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Kyle Kirkwood (No. 27 Andretti Global Siemens AWS Honda) survived front wing damage and pulled away on a late restart to win the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear on Sunday. It was the second victory of the season and fourth career NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory for Kirkwood, who also won the Acura Long Beach Grand Prix on April 13, also on a temporary street circuit. Watch the Race Highlights here. (Thank you to INDYCAR Media)

Editor-in-Chief's Note: As reported by Jenna Fryer, Santino Ferrucci’s car failed post-race inspection after his 2nd place finish in Detroit. The finish stands but AJ Foyt Racing's No.14 car will not get engine points or prize money, was fined $25,000, and forfeits 25 championship driver and entrant points. Plus, the bonus point for leading a lap was not awarded. - PMD

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Santino Ferruci (No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing/Sexton Properties Chevrolet) finished 3.5931 seconds behind Kirkwood in second place. It was a career-best finish for Ferrucci and the best road- or street-course result for the team owned by legendary four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt since Takuma Sato also finished second in 2015 at this event when it took place on Belle Isle.

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Colton Herta finished a season-best third in the No. 26 Andretti Global Gainbridge Honda, as the team put two drivers on the podium for the first time since Herta and Kirkwood went 1-2, respectively, last July on the streets of Toronto.

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Oscar Piastri (No. 81 McLaren Formula 1 Team) strengthened his championship lead by clinching a commanding victory in the Spanish Grand Prix, the Australian leading teammate Lando Norris (No. 4 McLaren Formula 1 Team) in a McLaren 1-2 amid a dramatic end to the race that saw Max Verstappen (No. 1 Oracle Red Bull Racing) and George Russell (Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team) collide. Watch the Race Highlights here. (Thank you to Formula1.com)

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Renger van der Zande guided the No. 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06 (co-driven by Nick Yelloly) from third to first in the last 13 minutes of the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic, a 100-minute ‘sprint’ race for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on the streets of downtown Detroit. It was the first win of the season for Acura, which returned to and also expanded its partnership with the Meyer Shank team this year. The No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 started from the pole position in the hands of Seb Priaulx before he handed off to Mike Rockenfeller. The car led 55 of 81 laps in the 100-minute race, the fourth round of the season for the Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) class. Rockenfeller controlled the pace against Alexander Sims’ No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Corvette Z06 GT3.R. The next event for many IMSA drivers (including 18 of the 22 GTP drivers who raced at Detroit) and several teams is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, set to run June 14-15 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France. The next Round of the WeatherTech Championship occurs just one week later with the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, the third of five rounds in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. Watch the Extended Race Highlights from Motorsports on NBC here. (Thank you to John Oreovicz and Tony DiZinno/INDYCAR Wire Service)

Editor's Note: This is our dearly departed billboard, which we had at Road America for several years. Peter gifted the phrase "America's National Park of Speed" to the track, which now uses it proudly in all of its communications. -WG

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