Defending U.S. Bank Presents The Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland winner Sebastien Bourdais (#2 McDonald's Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) said on Saturday that he didn't plan on following anyone through Burke Lakefront Airport's treacherous Turn One despite the fact that he was gridding third for Saturday's race. Read More »
Sebastien Bourdais Dominant in Victory at Portland International Raceway
Strapping back into a Champ Car just a few days after running in the 24 Hours of Le Mans might be a daunting task for most racers but Sebastien Bourdais (#2 McDonald's Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) handled the entire experience with ease, Read More »
Ryan Hunter-Reay Sets New Single-Event Champ Car Record By Going Wire-To-Wire To Win On Milwaukee Mile
Last year's Champ Car event at the Milwaukee Mile resulted in what was termed a dominant performance, but second-year pilot Ryan Hunter-Reay (#4 Herdez Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) came up with a new definition of the word Saturday night at Milwaukee in front of a strong race-night crowd. Read More »
Sebastien Bourdais Claims Champ Car World Series Points Lead With Mexico Win
Sebastien Bourdais had some unfinished business to take care of with the 2.104-mile road course at Monterrey, Mexico's Fundidora Park heading into this weekend's Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford event. Read More »
Defending Champion Paul Tracy Starts 2004 Season On Top Winning The 30h Long Beach Grand Prix
Paul Tracy (#1 Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) started his championship-winning campaign a year ago with a three-race win streak in the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford, building early-season momentum that he had rarely enjoyed during his previous 13 seasons. Read More »
Sebastien Bourdais Tops Final Champ Car Qualifying At Long Beach
Sitting in his car watching a wet track rapidly drying as the sand slipped through the qualifying hourglass, Bruno Junqueira (#6 PacifiCare Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) was secure in the knowledge that he would start Sunday's Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season opener in the front row. Read More »
Bruno Junqueira Leads First Qualifying Session Of The 2004 Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach
Bruno Junqueira has spent the last two offseasons after finishing second in the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford, lamenting the points that got away, as he watched someone else celebrate winning the prestigious Vanderbilt Cup. Read More »
Fernández Quits Cart to Contest 2004 IRL IndyCar® Series
Fernández Racing announced that owner/driver Adrian Fernández will leave the CART Champ Car series to compete in the 2004 IRL IndyCar® Series beginning with the Indy 200 Copper World Classic in Phoenix on March 21. Read More »
Former F1 Driver Gaston Mazzacane May Race With Fittipaldi in The 2004 Champ Car World Series
Former Formula 1 World Champion, 1989 Champ Car World Series Champion and Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi is said to have been in negotiations this week with Jacques Kremer"”the manager of former Minardi and Prost Formula 1 driver Gaston Mazzacane"”to bring the Argentine pilot to the Champ Car World Series for 2004. Read More »
Tracy Is Champion After Action-Packed Afternoon
Bruno Junqueira (#1 PacifiCare Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) and Paul Tracy (#3 Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) were the lead story in Sundas Lexmark Indy 300 in Surfers Paradise, Australia as the two drivers were the only ones left standing in the title hunt with two races left in the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season. Read More »