January 25, 2023
MLive
Jan. 23, 2023
Edward Pevos
DETROIT – One of the biggest sporting events of the year makes its grand return to the streets of downtown Detroit. Tickets just went on sale this morning for the 2023 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix present by Lear. This will be the first time the best Indy drivers in the world will race through downtown Detroit since 1991.
The Detroit Grand Prix takes place from Friday, June 2nd through Sunday, June 4th. Tickets can be purchased here. June 2 is Comerica Bank Free Prix Day with Grandstands 1 and 9 free on a first-come basis. Single day tickets on Friday start at $35, Saturday tickets start at $65 and Sunday tickets start at $70.
The return to downtown Detroit will also allow more people to enjoy the event without needing to buy tickets. More than half of the event’s activities will be accessible to fans for free like activation and display areas in Spirit Plaza, live music and entertainment.
The nine-turn, 1.7 mile street circuit race will take the best Indy car drivers in the world past some of the city’s most iconic landmarks on some of the city’s most popular roadways.
There will be a long and fast straightaway down Jefferson Avenue which leads into a hairpin turn as the cars zip past the famous Spirit of Detroit Statue and the Joe Louis Fist monument. Drivers will also race past the GM Renaissance Center and Hart Plaza along the Riverfront.
“We are so proud to bring the Grand Prix back to its original home on the streets of downtown Detroit in 2023,” said Michael Montri, President of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear. “The event will be back Downtown this summer bringing excitement, energy, international attention and economic benefit to the city and its local businesses. We want to capture that renewed enthusiasm and passion for the city and the Grand Prix with a new look and feel that will carry this event forward and down new roads.”
The Detroit Grand Prix began on the streets of the city in 1982 as a Formula One race before becoming a CART-sanctioned race in 1989. The race moved to Belle Isle in 1992 through 2001. It was brought back in 2007 on the island with no race again until 2012. The 2019 event was the 30th in Detroit. It wasn’t held in 2020 due to COVID. The race returned in 2021 with 2022 being the final Grand Prix on Belle Isle.
