'Better than expected': IndyCar, drivers evaluate Detroit street course after first race
Posted on AllSides June 5th, 2023
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DETROIT – Penske Corp. president Bud Denker was waiting anxiously for the numbers to roll in, as he sat inconspicuously off to the side of Alex Palou’s winner’s news conference. The same driver in the same seat just over 24 hours ago had called the new racecourse Denker spearheaded as part of a transformation of the Detroit Grand Prix “too tight,” “too short,” “too bumpy” with “too much traffic” for IndyCar’s 27-car grid. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver turned his second-consecutive pole into his second win in three races, sixth...