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CHAMP CAR STARS RETURN TO THE US
Friday, 27 July 2007
After Team Australia duo Will Power and Simon Pagenaud took home the Champ Car Canadian Triple Crown spoils, the Champ Car World Series heads back to the United States for a two race swing, before packing things up and moving to Europe.
For Australian audiences, the equation is just four Champ Car events and 83 days before Queensland’s Gold Coast ‘powers on’ during the Lexmark Indy 300 from October 18-21.
This iconic sporting spectacular on the streets of Surfers Paradise not only features round 13 of the Champ Car World Series but is headlined alongside round 11 of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series.
This weekend, the stars of Champ Car will be battling it out at the San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway.
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais will be looking to continue his victorious streak in the heart of Silicon Valley as well as increase the lead he gained in the championship at last weekend’s Grand Prix of Edmonton.
With one of his best performances this season, the Frenchman reclaimed his position atop the standings and built himself a 20 point lead over Robert Doornbos (#14 Minardi Team USA), who had one of his toughest race weekend’s yet.
After scoring five podiums in seven races, the Dutchman has found himself outside of the top-five in the last two races and would like nothing more than to be the one to dethrone Bourdais who has previously won both editions of the San Jose event from pole position.
After a bittersweet race in Edmonton, Power sits third in the championship only five points behind Doornbos. With three pole positions and two wins this season, the Australian is not ready to abandon the fight for the Championship title and wants to become the second different San Jose race winner.
Justin Wilson (#9 RSports) made a big jump in the standings points wise, at the final leg of the Triple Crown competition. Coming into Edmonton, the Briton was in fourth place, 24 points behind second place.
Coming out of Edmonton, he may still be in fourth place, but he has closed the gap and is now only nine points behind.
Champ Car Atlantic graduates, Simon Pagenaud and Graham Rahal (#2 Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing) have proved they deserve their place within the Champ Car ranks and both will be looking for strong performances in San Jose where each of them had a difficult weekend last season.
Pagenaud, who is currently second in the Roshfrans Rookie-of-The-Year standings, has strung together a trio of fourth place finishes but continues to search for that elusive first podium finish.
Last season in Atlantic competition at San Jose, Pagenaud started fifth and finished ninth, it was one of his worst performances of 2006.
As for young Rahal, who has found his way to the podium twice this season, he will be seeking a little redemption in San Jose. Last year he was safely on his way to a top-three finish in the Champ Car Atlantic race but a rare error on his part sent him into the tyre wall, keeping him off the podium.
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For Australian audiences, the equation is just four Champ Car events and 83 days before Queensland’s Gold Coast ‘powers on’ during the Lexmark Indy 300 from October 18-21.
This iconic sporting spectacular on the streets of Surfers Paradise not only features round 13 of the Champ Car World Series but is headlined alongside round 11 of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series.
This weekend, the stars of Champ Car will be battling it out at the San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway.
Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais will be looking to continue his victorious streak in the heart of Silicon Valley as well as increase the lead he gained in the championship at last weekend’s Grand Prix of Edmonton.
With one of his best performances this season, the Frenchman reclaimed his position atop the standings and built himself a 20 point lead over Robert Doornbos (#14 Minardi Team USA), who had one of his toughest race weekend’s yet.
After scoring five podiums in seven races, the Dutchman has found himself outside of the top-five in the last two races and would like nothing more than to be the one to dethrone Bourdais who has previously won both editions of the San Jose event from pole position.
After a bittersweet race in Edmonton, Power sits third in the championship only five points behind Doornbos. With three pole positions and two wins this season, the Australian is not ready to abandon the fight for the Championship title and wants to become the second different San Jose race winner.
Justin Wilson (#9 RSports) made a big jump in the standings points wise, at the final leg of the Triple Crown competition. Coming into Edmonton, the Briton was in fourth place, 24 points behind second place.
Coming out of Edmonton, he may still be in fourth place, but he has closed the gap and is now only nine points behind.
Champ Car Atlantic graduates, Simon Pagenaud and Graham Rahal (#2 Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing) have proved they deserve their place within the Champ Car ranks and both will be looking for strong performances in San Jose where each of them had a difficult weekend last season.
Pagenaud, who is currently second in the Roshfrans Rookie-of-The-Year standings, has strung together a trio of fourth place finishes but continues to search for that elusive first podium finish.
Last season in Atlantic competition at San Jose, Pagenaud started fifth and finished ninth, it was one of his worst performances of 2006.
As for young Rahal, who has found his way to the podium twice this season, he will be seeking a little redemption in San Jose. Last year he was safely on his way to a top-three finish in the Champ Car Atlantic race but a rare error on his part sent him into the tyre wall, keeping him off the podium.
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