What: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix / Race 7 of the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series Where: Streets of downtown Detroit, Mich. When: Sunday, June 4, 3:00pm ET The contrast couldn’t be greater.
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Italian-Canadian racer scores pair of top 10s at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course (Image Credit (devlindefrancesco.com))
Strong on-track aggression from the Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport racer
INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, May 15, 2021) – Miami-based Italian-Canadian racer Devlin DeFrancesco departs the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a pair of top-10 finishes in the latest rounds of the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires championship.
DeFrancesco qualified and finished seventh in Friday s race but showed progress in today s sixth round of the championship. Despite qualifying eighth today, the 21-year-old racer was in strong form with an aggressive start to gain positions in the opening turns.
IndyCar Opener Pushed Back, Moved to Big NBC
The IndyCar season will now begin with four races in 15 days.
The Grand Prix of Alabama will take place on April 18
The season now features a record nine events on broadcast TV
The NTT IndyCar Series season opener at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, Alabama has been postponed again, this time moving back a week from Sunday April 11 to Sunday April 18.
The move allows the Honda Grand Prix of Alabama to be featured on NBC network television. A record nine races will air on over the air NBC in 2021.
The event will initiate a busy opening stretch for the IndyCar Series with four races in 15 days with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (April 25) and a doubleheader at Texas Motor Speedway (May 1-2) to follow.