Brickyard Grand Prix – wide open
Brickyard Grand Prix – wide open
Heading to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard Grand Prix , the only thing certain is that it is anyone’s race.
In the first seven races of the inaugural TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season there have been six different teams and four manufacturers claiming overall race victories.
The 2014 season opening Rolex 24 at Daytona saw the Action Express Corvette DP with Christian Fittipaldi and Joao Barbosa as the combination to beat with Sebastian Bourdais.
Chip Ganassi Racing and Ford EcoBoost power struck back at the Twelve Hours of Sebring as Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas (with Marino Franchitti) delivered the first win for Ford and then immediately backed that up with a win at Long Beach.
But, just when it seemed that the DP based cars from the former GRAND-AM Series had everyone covered, Johannes van Overbeek and Ed Brown proved the P2 cars from the former American Le Mans Series were not going down without a fight, taking the pole and victory for Extreme Speed Motorsports and Honda at Monterey.
The next stop, Detroit’s Belle Isle Park saw Wayne Taylor Racing’s Jordan and Ricky Taylor deliver the hometown victory for Chevrolet at Detroit.
That was soon followed by another Chevrolet win, this time at Watkins Glen where Richard Westbrook and Michael Valiante came through to victory for the Spirit of Daytona team. Having taken the pole and led much of the race at WGI, the Oak Racing Nissan P2 was not be denied in Canada, winning from the pole as Gustavo Yacaman and Olivier Pla took a first win for Nissan at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
In just seven races, six different teams and four manufacturers have been atop the podium. A victory here would be the perfect reward for 2013 winner Ryan Dalziel, now with Scott Sharp at ESM-Honda, Michael Shank’s Ford EcoBoost team or the new Mazda Prototype, all of whom would be only too happy to celebrate their first wins of the season with a kiss of the bricks.
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