Hunter-Reay Wins Milwaukee Flag-To-Flag
Written by Josh Katinger · June 7, 2004
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Photo: RyanRacing.com
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Ryan Hunter-Reay drove his Herdez Competition Lola/Ford Champ Car to a dominating win at Milwaukee on Saturday night. Hunter-Reay led every single lap of the race. This was the first time a Champ Car driver has completed that feat since Bobby Rahal did it in 1992. Ryan also set a new Champ Car record for most laps led in a race. This was Ryan’s second career victory having won the final race of the 2003 season.
ChampCarWorldSeries.com: RYAN HUNTER-REAY SETS NEW SINGLE-EVENT CHAMP CAR RECORD BY GOING WIRE-TO-WIRE TO WIN ON MILWAUKEE MILE
Motorsports.com: Ryan Hunter-Reay wins Milwaukee Mile
IndyStar.com: Hunter-Reay never trails at Milwaukee
CART-Racing.com: Records fall to Ryan Hunter-Reay
RPM.ESPN: American resurgence felt at Mile
Podium finishers aside, the rest of the field had rough going as Ryan, second place finisher Patrick Carpentier, and 2003 Milwaukee Mile winner Michel Jourdain (Ryan’s teammate) were the only cars to finish on the lead lap. Consequently Ryan, Patrick and Michel spent most of the race dealing with lapped traffic, which can be harder than racing the leaders…especially in this field.
Luck improved for other Americans in the field. Jimmy Vasser had a decent finish in 4th place while A.J. Allmendinger came from 13th to finish 5th.
While I’m happy for Ryan, I hope he can parlay this oval success into something on the road courses. It doesn’t do you much good to be an oval ace in Champ Cars anymore.
Race Results
Pos Car Driver Nat Team Chassis Laps Lag Status
1. 4 Ryan Hunter-Reay USA Herdez Competition Lola 250 Active
2. 7 Patrick Carpentier CDN Forsythe Racing Lola 250 5.865 Active
3. 9 Michel Jourdain Jr. MEX RuSPORT Lola 250 11.349 Active
4. 12 Jimmy Vasser USA PKV Racing Lola 249 1 Lap Active
5. 10 A.J. Allmendinger* USA RuSPORT Lola 249 1 Lap Active
6. 6 Bruno Junqueira BR Newman/Haas Racing Lola 248 2 Laps Active
7. 11 Oriol Servia E Dale Coyne Racing Lola 247 3 Laps Active
8. 55 Mario Dominguez MEX Herdez Competition Lola 246 4 Laps Active
9. 3 Rodolfo Lavin MEX Forsythe Racing Lola 245 5 Laps Contact
10. 5 Mario Haberfeld BR Walker Racing Reynard 245 5 Laps Active
11. 34 Justin Wilson* GB Conquest Racing Lola 244 6 Laps Active
12. 21 Roberto Gonzalez* MEX PKV Racing Lola 243 7 Laps Fire
13. 8 Alex Tagliani CDN Rocketsports Racing Lola 243 7 Laps Active
14. 17 Nelson Philippe* F Rocketsports Racing Lola 240 10 Laps Active
15. 14 Alex Sperafico* BR Conquest Racing Reynard 240 10 Laps Active
16. 19 Gaston Mazzacane AR Dale Coyne Racing Lola 79 171 Laps Contact
17. 1 Paul Tracy CDN Forsythe Racing Lola 60 190 Laps Contact
18. 2 Sebastien Bourdais F Newman/Haas Racing Lola 50 200 Laps Contact
* Series rookie
Drivers’ Championship:
Pos Driver Points Road circuits Ovals
1. Bruno Junqueira 76 57 19
2. Patrick Carpentier 75 48 27
3. Ryan Hunter-Reay 66 32 34
4. Sebastien Bourdais 65 62 3
5. Mario Dominguez 62 47 15
6. Paul Tracy 53 49 4
7. Justin Wilson* 50 40 10
8. Alex Tagliani 46 38 8
9. Michel Jourdain Jr. 45 20 25
10. Jimmy Vasser 37 14 23
11. A.J. Allmendinger* 35 13 22
12. Rodolfo Lavin 32 19 13
13. Oriol Servia 30 13 17
14. Mario Haberfeld 30 19 11
15. Roberto Gonzalez* 29 20 9
16. Nelson Philippe* 26 19 7
17. Alex Sperafico* 15 9 6
18. Tarso Marques 6 6 0
19. Gaston Mazzacane* 5 0 5
* Series rookie
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