{"id":36234,"date":"2026-06-02T13:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36234"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:43:21","slug":"henry-payne-puts-pedal-to-the-metal-in-indycar-two-seater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/henry-payne-puts-pedal-to-the-metal-in-indycar-two-seater","title":{"rendered":"Henry Payne puts pedal to the metal in IndyCar two-seater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/05\/31\/PDTN\/90344814007-indy-car-radealong-payne.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Detroit News Henry Payne (left) jumps into the IndyCar Experience Two-Seater ride along at the Detroit GP.\" width=\"523\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>Detroit News Henry Payne (left) jumps into the IndyCar Experience Two-Seater ride along at the Detroit GP.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Detroit<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; What&#8217;s a lap like in an IndyCar around the Detroit Grand Prix street circuit?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It\u2019s a rollercoaster on \u2018roids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sandwiched between ex-IndyCar driver Spencer Pigot and a howling, twin-turbo V-6 engine in a two-seat, Arrow McLaren Dallara DW12 IndyCar, we stormed up Rivard Street, hung a left onto Jefferson in 2nd gear and then exploded down Jefferson Avenue hitting 155 mph as we passed &#8220;Speed Limit 35&#8221; signs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">No sirens. None of Detroit\u2019s finest pulling us over. Pedal to the metal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/sports\/2026\/05\/31\/henry-payne-takes-lap-at-detroit-gp-in-indycar-two-seater\/90343550007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit News Henry Payne (left) jumps into the IndyCar Experience Two-Seater ride along at the Detroit GP. Henry Payne, The Detroit News Detroit\u00a0&#8211; What&#8217;s a lap like in an IndyCar around the Detroit Grand Prix street circuit? It\u2019s a rollercoaster on \u2018roids. Sandwiched between ex-IndyCar driver Spencer Pigot and a howling, twin-turbo V-6 engine in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36235,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36234\/revisions\/36235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}