ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Over 100,000 people with a need for speed filled downtown St. Petersburg Sunday afternoon for the final lap in the Firestone Grand Prix.
Twenty-five racers competed in the Grand Prix. Mechanics started several hours earlier, ensuring their team’s vehicle performed at top shape.
“We all try to find that extra half second or the extra tenth of a second to get past the next person because it’s a really close field out there,” Hunter Ahrendt said…