Detroit GP -- Race 1 Recap

Hello Internet! Just in time to start our engines on Race Two of the Dual in Detroit, here's a quick post to give you the Scoring Indy Race Scores from Race One.


Race One Scores

Driver	Qualifying	Grid	Laps Led	Completed	A.R.S.	RSWC Points
Conway	3	2	47	70	90.53	25
Hunter-Reay	5	4	20	70	76.63	18
Wilson	17	16	3	70	76.38	15
Dixon	16	15	0	70	65.49	12
Castroneves	12	12	0	70	63.16	10
Franchitti	1	11	0	70	53.28	6
Newgarden	23	25	0	70	62.84	8
Power	10	9	0	70	53.26	4
Rahal	14	23	0	70	52.42	2
Jakes	4	3	0	70	32.82
Vautier	7	6	0	70	32.30
Pagenaud	9	8	0	70	34.38
Kanaan	20	19	0	70	45.26	1
Kimball	25	25	0	70	40.21
Hinchcliffe	21	20	0	70	37.39
de Silvestro	18	17	0	70	30.25
Viso	2	1	0	70	4.91
Carpenter	24	22	0	69	27.79
Sato	8	7	0	68	7.37
Andretti	19	18	0	67	16.41
Briscoe	22	21	0	66	21.09
Saavedra	11	10	0	32	5.52
Tagliani	6	5	0	28	5.81
Bourdais	15	14	0	19	1.82
Allmendinger	13	13	0	0	1.33

Race Score World Championship Update

Here's a snapshot of the RSWC (where we award F1 Points based on Race Scores to IndyCar drivers):

Driver	RCWC Points	Points Back
Castroneves	63	0
Hunter-Reay	61	-2
Andretti	57	-6
Sato	50	-13
Dixon	48	-15
Newgarden	41	-22
Wison	41	-22
Kanaan	37	-26
Pagenaud	35	-28
Conway	25	-38
Hinchcliffe	20	-43
Kimball	16	-47
Viso	15	-48
Munoz	12	-51
Rahal	12	-51
Servia	12	-51
Franchitti	12	-51
Power	10	-53
Tagliani	7	-56
Bourdais	6	-57
de Silvestro	6	-57
Hildebrand	4	-59
Allmendinger	4	-59
Carpenter	1	-62
Briscoe	1	-62
Beatriz	0	-63
Vautier	0	-63
Jakes	0	-63
Saavedra	0	-63

Race One Predictions

- #DetroitGP Race 1 Prediction 1) An Englishman wins. (Probably @JamesJakes. Am I right, @JakesyNation?)

- VERDICT - Score one for Guido! Now, it wasn't James Jakes (who I think is due for something big before the end of the year...), but Mike Conway is, in fact, from England.

- #DetroitGP Race 1 Prediction 2) Hondas take at least 2 of the 3 podium spots.

- VERDICT - I could have been more specific and said "Dale Coyne Hondas take at least 2 of the 3 podium spots" and gotten it right. As is, I'll chalk up another one.

P.S. Going 2 for 2 feels good after Indy...

Stay Tuned

There will be a more detailed post coming up with observations from both races coming up with the Race Two Scores update, probably on Monday morning. Until then, let's light the candle on the back half of this doubleheader!

-- Guido