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CHEVY WINS BY FINISHING SECOND; Ford's new engine rocks Michigan.
Byline: CURT CAVIN
Chevrolet was the big Indy Racing League winner at Michigan International Speedway even though the manufacturer's lead driver, Sam Hornish Jr., finished second in the Firestone Indy 400.
How so? Chevy's debut of the new Gen IV engine designed and built by Ford's Cosworth division was an unqualified success. Hornish led a race-high 126 laps, built a lead of nearly eight seconds in mid-race, and was beaten to the finish line by Alex Barron by only 0.0121 second, the fourth-closest spread in IRL history.
Hornish said the new engine has more torque than the model that has been soundly whipped by Toyota and Honda this season. He drove that point home by jumping from fourth to first at the start and overhauling opponents on nearly every restart.
Hornish climbed from his Panther Racing machine with a smile on his face. He called it the perfect lead-in to a day off at the lake with his buddies. The two-time IRL champion had led only four laps this season and had not won. That's the tale of Chevy this season, too.
"I'm about as happy as I could be right now outside of winning,'' Hornish said. "We did everything we could.''
GM Racing program manager Joe Negri was just as happy. "Realistically, I didn't expect we'd run this strong,'' he said. "As a racer I'm not completely satisfied with second, but I think we've accomplished all of our objectives.''
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Source: HighBeam Research, CHEVY WINS BY FINISHING SECOND; Ford's new engine rocks Michigan.