DETROIT (AP) Takuma Sato is in for quite a shift.
And, it doesn’t have much to do with him becoming the first Japanese driver to win the Indianapolis 500.
Last week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sato and his fellow IndyCar drivers raced 230-plus mph on straightaways and turned left at 220 mph into four corners on a smooth track.
They will now go as fast as about 165 mph and as slow as 30 on a 14-turn, bumpy track that is a mix of concrete and asphalt at the Detroit Grand Prix, where the open-wheel series has its only doubleheader with races Saturday and Sunday.