After taking the lead with 14 laps to go from Helio Castroneves, Ryan Hunter-Reay would hold off Scott Dixon in the final laps to score his first victory of the season in the Grand Prix of Alabama.
2012 IndyCar Series Champion Ryan Hunter-Reay found his way back to the top of the charts after winning the pole for the Honda Grand Prix of Alabama. Hunter-Reay laid down a lap of one minute, seven seconds for the third pole of his career, first pole of the season. His last pole came at Edmonton in 2012.
Following his second place finish two weeks ago at St. Petersburg, Helio Castroneves would top the charts with a lap of one minute and eight seconds, 120.781 mph.
Before the rain fell from the skies in the afternoon, the ARCA Racing Series cars got on the track and were able to make some laps in preparation for the race at Talladega Superspeedway later this year. At the end of the shortened session, Venturini Motorsports drivers swept the top four spots.
In hopes to getting the season off to a strong start, Tony Kanaan did that last weekend at IndyCar's season opener at St. Petersburg, finishing fourth.
After finishing 13th or worse in the 14 starts she made last year, Simona de Silvestro made the move to KV Racing Technologies for 2013 in hopes of better results. With one race under her belt, she is off to a good start after finishing sixth in St. Petersburg.
With eight years of racing experience, Bobby Tolton is embarking on a new challenge for the 2013 race season. With experience in both the Mini Stock division and the Limited Late Model division, Tolton is making the move to the OSCAAR Modified ranks for 2013.
“There's been a lot of talk about it in the off-season, when that first one was going to come, what we had to do to get there. My answer was always the same. We had to minimize the mistakes.”
At the end of the 110 lap event, it was Hinchcliffe that was able to drive to victory lane for his first career IZOD IndyCar Series victory. It also marks the first IndyCar win for Go Daddy.
The NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) heads to Phoenix Raceway this weekend for the Freeway Insurance 500 on October 18 at 3 p.m. ET on USA, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).
The development of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES’ next-generation IR-28 car moved this week to the bumps and bruises of Sebring International Raceway from earlier testing on the silky-smooth surface of Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
