Accolades, congratulations flow in for Hinchcliffe after Indy 500 pole - MotorSportsTalk

INDIANAPOLIS – People love a good story and James Hinchcliffe scoring the pole position for Sunday’s 100th Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil is undoubtedly a good one.

Unsurprisingly, it didn’t take long for the congratulatory tweets to start flowing.

Hinchcliffe edged Josef Newgarden by 0.0407 of a second over four laps and 10 miles, or 0.060 of a mile an hour.

Here was Hinchcliffe’s reaction on Twitter of his own:

Tough to put today into words. It was a good day. All I can say is thank you. pic.twitter.com/JftCCIOmuH

— James Hinchcliffe (@Hinchtown) May 23, 2016

Check out reactions to Hinchcliffe’s pole, below, merely just from most of the IndyCar field and a couple key others:

RESILIENCE WORKS. Congrats @Hinchtown on Pole for #Indy500

— Mario Andretti (@MarioAndretti) May 22, 2016

What a story. We are happy to see you up front @Hinchtown. Excited to race against you on Sunday for the 100th #Indy500

— Team Penske (@Team_Penske) May 23, 2016

Thanks everyone for the support,good effort for the @shellracingus @Team_Penske now let's get ready for the big one!Congrats @Hinchtown 👏🏻👏🏻

— Helio Castroneves (@h3lio) May 23, 2016

Awesome work by both @Hinchtown and @josefnewgarden, as well as their teams (@SPMIndyCar and our boys at @ECRIndy). Mega work fellas!!

— JR Hildebrand (@JRHildebrand) May 22, 2016

And BIG, HUUUUUGE CONGRATULATION to my team mate @Hinchtown!!! Man you rocked up there!!!Well deserved!!@SPMIndyCar pic.twitter.com/qY5GVD1QxU

— Mikhail Aleshin (@mikhailaleshin) May 22, 2016

Congratulations to James Hinchcliffe @Hinchtown on your pole in Indianapolis. Nice reward after what that place did to you last year!

— Chip Ganassi (@GanassiChip) May 23, 2016

Massive respect to @Hinchtown for grabbing pole for the #indy500.
Serious come back.

— M A X Chilton (@maxchilton) May 22, 2016

Congrats @Hinchtown well deserved! Crazy how things play out. Happy for you mate.

— Scott Dixon (@scottdixon9) May 22, 2016

YES!!! Go on @Hinchtown !!Pole position for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 #redglovesrule .from kebab to pole position, awesome 👍

— Dario Franchitti (@dariofranchitti) May 22, 2016

Way to go man! Congrats!! @Hinchtown

— Spencer Pigot (@SpencerPigot) May 22, 2016

Wow… @Hinchtown just incredible. #indy500 #P1

— Conor Daly (@ConorDaly22) May 22, 2016

Huge congrats to @Hinchtown & Sam Schmidt! @SPMIndyCar put the hammer down today #Indy500 #indyCar pic.twitter.com/WScjLDcYgk

— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) May 22, 2016

What a difference a year makes. Pole position @Hinchtown 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽. Congrats brother, what a come back!!!

— Marco Andretti (@MarcoAndretti) May 22, 2016

Huge congrats to a well deserved pole winner, my buddy @Hinchtown – his journey over the past year is nothing short of astounding.

— Ryan Hunter-Reay (@RyanHunterReay) May 23, 2016

Congrats @Hinchtown on your Indy 500 Pole! Well done.

— Michael Andretti (@michaelandretti) May 23, 2016

If it's not us on the Pole for #Indy500, happy for to see it go to our old friend @hinchtown. Congrats, Mr. Mayor. #ItsAllInTheRecovery

— Andretti Autosport (@FollowAndretti) May 22, 2016

Wow congrats to @Hinchtown starting on pole #Indy500 incredible story . And great job also from the whole @FollowAndretti team.

— Simona De Silvestro (@simdesilvestro) May 23, 2016

Hurts to not be on pole but u can't help but smile for @Hinchtown Couldn't be happier for him.

— Townsend Bell (@townsendbell) May 23, 2016

Congrats @Hinchtown 🇨🇦 #indypole @ims https://t.co/fOuej2De6s

— Alex Tagliani (@tagliani) May 22, 2016

Congrats to @Hinchtown for getting pole! What a story. #Indy500

— Matthew Brabham (@MattyBrabs) May 22, 2016

So happy for @Hinchtown today! Thrilled to see him + @HondaRacing_HPD on pole! 😀 #IndyCar #Indy500

— Pippa Mann (@PippaMann) May 23, 2016

Wow! What a team this two have put together. Pole and all 3 cars qualified in the top 10 for the… https://t.co/P58OTLFS2r

— Oriol Servia (@OriolServia) May 22, 2016

Fairytale story. Congratulations @Hinchtown. So happy for you. #TurnUp #Indy50 #Pole

— Alexander Rossi (@AlexanderRossi) May 22, 2016

For more, I’d recommend taking the time to wade through the Mentions of @Hinchtown. The Mayor would likely approve this message.

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DETROIT — Alex Palou topped the results of an NTT IndyCar Series race for the second time this season, extending his championship points lead with his victory in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver, who also won the GMR Grand Prix (and the Indy 500 pole position) last month, holds a 51-point lead over teammate Marcus Ericsson (ninth at Detroit) through seven of 17 races this season.

Ganassi, which placed all four of its drivers in the top 10 at Detroit, has three of the top four in the championship standings with Scott Dixon ranked fourth after a fourth at Detroit.

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Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden is third in the standings after taking a 10th at Detroit. Pato O’Ward slipped to fifth in the points after crashing and finishing 26th

Here are the IndyCar results and points standings after the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix:

RESULTS

Click here for the official box score from the 100-lap race on a nine-turn, 1.645-mile street course in downtown Detroit.

Here is the finishing order in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1. (1) Alex Palou, Honda, 100, Running
2. (7) Will Power, Chevrolet, 100, Running
3. (9) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 100, Running
4. (4) Scott Dixon, Honda, 100, Running
5. (13) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 100, Running
6. (12) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 100, Running
7. (2) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 100, Running
8. (11) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 100, Running
9. (6) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 100, Running
10. (5) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 100, Running
11. (24) Colton Herta, Honda, 100, Running
12. (17) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 100, Running
13. (8) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 100, Running
14. (20) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 100, Running
15. (15) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 100, Running
16. (18) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 100, Running
17. (25) Jack Harvey, Honda, 100, Running
18. (14) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 100, Running
19. (23) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 100, Running
20. (19) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 97, Running
21. (22) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 97, Running
22. (26) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 97, Running
23. (21) David Malukas, Honda, 85, Contact
24. (3) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 80, Contact
25. (27) Graham Rahal, Honda, 50, Contact
26. (10) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 41, Contact
27. (16) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 1, Contact

Winner’s average speed: 80.922 mph; Time of Race: 02:01:58.1171; Margin of victory: 1.1843 seconds; Cautions: 7 for 32 laps; Lead changes: 10 among seven drivers. Lap Leaders: Palou 1-28; Power 29-33; O’Ward 34; Palou 35-55; Power 56-64; Palou 65; Rossi 66; Newgarden 67-68; Kirkwood 69; Ericsson 70-76; Palou 77-100.

POINTS

Click here for the points tally in the race.

Here are the points standings after the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix:

Top 10 in points: Palou 273, Ericsson 222, Newgarden 203, Dixon 194, O’Ward 191, Rossi 176, McLaughlin 175, Power 172, Herta 149, Rosenqvist 148.

Rest of the standings: Grosjean 145, Kirkwood 142, Lundgaard 136, Ilott 116, VeeKay 108, Ferrucci 105, Armstrong 101, Rahal 99, Malukas 91, Daly 88, DeFrancesco 81, Castroneves 80, Harvey 78, Canapino 77, Pagenaud 72, Pedersen 61, Robb 55, Takuma Sato 37, Ed Carpenter 27, Ryan Hunter-Reay 20, Tony Kanaan 18, Marco Andretti 13, RC Enerson 5, Katherine Legge 5.

Next race: IndyCar will head to Road America for the Sonsio Grand Prix, which will take place June 18 with coverage starting at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.