Cleveland 2007
TYPICAL CHAMPCAR RACE! PAUL TRACY QUALIFIED 7TH, BY LAP 7 HE HAD BEEN INTO THE PITS TWICE - EACH TIME FOR A NEW NOSE CONE - AND THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A COUPLE OF SMART MOVES! FUEL CONSUMPTION IN THIS RACE MEANT THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A LAST VISIT TO THE PITS JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE RACE. PAUL HAD CLEARLY SPOTTED A BETTER STRATEGY - DO THIS PIT STOP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RACE NOT THE END AND THEN HOPE FOR ENOUGH YELLOW FLAGS TO MAKE IT TO THE END. THERE WERE AND HE WON - HIS FIRST WIN SINCE HE WON THIS RACE 2 YEARS AGO. ROBERT DOORNBOS HAD TO SERVE A DRIVE-THROUGH PENALTY FOR BLOCKING ON LAP 2 AND AGAIN THE YELLOWS PLAYED INTO HIS HANDS BECAUSE HE FINISHED 2ND AHEAD OF NEEL JANI. SO TWO DRIVERS WHO ENDED UP AT THE BACK OF THE FIELD EARLY ON CAME THROUGH IN FIRST AND SECOND PLACES BY THE END OF THE RACE. SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS AND WILL POWER HAD SEEMED TO BE THE LIKELY WINNERS UNTIL SEBASTIEN'S ENGINE FAILED AND WILL HAD A PUNCTURE, CRUCIALLY BOTH IN THE LATTER PART OF THE RACE. SO, AS CHAMPCAR HAS SO OFTEN PROVED IN THE PAST, IF YOU HAVE YOUR DISASTER EARLY ON AND THERE ARE ENOUGH YELLOWS, YOU CAN STILL WIN!
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Sebastien Bourdais
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| 2.
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Simon Pagenaud
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| 3.
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Will Power
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| 4.
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Graham Rahal
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| 5.
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Robert Doornbos
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| 6.
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Dan Clarke
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| 7.
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Paul Tracy
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| 8.
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Justin Wilson
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| 9.
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Alex Tagliani
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| 10.
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Oriol Servia
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| 11.
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Neel Jani
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| 12.
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Tristan Gommendy
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| 13.
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Alex Figge
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| 14.
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Bruno Junqueira
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| 15.
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Katherine Legge
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| 16.
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Ryan Dalziel
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| 17.
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Jan Heylen
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Paul Tracy
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| 2.
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Robert Doornbos
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| 3.
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Neel Jani
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| 4.
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Justin Wilson
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| 5.
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Simon Pagenaud
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| 6.
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Alex Tagliani
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| 7.
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Oriol Servia
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| 8.
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Graham Rahal
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| 9.
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Ryan Dalziel
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| 10.
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Will Power
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers :
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| Sebastien Bourdais
| 117
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| Robert Doornbos
| 114
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| Will Power
| 105
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| Alex Tagliani
| 97
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| Justin Wilson
| 92
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| Oriol Servia
| 78
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| Simon Pagenaud
| 74
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| =Graham Rahal
| 74
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| Neel Jani
| 69
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| Paul Tracy
| 68
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Race Results posted by
David Little
25th June 2007
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