The Detroit Grand Prix has experienced many incarnations since its start in 1982, hosting three different circuits in two ...

To get to Belle Isle from downtown Detroit, take Jefferson about five miles east. (If you’re downtown and looking at the river, you’ll turn left). I recommend driving a car as the island is large.

The Grand Prix raced on Belle Isle beginning in 1992, and after the 2001 race, there was a five-year break. That’s when Bloomfield Hills businessman Roger Penske — a race team owner who has ...

One study forecasts $77 million to be spent in the region during race weekend, with downtown hotels and restaurants to get a good piece of that.

The 2025 Ford Fireworks are 10 p.m. Monday, June 23, 2025. Recommended places to watch the fireworks are Hart Plaza, Spirit ...

Detroit features the shortest street course on the IndyCar calendar. Other drivers have also complained about the narrow track since it returned downtown from nearby Belle Isle in 2023.

With an extreme heat warning in effect through Tuesday in Southeastern Michigan, Detroiters are finding ways to stay cool on Belle Isle and Hart Plaza.

Detroit's Ford Fireworks show starts around 10 p.m. and will be viewable from downtown Detroit and Windsor, Canada. Right ...

The Barbro G, which is carrying 21,000 tons of wheat and headed to Italy, ran aground outside of the Belle Isle Anchorage around 7:37 a.m. Monday. It was refloated after 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), a predecessor (and eventual competitor) to IndyCar founded in 1979, brought a race back to downtown Detroit in 1989 and moved it to Belle Isle in 1992.

Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), a predecessor (and eventual competitor) to IndyCar founded in 1979, brought a race back to downtown Detroit in 1989 and moved it to Belle Isle in 1992.

When the race returned to Belle Isle in 2012, IndyCar turned the Detroit Grand Prix into a doubleheader, for a while the only doubleheader on the circuit's schedule. That meant drivers had back-to ...