Champ Car Heads West To San Jose With Edmonton In The Rear View Mirror
Written by Scott Keller · July 27, 2007
Champ Car kicks off their weekend in San Jose this week after a less-than-exciting race in Edmonton.
If you caught last week’s Champ Car race in Edmonton, you probably weren’t on the edge of your seat. It was, in fact, a total blow-out. Sebastian Bourdais put on one of his classic performances. And in the last few years, a classic Sebastian run-away race usually equals a less than exciting race. The most exciting part of the race was the near-miss that Bourdais had with Katherine Legge during a pit stop. Once Will Power was out with steering problems, only the perennial bridesmaid, Justin Wilson, could hang somewhat close to Bourdais.
Robert Doornbos made a dumb move and crashed out last week in Edmonton, and he struggled most of the weekend. If he’s a serious championship contender, the guys has to have a podium finish this week.
And it could not come at a worse time for Doornbos, because San Jose is one of the tightest circuits on the schedule, and provides few opportunities for passing. Bobby D needs to figure things out in qualifying, or he’s going to be stuck in the mid pack, in prime position to get punted by the back markers. Speaking of punted, Mario Dominguez is subbing for Ryan Dalziel (pronounced Deeyal…….kind of like ya’ll, but with a D at the front) this week who broke his collar bone in a crazy bicycle accident. Watch out!
On a happier note, Tristan Go-Go-Gommendy was cleared to race by Dr. Trammell, and is back in this car for morning practice.
Speaking of morning practice, with six minutes to go in the first session, the top 5 are:
Power
Pagenaudt
Bourdais
Wilson
Servia
Doornbos is almost a second off the pace so far. Not a good start, but the weekend is young.
Coverage for the San Jose Grand Prix begins at 6PM ET on Sunday evening.
Official Entry List
SAN JOSE GRAND PRIX AT REDBACK RACEWAY
San Jose, California, USA
Driver Sponsor Team Name
Residence Car Color(s) Team Location
No Nationality Chief Mechanic
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1 Sebastien Bourdais McDonald’s Racing Team Newman Haas Lanigan Racing
St. Petersburg, Florida Red/Yellow Lincolnshire, Illinois
France Pedro Campuzano
2 Graham Rahal (R) MEDIZONE Racing Team Newman Haas Lanigan Racing
Hilliard, Ohio Blue/White Lincolnshire, Illinois
USA Don Hoevel
3 Paul Tracy INDECK Forsythe Championship Racing
Las Vegas, Nevada Blue/White Indianapolis, Indiana
Canada Steve Moore
4 Dan Clarke Ticketmaster/Synapse Minardi Team USA
Maidenhead, Berkshire Power/The Australian Indianapolis, Indiana
England Pink Floyd Show Daryl Fox
Black
5 Will Power Aussie Vineyards Team Australia
Carmel, Indiana Yellow/Green Indianapolis, Indiana
Australia Les Channen
7 Oriol Servia INDECK Forsythe Championship Racing
Miami, Florida Blue/White Indianapolis, Indiana
Spain Jon Fricker
8 Alex Tagliani LXN2 RSPORTS
Las Vegas, Nevada Black/Red Lansing, Michigan
Canada Tom Howatt
9 Justin Wilson CDW RSPORTS
Denver, Colorado Red/White Loveland, Colorado
England Robert Midkiff
11 Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing
Haslemere, Surrey Black/Yellow Plainfield, Illinois
England Damon Sturrock
14 Robert Doornbos (R) Muermans/Jumbo Minardi Team USA
Monaco, Monte Carlo Supermarkten/OzJet Indianapolis, Indiana
Netherlands Black Daryl Fox
15 Simon Pagenaud (R) Aussie Vineyards Team Australia
Indianapolis, Indiana Yellow/Green Indianapolis, Indiana
France Neil Brown
19 Bruno Junqueira Sonny’s Bar-B-Q Dale Coyne Racing
Miami, Florida Red/White Plainfield, Illinois
Brazil Arturo Morimoto
21 Neel Jani (R) Red Bull-Gulfstream PKV Racing
Jens, Switzerland PKV Racing Indianapolis, Indiana
Switzerland Blue Don Oldenberg
22 Tristan Gommendy (R) Pay By Touch-Megaspiera PKV Racing
Paris, France PKV Racing Indianapolis, Indiana
France Blue Greg Senerius
28 Mario Dominguez PCM Pacific Coast Motorsports
Mexico City, Mexico Silver/Black Oxnard, California
Mexico Roy Wilkerson
29 Alex Figge (R) PCM Pacific Coast Motorsports
Denver, Colorado Black/Silver Oxnard, California
USA Roy Wilkerson
34 Jan Heylen Champ Car Grand Prix of Conquest Racing
Geel, Belgium Belgium Indianapolis, Indiana
Belgium Black Jason Beck
(R) - Denotes Rookie Status
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