Detroit Grand Prix


Another blow to Motor City: Detroit's Belle Isle Grand Prix reportedly iced for 2010

When Roger Penske revived the Detroit Grand Prix in 2007, Michigan race fans turned out in droves and cheered the great job that was done on fixing up the Belle Isle facility. Over 100,000 people showed up for the Labor Day weekend races in both 2007 and 2008. Unfortunately, we all know what happened in the weeks and months following the 2008 event. As the toilet was again flushed on the Michigan economy, Detroit Grand Prix sponsors slashed spending and the prospect of past attendees being able to spend the money on tickets dwindled. As a ... Read more →

2009 Detroit Grand Prix cancelled Drew Phillips

We've thoroughly enjoyed covering the Detroit Grand Prix in the last two years (2007 coverage, 2008 coverage), but it looks like this will be our last year at the event -- at least for a while. ...

SPOILER ALERT - Detroit Grand Prix 2008: The IndyCars take to the track Sam Abuelsamid

Click on Helio Castroneves for a high res gallery As the first season of the reunited IndyCar series winds down, the open wheel racers took to the Belle Isle track to close out the Detroit Grand Prix ...

Detroit Grand Prix 08: The Detroit Sports Car Challenge (Spoiler Alert) Sam Abuelsamid

Click the C6.R for a high-res gallery from the race As part of the revival of the Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle last year, the Detroit Sports Car Challenge was added as the highlight of Saturday's ...

Detroit Grand Prix 2007: The Postmortem Sam Abuelsamid

After a five-year hiatus, motor racing returned to the Motor City this year and to a large extent it was a huge success. The race was revived in large part thanks to the efforts of Roger Penske. For ...

Detroit Grand Prix 2007: The people 2 years ago on Autoblog

Is this kid really old enough to drive 200 MPH? One certainty about going to a big time car race is that you'll see people, usually lots of them. This year's Detroit Grand Prix was no exception, thanks in part to almost perfect weather. Unlike a Formula One race, at an IRL race you can wander ...

Detroit Grand Prix 2007: The IRL on Belle Isle - And they're off! 2 years ago on Autoblog

Castroneves leads Franchitti into turn 1, click for more The first IRL race at Belle Isle in Detroit is underway and twenty laps in pole sitter Helio Castroneves Castro Neves still leads Andretti-Green's Dario Franchitti and Tony Kanaan. The cars are flying under the bright sunshine here in the ...

Detroit Grand Prix 2007: IRL Sunday morning warmup photos 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the photo of polesitter Helio Castroneves for more warmup shots The IndyCars just finished up their final warmup for todays' race on Belle Isle. Helio Castroneves ended up on top of the session, with Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti swapping their qualifying positions, coming in second and ...

2007 Detroit Grand Prix: ALMS Pit Lane Walk 2 years ago on Autoblog

Since it began in the late nineties, the American Le Mans Series has made an effort to reach out to fans. One of the more popular activities during ALMS weekends is the grid walkthrough. They bring the cars out to the grid one hour before the green flag and then they open the grid to all fans. The ...

Live from the Detroit Grand Prix 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

Autoblog is live at the Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle this morning. We're hanging out at the Acura Chalet this weekend as the track action has kicked off for the day. The IRL cars have already been out for a couple of practice sessions and the American Le Mans Series cars are doing their final ...






Autoblog Podcast #158: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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