Hinchcliffe receives a boost from the Iowa Corn 300 win towards Toronto Indy

If everything sets up at home, James Hinchcliffe could take the checkered flag

The original pilot from Oakville, Ont., drives to the Honda Indy of Toronto this weekend, after Josef Newgarden's victory over Iowa Corn 300 on Sunday.

Newgarden – reigning champion at the upcoming 2.84-kilometer race at Exhibition Place – led 229 of the 300 laps before Hinchcliffe made a move and capitalized on America get stuck in traffic on the Iowa Speedway. Newgarden was fourth.

Despite the momentum of his first win of the season, the Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports driver is wary of his chances of overthrowing Newgarden and breaking into Toronto after two consecutive years of third place. [19659006] But Hinchcliffe thinks he and his team have everything it takes to seize the opportunity, just like his result in Iowa.

"You have to go with that state of mind," said the 31-year-old. Sunday.

"It takes a thousand factors to win one of these races, so every weekend we enter the race thinking" we have a shot, "" said Hinchcliffe, adding that the new IndyCar kits "Hinchcliffe admitted that he was not even considering the possibility of overtaking Newgarden on Sunday.

"Honestly, we were just running for second place. We did not think we had anything for Josef, he just had such a trendy car. But at the last stop, the guys made a change and our car really became alive, "he said.

" And to be able to catch up with him and give him the pbad, even at that time I was completely expecting a tight race because it had been so fast. I thought we would probably meet two or three times before the end of the day, but eventually we built a cushion and we had enough room and we were able to seal the case. "

This was a Hinchcliffe, who failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, has collected three wins in ten starts, or even worse, in four starts since.

"It's a huge moral boost and that justifies all the work we've done. since the Indy, "he said

" We said from the outset that we would not let what happened in May make us lose sight of, lose or lose our motivation.

He is eighth in the points standings, 24 behind his Canadian teammate Robert Wickens and 131 behind leader Scott Dixon.

Hinchcliffe hopes his victory in Iowa will allow him "It will certainly be difficult to catch the leaders, but to return to the top five, the top six, from where we were in Detroit (the race that follows the Indy 500), would be huge.The team is really capable.I think we can get there, "he said.

And he's waiting with impatient for his first shot on the course where he feels most comfortable, where he fell in love with the race at 18 months. "

" Confidence can engender more confidence, and it can generating success, "he said.

" So, it's good to have a good run of good weekends for us and, of course, to complete that with the win. … And, in general, it's great to go home … I love to run in Toronto. "