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Bourdais earns 1st IndyCar win of year in Detroit

5m - IndyCar Sebastien Bourdais

  • Associated Press

DETROIT -- Sebastien Bourdais raced to his first IndyCar victory of the season Sunday, outlasting Takuma Sato in a caution-filled ending at Belle Isle.

Bourdais held on in his No. 11 Chevrolet in a race that was shortened from 70 laps to 68 because of a two-hour time limit. The first caution didn't come until Lap 37, but there were eight caution periods in all -- as well as a red flag with 5:33 remaining on the clock.