IndyCar: Chevrolet Dual in Detroit

Lots of good drivers having absolutely miserable weekends.
 
Pigot looked pretty good, can't wait to see more of him down the road.

Btw @FLRacingFan we should send a letter to tell Carpenter that we cannot put any respeck on his name. He needs to be done and finished racing.lol
 
Cool pass for the win. Damn the regulars that I root for have been having some godawful luck lately. Congrats to Power. He needed one.
 
FLRacingFan said:
Wow, that was an awesome move by Power on the outside of Pagenaud.
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As much as I don't like the guy, that was a crazy pass. Not much you can do to defend against it either when you take the preferred line and the guy still makes the pass.
 
DUN24 said:
Wonder how much the Pocono rainout helped on Sunday...
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May have helped a little, but the race didn't get underway until about 3:50 so they probably would've been competing for only thirty or forty minutes.
 
http://www.dailydetroit.com/2016/06/09/2016-grand-prix-gets-record-tv-ratings/

The Grand Prix roared to another year of success, say organizers.

The three day event drew an estimated 95,000 people to Belle Isle Park from June 3-5. This included more than 25,000 fans on Comerica Bank Free Prix Day last Friday, approximately 40,000 fans for one of the most well-attended Saturdays in Grand Prix history and more than 30,000 fans on Sundaywhen rain and threatening weather in the surrounding area kept the expected attendance down.

With the totals, it marked the fourth time in the last five years that the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix topped the 95,000 fan mark in total attendance.

The two Verizon IndyCar Series races held on the weekend – the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans – posted impressive numbers in both national and local ratings on ABC-TV. Chevrolet swept both ends of the Dual in Detroit in their “hometown” race as Sebastien Bourdais won on Saturday for KVSH Racing and Will Power was victorious on Sunday for Team Penske in the Verizon IndyCar Series.

According to the final Nielsen ratings, both the Saturday and Sunday national broadcasts saw increased ratings and viewership above 2015 numbers.

Saturday’s Dual in Detroit drew a .7 rating, which represented a 17% increase from 2015 while Sunday’s race posted a .9 rating, up 13% from the previous year. Both races were seen by more than one million viewers for an increase of over 20% each day and with an estimated 2.41 million viewers over the course of the weekend, it marked the highest viewed doubleheader in series history.

Sunday’s Dual in Detroit race was also the most viewed IndyCar race this season outside of the Indy 500 and the most viewed Detroit race since the Grand Prix returned in 2007.
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