The official starting grid for 2017 INDYCAR Detroit Grand Prix Race 1 on Saturday, June 3, 2017, is as follows:
Row 1
1. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, 01:13.9681 (114.374)
2. (3) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 01:14.0414 (114.260)
Row 2
3. (26) Takuma Sato, Honda, 01:14.0428 (114.258)
4. (98) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 01:14.0875 (114.189)
Row 3
5. (5) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 01:14.1801 (114.047)
6. (9) Scott Dixon, Honda, 01:14.2855 (113.885)
Row 4
7. (1) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 01:14.3150 (113.840)
8. (8) Max Chilton, Honda, 01:14.9991 (112.801)
Row 5
9. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 01:14.3805 (113.739)
10. (83) Charlie Kimball, Honda, 01:15.0664 (112.700)
Row 6
11. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 01:14.6312 (113.357)
12. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 01:15.0991 (112.651)
Row 7
13. (27) Marco Andretti, Honda, 01:14.6719 (113.296)
14. (14) Carlos Munoz, Chevrolet, 01:15.2060 (112.491)
Row 8
15. (10) Tony Kanaan, Honda, 01:15.2668 (112.400)
16. (4) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 01:15.2228 (112.466)
Row 9
17. (20) Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, 01:15.6261 (111.866)
18. (21) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 01:15.2334 (112.450)
Row 10
19. (18) Esteban Gutierrez, Honda, 01:15.6276 (111.864)
20. (7) Mikhail Aleshin, Honda, 01:15.2430 (112.436)
Row 11
21. (19) Ed Jones, Honda, 01:15.8343 (111.559)
22. (16) Oriol Servia, Honda, 01:15.2758 (112.387)
The odd-numbered starting positions for today’s race are filled with the other cars in Rahal’s group, based on their qualifying times. The even-numbered positions in the 22-car field are filled by those in Castroneves’ group, also based on qualifying times.
Coverage of this afternoon’s 70-lap race begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC, WatchESPN and the INDYCAR Radio Network.
The official on-track schedule is as follows.
- 3:03 p.m. – Driver introductions
- 3:43 p.m. – Command to start engines
- 3:50 p.m. – Chevrolet Dual in Detroit 1 (70 laps/164.5 miles), ABC (live)