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STARTING GRID FOR ROAD AMERICA
1.Sebastien Bourdais 1.43.046 (9th Career Pole)
Newman/Haas Racing
26th Career start
2. Ryan Hunter-Reay 1.43.909 (set on friday)(2nd time starting 2nd)
Herdez Competition
26th career start
3. Jimmy Vasser 1:43.374 (13th time starting 3rd)
PKV Racing
212th Career start
4. Bruno Junqueira 1:43.606 (3rd time starting 4th)
Newman/Haas Racing
65th career start
5.Patrick Carpentier 1:43.753 (7th time starting 5th)
Forsythe Championship Racing
134th Career start
6.Paul Tracy 1:43.933 (13th time starting 6th)
Forsythe Championship Racing
218th Career start
7. A.J. Allmendinger 1:44.058 (1st time starting 7th)
RuSPORT
8th Career start
8. Oriol Servia 1:44.105 (5th time starting 8th)
Dayle Coyne Racing
79th Career start
9. Justin Wilson 1:44.463 (1st time starting 9th)
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
8th Career start
10.Rodolfo Lavin 1:44.663 (1st time starting 10th)
Forsythe Championship Racing
26th Career start
11. Michel Jourdain Jr. 1:44.708 (4th time starting 11th)
RuSPORT
146th Career start
12. Mario Haberfeld 1:45.074 (5th time starting 12th)
Walker Racing
26th Career start
13. Alex Tagliani 1:45.172 (9th time starting 13th)
Rocketsports Racing
85th Career start
14. Roberto Gonzalez 1:45.361 (3rd time starting 14th)
PKV Racing
10th Career start
15.Mario Dominguez 1:45.496 (2nd time starting 15th)
Herdez Competition
45th Career start
16. Guy Smith 1:46.025 (1st time starting 16th)
Rocketsports Racing
DEBUT CHAMPCAR RACE
17. Alex Sperafico 1:46.321 (5th time starting 17th)
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
10th Career start
18. Gaston Mazzacane 1:46.878 (3rd time starting 18th)
Dayle Coyne Racing
6th Career start
Snippets
Last years poleman was Bruno Junqueira with a time of 1:43.703 which was beaten this year by Sebastien Bourdais with a lap time of 1.43.046 (difference = 0.657)
The entire field is covered by 3.832 seconds
Find out more about Road America at
www.roadamerica.com
The Track is a 4.048 Mile (thats 6.514 kilometres) Permanent Road Course , The race will be 52 laps long or 105 minutes whatever comes first.
Helmet graphics sourced from www.champcarworldseries.com
RESULTS OF ROAD AMERICA
1. Alex Tagliani (1st Champcar victory)
2. Rodolfo Lavin (Career best finish
)
3. Sebastien Bourdais
4. Ryan Hunter-Reay
5. Mario Dominguez
6. Oriol Servia
7. Justin Wilson
8. Jimmy Vasser
9. Michel Jourdain Jnr
10. Guy Smith
11. Mario Haberfeld
12. Paul Tracy
13. AJ Allmendinger
14. Patrick Carpentier
15. Bruno Junqueira
16. Roberto Gonzalez
17.Alex Sperafico
DNF'S
Gaston Mazzacane Off Course
DID YOU KNOW?
Road America has to be simply one of the best tracks in the world
This was the 23rd Champcar event held at Road America
Alex Tagliani Took his first ever Champcar victory (in his 85th start) coming from the 13th starting position to take the win.
Rodolfo Lavin's 2nd place was his highest finish in Champcars to date
Bruno Junqueira set the fastest lap on lap 39 with a 1:45.504
The Average speed of the race was 110.9026mph
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
1. Sebastien Bourdais 213
2. Bruno Junqueira 166
3. Alex Tagliani 153
4. Paul Tracy 152
5. Patrick Carpentier 141
6. Ryan Hunter-Reay 139
7. Jimmy Vasser 127
8. Mario Dominguez 126
9. A.J. Allmendinger (R) 116
10. Michel Jourdain Jr. 107
11. Justin Wilson (R) 107
12. Oriol Servia 106
13. Mario Haberfeld 97
14. Rodolfo Lavin 90
15. Roberto Gonzalez (R) 78
16. Alex Sperafico (R) 47
17. Gaston Mazzacane (R) 44
18. Nelson Philippe (R) 43
19. Memo Gidley 15
20. Guy Smith 11
21. Tarso Marques 6
NATIONS CUP POINTS
1 Canada 190
2 France 184
3 Brazil 174
4 USA 157
5 Mexico 134
6 England 88
7 Catalonia 85
8 Argentina 44
CONSTRUCTORS CUP POINTS
1 Lola 264
2 Reynard 97
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POINTS
1. AJ Allmendinger 116
2. Justin Wilson 107
3. Roberto Gonzalez 78
4. Alex Sperafico 47
5. Gaston Mazzacane 44
6. Nelson Phillipe 43
PREVIOUS ROUND RESULTS
Rnd 1 Long Beach
Rnd 2 Monterrey
Rnd 3 Milwaukee
Rnd 4 Portland
Rnd 5 Cleveland
Rnd 6 Toronto
Rnd 7 Vancouver
WHATS NEXT?
Rnd 9
Denver August 15
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pictures sourced from
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