DETROIT — Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande returned Chip Ganassi Racing to the victory fountain on the Detroit Grand Prix with a second consecutive win Saturday within the IMSA sports activities automotive race.

Ganassi gained the race a 12 months in the past with van der Zande and Kevin Magnussen. Bourdais now has Magnussen’s seat and joined his new teammate for the celebratory dip within the Belle Isle fountain following the dominating Saturday win.

Van der Zande closed out the win by 0.309 seconds within the No. 01 Cadillac over the Acura piloted by Oliver Jarvis. The 100-minute race was caution-free and everybody was watching reigning champion Pipo Derani within the closing half.

Bourdais and van der Zande gained from the pole, and Bourdais held management throughout his stint. However when Derani took over from new teammate Olivier Pla — he changed Tristan Nunez at championship Motion Categorical Racing this week — Derani recovered almost 30 seconds in his last stint.

He additionally had two wheel-to-wheel battles with Earl Bamber, who was within the Ganassi sister No. 02 Cadillac. That race was for third, and prevented Derani from making a run on the leaders.

Bamber and co-driver Alex Lynn completed third, behind Jarvis and Tom Blomqvist of Michael Shank Racing, which took the category lead.

It was the fourth Belle Isle victory for van der Zande, first for Bourdais.

Within the GTD division, IndyCar rookie Kyle Kirkwood led an overhauled Vasser Sullivan Racing lineup to the primary wins for the staff, the drivers and Lexus. Kirkwood gained the pole for the race, however raced Saturday with an injured proper hand he’d harm earlier within the day in a crash throughout IndyCar observe.

Though clearly ailing, Kirkwood teamed with Ben Barnicoat to win the production-based class and provides Vasser Sullivan and Lexus its first win within the new GTD division. Each Kirkwood and Barnicoat had been put into the lineup this week, with Barnicoat a substitute for normal Jack Hawksworth, who was injured in a bike crash.

Kirkwood is the endurance driver for the staff however obtained his first dash race Saturday. He declined to rejoice within the fountain over superstitions and a looming race on Sunday.