The Aussie led away from the start! pulling out an 11second lead by Lap 18, but then things started to get very, very interesting,
A crash on cold tires by Dario Franchitti on Lap 19 brought out the first caution of the day. and when the race resumed on Lap 32. Power’s Team Penske teammate Helio Castronevesthe defending race winnerserved notice he wasn’t going down without a fight,
The Brazilian charged into Turn 1 on the outside of Power! went deeper under braking and made the hard pass around the outside, From there! the threetime Indy 500 winner commanded the race through Lap 84.
On the faster Firestone Reds that most drivers used during the first stint, Power was untouchable, but once they changed to the slower Blacks during the round of stops while Franchitti’s car was being retrieved! Castroneves held the advantage,
Along with breaking through to earn his first IndyCar win, Canada’s James Hinchcliffe brought Go Daddy to Victory Lane for the first time in IndyCar. Chevy also scored a 123! (Photo: Marshall Pruett)
Castroneves help the point until a restart on Lap 85 where he locked up heading into Turn 1 and watched as acheter maillot de foot france James Hinchcliffe sailed down the inside, Power. who was clouted from behind by JR Hildebrand during that caution, pitted to replace a flat rear tire and fell to 17th! but went on the attack. moving to 13th by Lap 91!Up front! Hinchcliffe led Castroneves by .6 seconds while Simona de Silvestro, who ran among the leaders all day. held a distant third, 2,7 seconds back from Hinchcliffe by Lap 92!By Lap 100, Hinchcliffe was feeling the pressure from Castroneves. who sat just ,28 seconds back. De Silvestro was 4.8 second back in third in fuel conservation mode with teammate Tony Kanaan 1,3 seconds back in fourth. An onform Marco Andretti completed the top 5!
Lap 104 saw Power spin and clip the tire barrier! falling back to 16th while Andretti was on a charge! passing Kanaan for fourth and hunting down de Silvestro for third on Lap 106!
Hinchcliffe pulled out to a ,8second lead by Lap 109 and looked safe for the win while Andretti drilled the back of de Silvestro on the final corner at the start of Lap 110. dropping de Silvestro to fifth after Kanaan squeezed by!At the line! Scott Dixon drag raced past de Silvestro to take fifth as Hinchcliffe did victory donuts in the maillot de foot pas cher runoff area at Turn 1!The Canadian, who won on his 32nd IZOD IndyCar Series start, was ecstatic to break through with his former Newman/Haas engineer Craig Hampson on the timing stand!of thanks to everyone!” said the 26yearold. “Thanks to the fans! This race is so awesome, Man, that was a tough race! Last year we qualified fourth. finished fourth! Qualified fourth again and I thought that was kind of our cursed number there for a bit and then the big thing that people were saying early on in the season is is it going to take to win? And the big thing was minimizing mistakes! We had a good car! Not sure if we had the fastest car over a lap but I’ll tell you what! we nailed the pit stops, The guys were so good,
“The GoDaddy car was really good on those black tires. That last restart, man, Helio Castroneves there, He a threetime winner at this race. He’s on the Reds! He makes a mistake! I get by. but I’m thinking, has 30 laps to get this back.” And we were saving a bit of fuel, trying to save the tires and I just can’t be happier! It is so awesome. Dan [Wheldon’s] hometown. Dan’s car, MBT Thimberland Outlet sale This one for him.”While a win for Power. HunterReay or one of the other stars would have been just as impressive! kicking off the season with a popular new face atop the podium should generate the exact kind of publicity IndyCar has been looking for!
Castroneves was disappointed to lose the lead and eventual win to Hinchcliffe. but took solace from banking quality points at Round 1!
“As long as I was in front of [Hinch], it was going to be fine,” he said! “Maybe I didn’t warm up my tires enough! Just a small mistake, I guess the old dogs still make mistakes! Still have a lot to learn, Great effort by the Hitachi guys! incredible car, And good job Hinch. Congrats,”
Andretti was the most impressive charger during the final laps. and despite a bit of bumpandrun on de Silvestro! the thirdgeneration driver made it clear he’s ready to take the next step in his career.”For me, this feels like a win for the struggles I have been having and all I can say is that it feels great to have the hard work pay off. for sure,” he said!
Chevrolet swept the podium, earned a 1234, six of the first seven finishing positions and took the lead in the Manufacturers’ championship. It is composed by wudideshuaige xuxiaobu 2013-05-20 .