Rnd 2 Long Beach Event Thread (Race Spoilers)

marcus · 8 Apr 2007, 21:13 (Ref:1886750)

Round 2 of the 2007 Champcar World Series heads to the famous Streets of Long Beach this week.

The history of this track goes way back to 1984 and holds a rich list of winners

PREVIOUS WINNERS

1984 Mario Andretti
1985 Mario Andretti
1986 Michael Andretti
1987 Mario Andretti
1988 Al Unser Jnr
1989 Al Unser Jnr
1990 Al Unser Jnr
1991 Al Unser Jnr
1992 Danny Sullivan
1993 Paul Tracy
1994 Al Unser Jnr
1995 Al Unser Jnr
1996 Jimmy Vasser
1997 Allesandro Zanardi
1998 Allesandro Zanardi
1999 Juan Pablo Montoya
2000 Paul Tracy
2001 Helio Castroneves
2002 Michael Andretti
2003 Paul Tracy
2004 Paul Tracy
2005 Sebastien Bourdais
2006 Sebastien Bourdais

This is a 1.968 mile street course (3.148 Kms)
and you can check out the tracks website at http://www.longbeachgp.com

check out the series website at http://www.champcarworldseries.com/FrontPage.asp

and dont forget your fantasy teams and predictions picks in the Ten Tenths Champcar Fantasy forum Here

Thats it Lets go Racing boys

marcus · 10 Apr 2007, 06:44 (Ref:1887697)

STARTING GRID

1. Sebastien Bourdais 1.07.546 (26th Career Pole)
Newman/Haas/Laningan Racing
61st Career Start

2. Will Power 1.07.695 (1st time starting 2nd)

Team Australia Racing

18th Career Start

3. Simon Pagenaud 1.07.883 (1st time starting 3rd) CAREER BEST QUALIFYING
Team Australia Racing
2nd Career Start

4. Alex Tagliani 1.08.047 (10th time starting 4th)

RSPORTS

119th Career Start

5. Graham Rahal 1.08.170 (1st time starting 5th) CAREER BEST QUALIFYING
Newman/Haas/Laningan Racing
2nd Career Start

6. Robert Doornbos 1.08.183 (1st time starting 6th)

Minardi Team USA

2nd Career Start

7. Justin Wilson 1.08.200 (4th time starting 7th)
RSPORTS
42nd Career Start

8. Bruno Junquiera 1.08.430 (6th time starting 8th)

Dale Coyne Racing

89th Career Start

9. Tristan Gommendy 1.08.527 (1st time starting 9th) CAREER BEST QUALIFYING
PKV Racing
2nd Career Start

10. Mario Dominguez 1.08.554 (8th time starting 10th)

Forsythe Championship Racing

80th Career Start

11. Neel Jani 1.08.609 (1st time starting 11th)
PKV Racing
2nd Career Start

12. Matt Halliday 1.08.864 (1st time starting 12th)

Conquest Racing CAREER BEST QUALIFYING

2nd Career Start

13. Dan Clarke 1.08.890 (3rd time starting 13th)
Minardi Team USA
16th Career Start

14. Oriol Servia 1.08.922 (10th time starting 14th)

Forsythe Championship Racing

114th Career Start

15. Ryan Dalziel 1.09.070 (2nd time starting 15th) EQUAL CAREER BEST QUALIFYING
Pacific Coast Motorsports
3rd Career Start

16. Alex Figge 1.09.151 (1st time starting 16th)

Pacific Coast Motorsports

2nd Career Start CAREER BEST QUALIFYING

17. Katherine Legge 1.09.766 (3rd time starting 17th)
Dale Coyne Racing
16th Career Start

marcus · 10 Apr 2007, 06:45 (Ref:1887698)

this Post Is Reserved For Live Race Results

DaPix · 13 Apr 2007, 01:30 (Ref:1890113)

The Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend begins tomorrow, Friday, April 13.

Watch practice and qualifying Timing & Scoring on Friday plus full video/telemetry/driver-pits radio Saturday on Race Director. The race is Sunday at 4:00 PM EDT on NBC-TV as well as Race Director. Free Timing & Scoring data is also available for all sessions.

This link to the Grand Prix of Long Beach website provides additional information about all the racing for this weekend.

http://www.ccic-champions.ws/ccic/in...cWvEibmkEq4gCu

And, after Long Beach the Champ Car World Series is on to Houston. If you haven't seen the Houston Grand Prix web-site here is a link to it.

http://www.ccic-champions.ws/ccic/in...BAJtpvArkFHcie

After Houston the next race will not be until Portland on June 10, so enjoy what we've got going in April, get ready for a new off-season for six weeks, and let's hope that we can put two, even three events on our calendar for May 2008.

D.R.T. · 13 Apr 2007, 03:00 (Ref:1890137)

Why oh why didnt they stagger the first 3 events in two week entervals to stop such a break in the calender

marcus · 13 Apr 2007, 03:05 (Ref:1890142)

well China was meant to be on May 20 but apparently that isnt happening until later in the year

marcus · 13 Apr 2007, 03:10 (Ref:1890144)

FOR AUSTRALIAN RACE DIRECTOR VIEWERS

I Know a few have signed up for Race director due to lack of TV coverage so this is how the schedule for us will look.

Friday

Practice 1 = 3.00am Saturday Morning
Practice 2 = 7.00am Saturday Morning
1st Qualifying = 7.20am Saturday Morning

SATURDAY

Practice 3 = 3.15am Sunday Morning
Practice 4 = 7.00am Sunday Morning
2nd Qualifying = 7.20am Sunday Morning

Sunday

Morning Warm Up = 2.15am Monday Morning
Atlantic Race = 3.35am Monday Morning
Champcar Race = 6.00am Monday Morning

Rob29 · 13 Apr 2007, 07:48 (Ref:1890213)

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcus

well China was meant to be on May 20 but apparently that isnt happening until later in the year

According to the calendar on the Champcar site its not happening at all. If it was Bernie running the series he would russle up a replaement event?

Snrub · 13 Apr 2007, 18:34 (Ref:1890633)

P1
1 Bourdais 01:08.9
2 Domingu 01:09.1
3 Power 01:09.5
4 Pagena 01:09.7
5 Tagliani 01:09.8
6 Tracy 01:09.9
7 Junqueira 01:10.0
8 Wilson 01:10.0
9 Jani 01:10.0
10 Gommen 01:10.1
11 Doornbos 01:10.5
12 Rahal 01:10.5
13 Halliday 01:10.6
14 Legge 01:10.8
15 Dalziel 01:10.8
16 Clarke 01:10.9
17 Figge 01:11.1

mountainstar · 13 Apr 2007, 19:26 (Ref:1890661)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob29

According to the calendar on the Champcar site its not happening at all. If it was Bernie running the series he would russle up a replaement event?

It is going ahead somehow and it's because of bernie and the fia that the current problems exists. They don't want the champcar race to happen 2 weeks after the F1 race in october.

Snrub · 13 Apr 2007, 21:18 (Ref:1890733)

Will Power fastest, followed by Tag and Bourdais in P2.

It's interesting, last year they were faster up to this point in practice with the old Lolas. While weather, etc. plays a big role, the car isn't faster than the old one, or at least the teams haven't figured out how to make it faster with the mandated wing angles, etc.

Sev · 13 Apr 2007, 23:55 (Ref:1890786)

Surprised by the bottom of the grid. Of all the rookies, the three at the bottom are ones I'd expected to be right up there. I guess they don't have much practice time to learn a new track though, which the Atlantic guys have as a big advantage.

carsten66 · 14 Apr 2007, 00:35 (Ref:1890798)

Will Power is the man to beat... on provisional pole. It seems that this year Bourdais has a tough nut to crack...

and with Pagenaud fast again, we have to add a new top team !? I can imagine the the big grin on Walker's face...

Also Tag, he is becomming a frontrunner... Who does him get the buzz?

And to my surprise again, Tristan Gommendy, faster than Rahal, whow, thumbs up, the man isn't bad...

But what's up with Wilson...and Doornbos? Again hmmm: Legge and Clarke.
I am shure with Nelson on board Minardi would perform better...

Snrub · 14 Apr 2007, 00:45 (Ref:1890802)

I love this whole Will Power at the top thing.

It's great to have some competition up at the front and someone different up there. I thought Power might do well this year, but this is well beyond I think anyone's expectations. Walker said in a recent interview before Vegas that he wanted to be a consistant 3-5th place finish car.

Obviously not even he could predict this.

I suspect that some of the drivers didn't get many laps in. I think PT only did 1-2 real laps.

I know Rahal is a rookie and everything, but perhaps he is showing that it's not so easy to be Bourdais' teammate. In other words, perhaps Junquiera wasn't struggling as much as we thought?

Peter Ford · 14 Apr 2007, 02:31 (Ref:1890816)

Look like team australia and will power are the team and driver to watch this year.

Jimmy Magnusson · 14 Apr 2007, 07:56 (Ref:1890872)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snrub

I love this whole Will Power at the top thing.

It's great to have some competition up at the front and someone different up there. I thought Power might do well this year, but this is well beyond I think anyone's expectations. Walker said in a recent interview before Vegas that he wanted to be a consistant 3-5th place finish car.

Obviously not even he could predict this.

I suspect that some of the drivers didn't get many laps in. I think PT only did 1-2 real laps.

I know Rahal is a rookie and everything, but perhaps he is showing that it's not so easy to be Bourdais' teammate. In other words, perhaps Junquiera wasn't struggling as much as we thought?

In other words, should he had that top drive right away?

enemy-ace · 14 Apr 2007, 14:34 (Ref:1891107)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snrub

I know Rahal is a rookie and everything, but perhaps he is showing that it's not so easy to be Bourdais' teammate. In other words, perhaps Junquiera wasn't struggling as much as we thought?

It is way too early to be making that comparison. The experience of Junqueria far exceeds Rahal's. Bourdais is the strongest driver in the field and Rahal has an extremely steep learning curve. Let's judge him closer to season's end.

Snrub · 14 Apr 2007, 15:58 (Ref:1891147)

I was just saying "maybe" regarding the Junquiera vs. Rahal comparison. There's no question that it's too early to tell. Graham is awfully young, we'll see what happends before making any judgements. For instance Simon is quiet a bit older than Graham and he's obviously taken to CC like a fish to water.

mountainstar · 14 Apr 2007, 16:49 (Ref:1891187)

Well I would say Pagenaud is more talented than Rahal for starters. I think rahal is good, but he has a long way to go(las vegas would be good evidence of that).

I think Junquiera has never been the same driver since the big indy crash in 2005. And probably will never be again.

Purist · 14 Apr 2007, 17:13 (Ref:1891207)

Maybe, maybe not. Moss said it took him 4-5 years to get all the way back from his crash at Goodwood in 1962.

Whitestar · 14 Apr 2007, 18:36 (Ref:1891271)

As for open wheelers in the states May is Indy month. So six weeks off. Sort of.

marcus · 14 Apr 2007, 20:45 (Ref:1891335)

Qualifying is ot that far away at Long beach.

NEWS

Paul Tracy has been hurt in a crash , I dont know much about it but the end result is he will not be out in qualifying and Oriol Servia will take his place.

marcus · 14 Apr 2007, 21:23 (Ref:1891373)

Practice 4 has just completed

1 S. Bourdais 1 Newman/ Haas/ Lanigan Racing 1:07.454
2 M. Dominguez 7 Forsythe Championship Racing 1:08.413
3 A. Tagliani 8 RSPORTS 1:08.414
4 J. Wilson 9 RSPORTS 1:08.515
5 N. Jani 21 PKV Racing 1:08.559
6 T. Gommendy 22 PKV Racing 1:08.586
7 S. Pagenaud 15 Team Australia 1:08.591
8 G. Rahal 2 Newman/ Haas/ Lanigan Racing 1:08.790
9 R. Doornbos 14 Minardi Team USA 1:08.799
10 W. Power 5 Team Australia 1:08.851
11 R. Dalziel 28 Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:09.042
12 A. Figge 29 Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:09.643
13 B. Junqueira 19 Dale Coyne Racing 1:09.825
14 O. Servia 3X 1:09.838 101.446
15 D. Clarke 4 Minardi Team USA 1:10.019
16 M. Halliday 42 Conquest Racing 1:10.060
17 K. Legge 11 Dale Coyne Racing 1:10.697

Final Qualifying is about to start

marcus · 14 Apr 2007, 22:20 (Ref:1891431)

Qualifying has been run and won.

Well done to Bourdais , but Will Power is pushing him

The starting grid is the 2nd post in this thread but is currently provisional because of the doubt over Paul Tracy Racing or not

Tenoch · 14 Apr 2007, 23:50 (Ref:1891459)

Go Team Australia!!!

Proud to call myself a bandwagon fan of them. Bourdais Showing that he's boss, and i wanna see what Oriol can show tommorow.

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