Detriot Belle Isle Race Thread

[DanicaFan]

Race 6 of 16

Race - Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix

Location - Streets of Belle Isle, Detroit

Date - Sunday, June 3rd

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show - 3:30PM Eastern , Green Flag - Approx. 3:45PM Eastern- ABC

Course Type - 2.07 Mile Street Course

Distance - 90 Laps / 184.5 Miles

Practice Sessions -

Friday, June 1st - 12:00-1:00PM & 3:45-4:45PM Eastern
Saturday, June 2nd - 9:00 -10:00AM Eastern
Sunday, June 3rd - Warm-up - 10:45-11:15AM Eastern

Qualifications - Saturday, June 2nd -11:45AM -1:00PM Eastern

Belle Isle Track Information

2.07 Mile Temporary Street Course
14 Turns





2008 Detroit Indy Grand Prix At Belle Isle Race Information

Winner - #02 Justin Wilson
Pole Sitter - #9 Scott Dixon - 103.09 mph
Length of Race - 2 hours and 11 seconds
Average Speed - 89.911 mph
Caution Flags - 4 for 11 laps
Margin Of Victory - 4.406 seconds
Lead Changes - 4

[DanicaFan]

[DanicaFan]

[00steven]

Look forward to another great race, this year has been the best in a long time.

[DanicaFan]

Rain fell at Belle Isle today. The top 10 in practice are..

Rank / Car# & Driver / Lap Time / Speed

1. #12 Will Power / 01:12.8355 / 102.313
2. #18 Justin Wilson / 01:12.9343 / 102.174
3. #2 Ryan Briscoe / 01:13.1176 / 101.918
4. #77 Simon Pagenaud / 01:13.1195 / 101.915
5. #11 Tony Kanaan / 01:13.3012 / 101.663
6. #9 Scott Dixon / 01:13.3087 / 101.652
7. #27 James Hinchcliffe / 01:13.5110 / 101.373
8. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay / 01:13.5912 / 101.262
9. #3 Helio Castroneves / 01:13.8536 / 100.902
10. #22 Oriol Servia / 01:13.9032 / 100.835

[DanicaFan]

Here are the qualifcation groups for tomorrow..

Group 1

#18 Justin Wilson
#77 Simon Pagenaud
#9 Scott Dixon
#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#22 Oriol Servia
#10 Dario Franchitti
#7 Sebastien Bourdais
#67 Josef Newgarden
#4 JR Hildebrand
#83 Charlie Kimball
#15 Takuma Sato
#20 Ed Carpenter

Group 2

#12 Will Power
#2 Ryan Briscoe
#11 Tony Kanaan
#27 James Hinchcliffe
#3 Helio Castroneves
#14 Mike Conway
#38 Graham Rahal
#8 Rubens Barrichello
#26 Marco Andretti
#5 EJ Viso
#19 James Jakes
#98 Alex Tagliani
#78 Simona De Silvestro

[FIAT1]

Congrats to Dixon for the pole, I can't wait for the start.

[heliocastroneves#3]

Should be an awesome race indeed, congrats to Dixon for the pole!

[elan 02]

Just reviewed the week-end photos and the #10 car looks very (dark) cool. More of a Chevy guy but do have some respect for the Zero.

[Mark in Oshawa]

This is an interesting front few rows. Look at Pags and Tags up there....gonna be interesting....