-timed caution flags and varying pit strategies left many Honda-powered contenders unable to challenge for victory in Sunday's second race, despite an all-Honda front row in qualifying and a late-lap charge from James Hinchcliffe.
As in yesterday's race, early yellows from on-track incidents sent many in the field to the pits as early as Lap 3, once again leading to a continuously shifting race order throughout the 70-lap contest.**At the end of the day, those on a "three-stop strategy" and pitting for the first time on Lap 11 had the advantage, led by Helio Castroneves, as the Team Penske driver scored his first win of 2014.**
Of the Honda-powered contingent, pole qualifier Takuma Sato's A.J. Foyt team chose the right strategy, but Sato's chances for victory evaporated when he was hit and spun on Lap 35 by Ryan Briscoe; and further contact from Marco Andretti in the closing laps resulted in an unrepresentative 18th-place finish.
For the second day in a row, Hinchcliffe started on the outside of the front row, second, but his team's "two stop" strategy was nullified by the timing of the race's four cautions.**On the final lap, an attempt to pass Charlie Kimball for the third and final step on the podium came up short, and Hinchcliffe slipped to fifth behind Scott Dixon.
On a similar pit stop strategy, Honda-powered Schmidt Peterson Motorsport teammates Simon Pagenaud took the checkers in sixth, while his rookie teammate, Mikhail Aleshin, finished seventh.**
Heidi Cross, of Indianapolis, Indiana, led the field prior to today's race start in the two-seat Honda Indy car driven by two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Arie Luyendyk.**For more information on how you can receive the ride of a lifetime in the Honda Fastest Seat in Sports sweepstakes, go to www.shophonda.com.**
Video News Releases from this weekend's action in Detroit are being posted on a "Honda Racing/HPD Trackside" YouTube channel produced by the Carolinas Production Group. CPG will be providing video highlight packages following Honda Racing/HPD events during 2014.**The video packages can be found at: youtube.com/hondaracingtrackside.
With the completion of the Dual in Detroit, the first of three doubleheader race weekends in 2014, the Verizon IndyCar Series now heads to the high banks of Texas Motor Speedway for Saturday night's Firestone 550, June 7, with live television coverage on the NBC Sports Network.
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[TD="colspan: 4"]Verizon IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship (after 7 of 18 rounds):[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]1. Will Power[/TD]
[TD]326 points (2 wins)************ [/TD]
[TD]6. Carlos Munoz**(R)[/TD]
[TD]210[/TD]
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[TD]2. Helio Castroneves[/TD]
[TD]307 (1 win)[/TD]
[TD]7. Juan Pablo Montoya[/TD]
[TD]187[/TD]
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[TD]3. Ryan Hunter-Reay[/TD]
[TD]299 (2 wins)[/TD]
[TD]8. Scott Dixon[/TD]
[TD]184[/TD]
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[TD]4. Simon Pagenaud[/TD]
[TD]247 (1 win)[/TD]
[TD]9. Justin Wilson[/TD]
[TD]173[/TD]
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[TD]5. Marco Andretti[/TD]
[TD]227[/TD]
[TD]10. Sebastien Bourdais[/TD]
[TD]170[/TD]
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**
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[TD="colspan: 2"]Manufacturers' Championship:[/TD]
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[TD]1. Chevrolet[/TD]
[TD]931 (3 wins)[/TD]
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[TD]2. Honda[/TD]
[TD]713 (3 wins)[/TD]
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James Hinchcliffe (#27 United Fiber & Data Andretti Autosport Honda) started 2nd, finished 5th: "We were battling for third down the back straight [on the final lap], and [Charlie] Kimball made his car wide; that's all there was to it. I had to go to the outside. I had gone to the inside, but he didn't like that, so I went to the outside. He did a good job out-braking me, and I had to lift a bit on the exit there, and [Scott] Dixon got us. Fourth or fifth, it doesn't really matter - we're racing for podiums, we're racing for wins. It was a confusing race with all the different strategies at play, but again, the car was really fast. The guys were awesome in the pits. Considering how my past races in Detroit have gone, this is hell of a good weekend — two front-row starts and two top six finishes [both career bests for Hinchcliffe in Detroit]…we'll take it."

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