IndyCar: 50% of the Detroit race circuit will be open for free

Denker predicts dual pit lane will be ‘amazing’ spectacle

Detroit Grand Prix boss Bud Denker believes that the dual pit lane at IndyCar’s newest circuit will be an “amazing” spectacle, including for those in attendance.

It will feature two pit lanes running parallel to each other, said to be a first.

“The dual pit lane is first of its kind,” Denker, President of the Penske Corp which promotes the event, told IndyCar’s official website.

“So, imagine these cars coming down pit lane, some going left, some going right, merging at the end of pit lane into a single file to get back out of the street to merge into traffic,” he added.

“The visual of that with the suites behind is amazing because now, if you’re a suite holder, you don’t have to turn your head for a thousand feet down to the left of the right seat pit lane; it’s all in front of you.

“All the cars are in front of you. The view of it is just going to be amazing.”

At just 1.7-miles in length, the new Detroit track is short

November 6, 2022

While F1 sold out of all grandstand tickets for the Las Vegas GP this week, IndyCar is letting fans in for free for the 2023 Detroit GP. They will lose their shirt on the event, but that is what voodoo economics was invented for.

This week, Detroit GP Chairman Bud Denker gave IndyCar an update on the coolest elements coming to the new Detroit GP Downtown street circuit!

Check out five questions with Joey Barnes from IndyCar here.

In order to show a big crowd on TV the event will allow over 20,000 in for free.

“Hart Plaza, which is adjacent to the speedway, can hold 25,000 people. It’s a park where they have concerts. We’ll have our concerts open for free. The riverfront in front of our racetrack, open for free. Anywhere but our grandstands and our chalets and behind the pit lane is free. So, it’s all about inclusiveness, all about bringing people down for a festival that have no idea what a race is, and then maybe love what’s going on around the race and come back next year as a paying customer and bring our communities,” said Denker.