Just seven days on from IndyCar’s fastest and most prestigious race at the Indianapolis 500, the paddock journeyed just under 300 miles northeast to its shortest and bumpiest street track on the schedule.
The 1.645-mile Detroit track – using some sections that Formula 1 graced between 1982-’88 – boasts only five more corners than Indy’s fabled oval, and with an average pole speed some 136mph slower, making it the series’ starkest contrast in driving challenge.
