The 2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on April 18, 2004 on the Long Beach Street Circuit. It was the first event for the new Champ Car World Series which was created when Gerald Forsythe, Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Dan Petit purchased the bankrupt CART series' liquidated assets in an Indianapolis courtroom the previous January. Bruno Junqueira won the first Champ Car-era pole while Paul Tracy took the first win.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:08.913 1:11.237 1:08.913 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:10.033 1:09.800 1:09.800 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:09.156 1:10.196 1:09.156 4 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 1:09.450 1:10.673 1:09.450 5 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:09.458 1:09.830 1:09.458 6 Ryan Hunter-Reay Herdez Competition 1:09.613 1:10.219 1:09.613 7 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 1:09.730 1:12.023 1:09.730 8 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 1:09.905 1:11.039 1:09.905 9 Rodolfo Lavín Forsythe Racing 1:09.953 1:11.793 1:09.953 10 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 1:10.056 1:10.749 1:10.056 11 Justin Wilson Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:10.122 1:11.168 1:10.122 12 Oriol Servià Dale Coyne Racing -* 1:10.273 1:10.273 13 Michel Jourdain Jr. RuSPORT 1:10.912 1:10.652 1:10.652 14 Mario Haberfeld Walker Racing 1:10.988 1:11.843 1:10.988 15 Alex Sperafico Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:11.238 – 1:11.238 16 Nelson Philippe Rocketsports Racing 1:11.275 1:12.022 1:11.275 17 Roberto González PKV Racing 1:11.295 1:12.021 1:11.295 18 Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 1:16.809 1:16.863 1:16.809
*The time of Oriol Servià from qualification session #1 was disallowed after his car failed post-session technical inspection.
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 81 1:44:12.348 3 32 2 6 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 81 +5.681 secs 1 29 3 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 81 +6.375 secs 2 27 4 7 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 81 +16.801 secs 7 24 5 55 Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 81 +17.527 secs 5 21 6 34 Justin Wilson Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 81 +36.645 secs 11 20 7 4 Ryan Hunter-Reay Herdez Competition 81 +38.926 secs 6 17 8 8 Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 81 +1:00.578 4 15 9 5 Mario Haberfeld Walker Racing 80 + 1 Lap 14 13 10 3 Rodolfo Lavín Forsythe Racing 80 + 1 Lap 9 11 11 9 Michel Jourdain Jr. RuSPORT 80 + 1 Lap 13 10 12 10 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 79 + 2 Laps 8 9 13 17 Nelson Philippe Rocketsports Racing 78 + 3 Laps 16 8 14 21 Roberto González PKV Racing 76 Gearbox 17 7 15 11 Oriol Servià Dale Coyne Racing 14 Oil Leak 12 6 16 12 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 1 Contact 10 5 17 14 Alex Sperafico Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1 Contact 15 4 18 19 Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 1 Contact 18 3
Caution flags
Laps Cause1–5 Yellow start; Multiple car contact
Lap leaders
Laps Leader1 Bruno Junqueira2–58 Paul Tracy59–60 Patrick Carpentier61–81 Paul Tracy Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 78Patrick Carpentier 2Bruno Junqueira 1
New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:44:12.348 Average Speed 91.785 mph
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References