IndyCar: 2018 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Race 2 results – Ryan Hunter-Reay wins

For the first time since 2015, Ryan Hunter-Reay was victorious in an IndyCar race, as he won the second race of the 2018 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit.

Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay began the race weekend of the 2018 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit having not won an IndyCar race since he won the race at Pocono Raceway back in the 2015 season. His win drought, which was the longest of his IndyCar career, was the fourth longest win drought among active full-time drivers, as it was up to 41 races.

Hunter-Reay ended the weekend as the most recent IndyCar race winner, as he won the second race of the Chevrolet Dual in Detroit around the 14-turn, 2.35-mile temporary street circuit on the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan.

Hunter-Reay, who became the sixth different winner through eight races so far in the 2018 IndyCar season, won the race in his #28 Honda by 11.3549 seconds over second place finisher Will Power, who was the highest finishing Chevrolet driver and the only Chevrolet driver who finished the race in the top six in his #12 Team Penske Chevrolet.

After starting the race in 10th place, Hunter-Reay opted to go on a three-stop pit strategy so he could record fast lap times while running on his own without traffic around him. He was able to make the most of that strategy and led 18 of the race’s 70 laps en route to earning his first win in nearly three years.

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Following his third and final pit stop of the race, Hunter-Reay gave up the lead and fell back to second place before he began to hunt down Alexander Rossi, his teammate who started the race from the pole position and was leading it in his #27 Honda.

Hunter-Reay got right up behind Rossi heading into turn three with only seven laps to go when Rossi flat spotted his tires and went into the runoff area. Originally, Rossi only fell back to fourth place behind Power and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Ed Jones, but a flat front left tire forced him to come into the pits. He ended up finishing the race in 12th after leading 46 laps, which was a higher amount of laps led than any other driver in the field recorded.

The race featured a total of six lead changes among three drivers. Aside of Hunter-Reay and Rossi, only one other driver led at least one lap of the race. That driver was Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Robert Wickens, who led six laps.

The race also featured one caution flag period for three laps. That caution flag period began on lap one when Spencer Pigot was spun out by Santino Ferrucci in turn five. While the race featured only one caution flag period, it did feature a 34-minute delay as a result of the pace car crashing when it came out of the pits before the race and made its way into turn two.

Of the 23 drivers who started the race, 22 finished it, as Pigot was the only driver who was unable to do so. Of the 22 drivers who finished the race, 16 did so on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the second race of the 2018 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit on the streets of Belle Isle.

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