Laguna Seca Race Results

[marcus]

STARTING GRID FOR GRAND PRIX OF LAGUNA SECA


1. Sebastien Bourdais 1:09.358 (12th Career Pole) (7th pole of 2004)
Newman/Haas Racing
29th Career start


2. Patrick Carpentier 1.09.605 (3rd time starting 2nd) Time set on Friday
Forsythe Championship Racing
137th Career start


3. Paul Tracy 1:09.515 (16th time starting 3rd)
Forsythe Championship Racing
220th Career start


4. A.J. Allmendinger 1:09.567 (2nd time starting 4th)
RuSPORT
11th Career start


5. Michel Jourdain Jr. 1:09.714 (4th time starting 5th)
RuSPORT
149th Career start


6. Alex Tagliani 1:09.790 (2nd time starting 6th)
Rocketsports Racing
88th Career start


7. Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:09.823 (3rd time starting 7th)
Herdez Competition
29th career start


8. Bruno Junqueira 1:09.936 (5th time starting 8th)
Newman/Haas Racing
68th career start


9. Jimmy Vasser 1:09.967 (19th time starting 9th)
PKV Racing
215th Career start


10. Mario Dominguez 1:10.088 (3rd time starting 10th)
Herdez Competition
48th Career start


11. Rodolfo Lavin 1:10.606 (1st time starting 11th)
Forsythe Championship Racing
29th Career start


12. Oriol Servia 1:10.650 (7th time starting 12th)
Dale Coyne Racing
83rd Career start


13. Mario Haberfeld 1:10.771 (3rd time starting 13th)
Walker Racing
29th Career starts


14. Guy Smith 1:10.949 (1st time starting 14th) CAREER BEST QUALIFYING
Rocketsports Racing
4th Career start


15. Justin Wilson 1:10.998 (1st time starting 15th)
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
11th Career start


16. Nelson Phillipe 1:11.410 (3rd time starting 16th)
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
8th Career start


17. Gaston Mazzacane 1:11.740 (2nd time starting 17th)
Dale Coyne Racing
9th Career start


18. Roberto Gonzalez NO TIME DUE TO PRACTICE CRASH (4th time starting 18th)
PKV Racing
13th Career start




FAST FACTS

Last years pole was taken by Patrick Carpentier with a time of 1:09.575
This years pole taken by Sebastien Bourdais with a time of 1.09.358 (0.217 secs faster than last year)

The all time Qualifying lap Record since track changes in 1996 is held by Helio Castroneves with a time of 1.07.722 set in 2000

This is the 22nd straight year that Champcar has attended Laguna Seca

Check out the tracks website at www.laguna-seca.com

Previous Winners include

1983: Teo Fabi
1984: Bobby Rahal
1985: Bobby Rahal
1986: Bobby Rahal
1987: Bobby Rahal
1988: Danny Sullivan
1989: Rick Mears
1990: Danny Sullivan
1991: Michael Andretti
1992: Michael Andretti
1993: Paul Tracy
1994: Paul Tracy
1995: Gil de Ferran
1996: Alex Zanardi
1997: Jimmy Vasser
1998: Bryan Herta
1999: Bryan Herta
2000: Helio Castroneves
2001: Max Papis
2002: Cristiano Da Matta
2003: Patrick Carpentier



RESULTS OF GRAND PRIX OF LAGUNA SECA


1. Patrick Carpentier (5th Career Victory)
FIRST WIN OF 2004

2. Bruno Junqueira


3. Oriol Servia
BEST RESULT OF 2004

4. Michel Jourdain Jnr


5. Ryan Hunter-Reay


6. Alex Tagliani


7. Sebastien Bourdais


8. Mario Haberfeld


9. Guy Smith
CAREER BEST FINISH

10. Paul Tracy


11. Mario Dominguez


12. Rodolfo Lavin


13. Gaston Mazzacane




DNF’S

Justin Wilson Contact lap 1
Jimmy Vasser mechanical Lap 10
Nelson Phillipe Contact lap 11
AJ Allmendinger Contact/Mechanical Lap 43
Roberto Gonzalez Electrical Lap 52



Trying something new here , if a driver has a + sign and a number next to their name then that means thats how many places in the championship they moved up after this round compared to the last round , if there is a - sign then thats how many they lost in the championship. If there is nothing then they remained the same. Hopefully that makes sense


CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS


1. Sebastien Bourdais 275
2. Bruno Junqueira 251
3. Paul Tracy 215
4. Patrick Carpentier 214
5. Alex Tagliani 201 (-1)
6. Mario Dominguez 186
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay 168 (+1)
8. A.J. Allmendinger (R) 165 (-1)
9. Oriol Servia 164 (+1)
10. Michel Jourdain Jnr 158 (+1)
11. Jimmy Vasser 150 (-2)
12. Mario Haberfeld 137 (+1)
13. Justin Wilson (R) 134 (-1)
14. Rodolfo Lavin 119
15. Roberto Gonzalez (R) 106
16. Gaston Mazzacane (R) 67
17. Nelson Philippe (R) 60
18. Alex Sperafico (R) 47
19. Guy Smith 32
20.. Memo Gidley 15
21. Tarso Marques 6


NATIONS CUP POINTS

1 Canada 308
2. Brazil 267 (+1)
3. France 266 (-1)
4. USA 243
5. Mexico 232
6. Catalonia 161
7. England 142
8 .Argentina 67


CONSTRUCTORS CUP POINTS

1 Lola 367
2 Reynard 137


ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POINTS

1. AJ Allmendinger 165
2. Justin Wilson 134
3. Roberto Gonzalez 106
4. Gaston Mazzacane 67
5. Nelson Phillipe 60
6. Alex Sperafico 47
7. Guy Smith 32



DID YOU KNOW


Today was Guy Smith’s 29th Birthday, Happy birthday Guy

The fastest lap in todays race was set by Mario Dominguez with a time of 1.11.727 on lap 78
The All time lap record is held by Alex Zanardi with a time of 1.10.148 set back in 1996

Patrick Carpentier took his 5th career victory , his first this year and his first since Laguna Seca last year

[marcus]

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
Rnd 8 Road America
Rnd 9 Denver
Rnd 10 Montreal


WHATS NEXT?

Rnd 12 Las Vegas September 25

All pictures from www.champcarworldseries.com


wow I didnt know there was a message length limit , had to go to 2 posts to fit it all in

[Kicking-back]

Comprehensive job as ever Marcus


Once again a rather messy race littered with silly collisions and full course yellows.

A deserved win for Carpentier - well done to him.

Junqueira's the gainer in the championship as Bourdais and Tracy were forced onto the backfoot.

Looking forward to Las Vegas now!

[marcus]

Great drive by servia , a podium that is well deserved.

carpentier what a great effort , is he the new Bryan herta of laguna ?

good drive by Guy smith on his birthday to his best result in his career too

[enemy-ace]

Patrick Carpentier:
"I really love this place. I guess you have to flip over the fence to do good here, because I have done real well here since that incident!"
Great win for Pat, he was in dominant form. Other than his rather lazy or safe start he was truly the class of the field. Bourdais IMO would have eventually succumbed as well if it weren't for his problems. I watched the race on Race Director and it was quite entertaining to listen to PT's pit radio after Pat passed him in the pits. He was swearing a blue streak and just *****ing at his team. I had to change it over to Tag's radio when the kids woke, don't need them cursing like PT.
Bourdais looked like a rookie again at some points, especially when he screwed up his braking and tore off his front wing end-plate. Wakey-wakey Sebastien. Speaking of rookies poor old AJ buggered it up again. Rather poorly timed attempt on Servia, but give the boys his props. He is going to be a force to be reckoned with.
And three cheers to Servia and Dale Coyne racing. Great to see them on the podium. Servia deserves some kind of reward for his driving this season. Instead of a trophy maybe they'll give him a stronger car.
Bruno's lucky to be in a championship winning position; Vegas will be the perfect opportunity for him to really step it up. Make or break time Bruno, let's see what your made of.

[camcartfan]

Bruno is the man when it comes to ovals. Don't worry about his performance in Vegas. I say right now he is the man to beat, hands down.

[macdaddy]

I predicted a Coyne top-6, not a podium!
Well done, Pat and Oriol!

Every time the announcers said "the next race in Vegas" I got goosebumps!

[Jordi]

Oriol was 3rd!
Surely this equals the best ever result for Coyne, if I recall correctly... (Moreno was 3rd at the inaugural US 500, back in 1996)

[luke]

Great race, Bourdais certainly didn't help himself with the acident.

[luke]

A shame about Wilson's clash at the chicane, although I do support him I feel when the other car hit him it wasn't 100% his fault because it's a blind entry....although Zanardi managed it in 1996.

[Testure]

Wow, that race-track is gorgeous - I have to get there some day! Every time I see the cars through the corkscrew section and the following few turns I'd swear I could feel the change in elevation in my stomach

AJ's comments afterwards were rather remarkable; I don't think I've ever heard a race driver sound so humble. Said he was actually happy that Servia was able to carry on and was doing well! Thanked the team a number of times and called himself a bonehead. He was being really rough on himself. Maybe unnecessarily so, but I'm liking him more and more with each race.

Anyway, I certainly enjoyed the race and it's definitely making the championship fight look a little less one-sided. Justin Wilson's season isn't working out as well as I might have expected. And once again, Servia is doing a storming job in that car.

[macdaddy]

You're right about AJ's words, Testure.
I'm quickly becoming a fan of his.

[paul-collins]

Originally posted by marcus
Trying something new here , if a driver has a + sign and a number next to their name then that means thats how many places in the championship they moved up after this round compared to the last round , if there is a - sign then thats how many they lost in the championship. If there is nothing then they remained the same. Hopefully that makes sense


CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS


1. Sebastien Bourdais 275
2. Bruno Junqueira 251
3. Paul Tracy 215
4. Patrick Carpentier 214
5. Alex Tagliani 201 (-1)

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7. Ryan Hunter-Reay 168 (+1)
8. A.J. Allmendinger (R) 165 (-1)

marcus, shouldn't there be someone who gained a position for Alex to lose one? Note that all the others are balanced (I've kept only one for reference).

Sorry to be a nitpicker; once you've corrected it, you can just delete this post if you wish. This is great stuff, by the way.

[Kicking-back]

Paul - I suspect Carpentier gained a championship position

[paul-collins]

ta.

[marcus]

actually what it was that after the last round in montreal Pat and tags were equal 4th on points , and now after laguna Pat jumped ahead on points but stayed in 4th and tags dropped to 5th , if you get what im saying ?

so therefore i didnt think that Pat needed a Plus sign because he actually stayed in 4th

but well picked up