chevrolet detroit isle grand prix chevrolet detroit isle grand prix presented series race held june isle detroit michigan sixth race series season originally scheduled run laps shortened laps race won chip racing team finished second clinched preparations race overshadowed speculation ceo job tweeted team owners trying fired claimed pole position race event detroit maintained lead race laps hit piece track continued straight tire wall investigation discovered track places event red hour break track officials ripped damaged sections track filled holes concrete race restarted shortened laps rain started fall lightly shortly restart caution issued spun gained places red flag softer red tires finish second team mate totalling laps race win season 28th career moved second drivers standings drivers started completed race retired contact retired mechanical issues recorded fastest lap race completing circuit report background series visited detroit won race taking lead laps blocking following year scheduled race cancelled lack funding failure secure sponsorship event september approved plans race held weekend june month later confirmed race run sponsored chevrolet arm detroit based manufacturer main advocates series returning detroit company provided million improve course square feet concrete laid race course lighting drainage repaired lead event race scheduled weekend indianapolis slot previously held created tension track director texas prior race power points leader points points place second respectively configuration miles long track tight street course overtaking difficult race claimed mundane race participating event previous winners course wilson contrast drivers participated race drivers competed race previous weekend indianapolis according agency report breathtaking event kind certain talked years provided boost series race receiving highest nielsen rating series hoped maintain momentum detroit race instead focus shifted track issues series ceo posted message twitter claiming team owners trying coup based owners increasing cost chassis fines given use parts races earlier season bernard spoke team owners saturday prior detroit race reported matter settled attempt place attention race stage media spent friday saturday investigating coup race track practice qualifying practice sessions held friday race lasted hour session hour long took place saturday morning prior qualifying session provided limited opportunities drivers heavy rain standing water course result participated session set fastest time conditions improved second practice drivers set times power quickest marginally tenth second faster wilson completed recording times half second power practice recorded fastest time trailed power wilson track seconds finish quickest drivers qualifying took place rounds drivers split groups round group progressed round fastest group followed half second time wilson drivers advance second round second group power set fastest overall time round close setting faster time qualified stage power fastest driver second round leading drivers separated tenth second drivers continue round fast finished seventh second drivers split evenly engine half running engines half chevrolet time season different teams represented qualifying round power traded fastest times early session went quicker power set times seconds improved laps finish set fastest time second quicker power joined second row qualified row grid subject place grid penalties engine changes mid dropping 17th 25th grid respectively given place penalty changing chassis qualifying race placing 24th race race sixth season began est televised live united_states abc held lead pole position power light contact wall lap race pitted shortly flat right rear tire team discovered additional damage suspension required lengthy repairs able return race fifth lap teams reported parts track deteriorating felt action needed taken laps later gained places started suffering mechanical problems forced retire race laps wilson set fastest lap race ninth lap completing circuit minute seconds lap blocked passing drawing warning race director running street race season lotus engine seventh suffering mechanical problems curtailed race laps suffering problems brakes early race eventually retired lap having spent laps pits earlier trying resolve issue lap fell victim deteriorating track going turn struck large piece asphalt lifted track hitting wing went car propelled air traction unable control car sent tire wall angry race claimed track fixed earlier fact race control let far essentially waiting crash result unsafe said track lifted earlier race drivers forced avoiding debris racing line lap curb going turn lost control car hitting wall forcing retirement crashes drew track caution cars drove safety car laps red flag given lap track prior weekend racing synthetic rubber compound remained secure practice qualifying sessions grand races aerodynamic ground force effects acted pull compound assessing track conditions decision attempt repair track restart race track workers started pull loose strips track quick drying concrete fill repairs held short time crew collect concrete site resources eventually race director happy race restart power drove survey repairs acting driver representatives particularly sound confident hold agreed try continue racing confusion rules restart repairs allowed teams change tires remain compound led suffering lap penalty car required repair work number drivers angered having stay harder tires slower compound hour delay race restarted suffered clutch problems restart placed laps drivers ran safety car showed areas repair work conducted prior restart short rain shower track slightly power lost position restart dropping closest driver softer compound red tires fitted gained positions restart moving fourth restart lasted corners spun wet conditions struck corner slid wall stalled track caution called race restarted laps remaining gained position passing gain second race immediately yellow flag spun stalled middle turn ensuing restart managed maintain lead chip racing drivers completed second successive finish post race race moved abc red flag delay averaged viewers earning nielsen rating final laps significantly lower averaging viewers chairman announced shortly race track improved lengthened suggested track turn removed significant work carried turns seven track extended turns long straight allow cars reach miles hour result alterations additional miles track creating miles circuit classification qualifying race results notes points include point pole position points laps led standings race
2012 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix