IndyCar Detroit Belle Isle doubleheader: How to watch, start times, live streaming info

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After a two-year absence, the NTT IndyCar Series will return to Belle Isle Raceway in Detroit this weekend for a Saturday-Sunday doubleheader schedule of start times.

There are 25 entries for each race as Santino Ferrucci was added this week in a third car for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing after his sixth place in the Indy 500. Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Dallara-Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing) and Romain Grosjean (No. 51 for Dale Coyne Racing) will return in Detroit after missing the Indianapolis 500.

After becoming the fourth driver to win his fourth Indy 500, Helio Castroneves won’t be racing at Detroit (but will be appearing in five more IndyCar races for Meyer Shank Racing this year and in the SRX this weekend). It’s the first time the Indy 500 winner isn’t entered in the following IndyCar race since the late Dan Wheldon in 2011.

The 2021 IndyCar season has opened with six winners in six races. There have been seven winners in the first seven races three times — 1958, 2000, and ’17 (when the streak was broken by Graham Rahal sweeping Detroit). If there is no repeat winner in Saturday’s race, the record for most IndyCar winners to start a season will be tied.

Among those still seeking victories are former Detroit winners Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud and Will Power of Team Penske.

Here are the details and IndyCar start times for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle Raceway in Detroit (all times are ET):


Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader at Belle Isle Raceway in Detroit

TV: Both races are on NBC (SUNDAY UPDATE: If the French Open has not concluded, Race 2 will begin on CNBC) and streaming on the NBC Sports App and NBCSports.com. Leigh Diffey is the lead announcer for IndyCar on NBC with analyst Townsend Bell. Saturday’s broadcast begins at 2 p.m.; Sunday’s broadcast will start at 12:30 p.m. ET.

COMMANDS TO START ENGINES: 1:58 p.m. Saturday; 12:43 p.m. Sunday

GREEN FLAG SATURDAY: 2:05 p.m.

GREEN FLAG SUNDAY: 12:50 p.m.

DISTANCE: Both races are 70 laps (164.5 miles) on a 14-turn, 2.35-mile street course at Belle Isle Raceway in Detroit.

TIRE ALLOTMENT: Eight sets primary, five sets alternate (weekend). Teams must use one set of primary and alternate tires in each race. One additional set available to teams fielding a rookie driver is available for the first session of the weekend.

PUSH TO PASS: 150 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 15 seconds per activation (for each race). The push-to-pass is not available on the initial start or any restart unless it occurs in the final two laps or three minutes of a timed race. The feature increases the power of the engine by approximately 60 horsepower

FORECAST: According to Wunderground.com, it’s expected to be 85 degrees with a 24% chance of rain at the green flag Saturday. Sunday is predicted to be 81 degrees with a 9% chance of rain at the green.

PRACTICE: Friday, 5 p.m. (Peacock Premium)

WARMUP: None scheduled this weekend

QUALIFYING: Race 1, 11 a.m. Saturday; Race 2, 9 a.m. Sunday

ENTRY LISTS: Click here for Race I l Click here for Race II


IndyCar weekend schedule for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

Detroit Grand Prix Friday schedule

9:50-10:30 a.m.: Indy Lights practice

8:55-9:25 a.m.: Indy Lights qualifying, Race 1

5-6:15 p.m.: IndyCar practice (Peacock Premium)

Detroit Grand Prix Saturday schedule

9:30-9:50 a.m.: Indy Lights qualifying, Race 2

11 a.m.-noon: IndyCar qualifying, Race 1 (NBCSN, Peacock Premium)

Noon-1 p.m.: Indy Lights, Race 1 (Peacock Premium)

2-4 p.m.: IndyCar, Race 1 (NBC)

Detroit Grand Prix Sunday schedule

9-10 a.m.: IndyCar qualifying, Race 2 (NBCSN, Peacock Premium)

10:20-11:45 a.m.: Indy LIghts, Race 2 (Peacock Premium)

Noon-3 p.m.: IndyCar, Race 2 (NBC)


COVERAGE ON NBCSPORTS.COM:

ROUND 1: Alex Palou breaks through with first victory in season opener

ROUND 2: Colton Herta puts on a sublime showing in St. Pete

ROUND 3: Scott Dixon maintains Texas dominance

ROUND 4: Pato O’Ward scores first IndyCar victory

ROUND 5: Helio Castroneves becomes fourth four-time Indy 500 winner

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JIMMIE INDYCAR WATCH, RACE 2: Tough day for the No. 48

JIMMIE INDYCAR WATCH, RACE 3: Making progress in a 24th-place finish

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Seattle Supercross by the numbers: Three riders separated by 17 points

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Three riders remain locked in a tight battle with 17 points separating the leader Cooper Webb from third-place Chase Sexton and these are only a few Supercross numbers to consider entering Seattle.

Seattle Supercross numbers
Chase Sexton made a statement in Detroit with his second win of 2023. – Feld Motor Sports

For the fifth time in 10 rounds. Sexton, Webb, and Eli Tomac shared the podium in Detroit. Between them, the trio has taken 23 podiums, leaving only seven for the remainder of the field. Jason Anderson, Ken Roczen and Justin Barcia have two each with Aaron Plessinger scoring the other.

Webb and Tomac won the last four championships with two apiece in alternating years, but they were not one another’s primary rival for most of those seasons. On the average, however, the past four years show an incredible similarity with average points earned of 21.0 for Webb and 21.3 for Tomac. With five wins so far this season, Tomac (23 wins) leads Webb (19) in victories but Webb (43) edges Tomac (41) in podium finishes during this span.

Tomac has won two of the last three Seattle races and those two wins in this stadium are topped only by James Stewart. Fittingly, if Tomac gets a third win this week, he will tie Stewart for second on the all-time wins’ list. Tomac tied Ricky Carmichael for third with 48 wins at Oakland and took sole possession of that spot with his Daytona win.

Sexton still has a lot to say and after winning last week in Detroit, he is speaking up. The Supercross numbers are against him entering Seattle, however, because a points’ deficit this large after Round 10 has been erased only once. In 1983 David Bailey was 47 points behind Bob Hannah, and like Sexton he was also in third place. Bailey took the points’ lead with one race remaining.

The seven points Sexton was penalized last week for jumping in a red cross flag section in Detroit could prove extremely costly.

In fact, it has been a series of mistakes that has cost Sexton the most. In the last two weeks, he lost 10 points with a 10th-place finish to go with his penalty. Erase those, and all three riders hold their fate in their hands.

Plessinger’s heartbreak in Detroit is still fresh, but the upside of his run is that was his best of the season and could turn his fortunes around. Prior to that race, he led only seven laps in three mains. He was up front for 20 laps in Detroit with five of those being the fastest on the track.

Last week’s win by Hunter Lawrence tied him with his brother Jett Lawrence for 17th on the all-time wins’ list. With the focus shifting to 250 West for the next two rounds, Jett has a great opportunity to pull back ahead. The real test will be at the first East / West Showdown in East Rutherford, New Jersey on April 22.

Last Five Seattle Winners

450s
2022: Eli Tomac
2019: Marvin Musquin
2018: Eli Tomac
2017: Marvin Musquin
2014: Ryan Villopoto

250s
2022: Hunter Lawrence
2019: Dylan Ferrandis
2018: Aaron Plessinger
2017: Aaron Plessinger
2014: Cole Seely

By the Numbers

Detroit
Indianapolis
Daytona
Arlington
Oakland
Tampa
Houston
Anaheim 2
San Diego

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