( Mark Blinch / THE CANADIAN PRESS )LONG BEACH, CALIF.—Canada’s James Hinchcliffe raced to his first victory since his near-fatal crash in 2015 by hanging in a three-lap shootout to the finish Sunday on the streets of Long Beach. “Absolutely, I knew from day one I had the best support,” said Hinchcliffe, who considers winning at Long Beach a crown jewel event. Hinchcliffe still had to hold off Andretti driver Ryan Hunter-Reay, but he stopped on course with a mechanical problem to bring out another caution. Moments earlier, Andretti driver Takuma Sato also came to a stop on the course. It set it up for Hinchcliffe to have to race Bourdais to the finish, but Bourdais was focused on the big picture in the closing laps.

Source: thestar April 10, 2017 01:18 UTC