GP of St. Pete recap

What a great first race of the season!

With the new aero kits for Honda and Chevy, the race was packed with action!
(and a lot of debris cautions thanks to an overabundance of wings)

  

After one very long off season in Indycar, we finally got to see Indycars back on track. The favorite to win was, of course, one of the four Penske drivers.  Many thought Power would continue his winning streak after winning the 2014 championship, but it was Penske's second year driver Juan Montoya who took home his first Indycar road course win since he returned to Indycars last year.

Race Stuff: 

* Josef finished 12th! (Alex wanted you to know)

* The Penske Pack finished all their cars in the top five

 

* There was 6 lead changes and 22 laps run under caution
 

* Montoya won for the second time since his return from NASCAR in 2014

* Jack Hawksworth moved up 13 positions in the race

* Helio had the fastest lap of the race at a 1:01.8607

The top 10 Finishers

1. Juan Montoya

2. Will Power

3.  Tony Kannan

4. Helio Castroneves

5. Simon Pagenaud

6. Sebastien Bourdais

7.  Ryan Hunter Reay

8. Jack Hawksworth

9. Luca Filippi

10. Marco Andretti

Top Ten included..

*  Drivers from 6 different teams

*  Drivers from 6 different countries

*  7 Hondas, 3 Chevys

*  Two of the four Andretti Autosport drivers

* All of the Penske drivers

*  No rookies

Can't wait till the inaugural Grand Prix of Louisiana on
Sunday, April 12th on NBCSN.