2017 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

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2017 Detroit
Race details
7th and 8th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season
File:Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle 2015.svg
Date June 3 and 4, 2017
Official name Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Corporation
Location The Raceway on Belle Isle
Course Temporary street circuit
2.350 mi / 3.782 km
Distance 70 laps
164.500 mi / 264.737 km
Race 1
Pole position
Driver Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time 1:13.9681
Fastest lap
Driver Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time 1:14.2062 (on lap 49 of 70)
Podium
First Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Second Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third James Hinchcliffe (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)
Race 2
Pole position
Driver Takuma Sato (Andretti Autosport)
Time 1:13.6732
Fastest lap
Driver Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time 1:14.6385 (on lap 59 of 70)
Podium
First Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Second Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Third Will Power (Team Penske)

The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Corporation was the lone doubleheader event of the 2017 IndyCar Series season, consisting of the 7th and 8th rounds of the championship. The event was held at the Raceway at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. Graham Rahal dominated the weekend, leading the most laps and winning both races.