2004 Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland

2004 Portland

Race details
Race 4 of 14 in the 2004 Champ Car season
Portland International Raceway Track Layout
Date	June 20, 2004
Official name	2004 Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland
Location	Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon, United States
Course	Permanent Road Course 1.969 mi / 3.169 km
Distance	94 laps 185.086 mi / 297.886 km
Weather	Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds approaching 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	59.229
Fastest lap
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:00.573 (on lap 92 of 94)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)

The 2004 Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland was the fourth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 20, 2004 at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	59.718	59.229	59.229
2		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	59.266	1:00.067	59.266
3		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.791	59.314	59.314
4		Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.344	59.414	59.414
5		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	59.803	59.654	59.654
6		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:00.097	59.757	59.757
7		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	59.900	1:00.342	59.900
8		Michel Jourdain, Jr.	RuSPORT	1:00.205	59.900	59.900
9		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:00.439	59.922	59.922
10		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	1:00.088	59.926	59.926
11		Roberto González	PKV Racing	1:00.081	59.987	59.987
12		Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	1:00.530	1:00.099	1:00.099
13		Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	1:00.182	−	1:00.182
14		Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	1:04.785	1:00.206	1:00.206
15		Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	1:00.971	1:00.678	1:00.678
16		Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.833	1:01.410	1:00.833
17		Alex Sperafico	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.333	1:01.442	1:01.333
18		Nelson Philippe	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.531	1:02.060	1:01.531

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	94	1:45:50.461	1	33
2	6	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	94	+1.247 secs	2	29
3	1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	94	+40.066 secs	3	26
4	7	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	94	+52.356 secs	13	24
5	34	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	94	+58.429 secs	4	21
6	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	94	+59.337 secs	5	19
7	8	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	93	+ 1 Lap	7	17
8	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	93	+ 1 Lap	9	15
9	5	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	93	+ 1 Lap	15	13
10	21	Roberto González	PKV Racing	93	+ 1 Lap	11	11
11	11	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	92	+ 2 Laps	14	10
12	4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	92	+ 2 Laps	10	9
13	19	Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	92	+ 2 Laps	16	8
14	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	RuSPORT	92	+ 2 Laps	8	7
15	17	Nelson Philippe	Rocketsports Racing	91	+ 3 Laps	18	6
16	14	Alex Sperafico	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	90	+ 4 Laps	17	5
17	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	2	Contact	6	4
18	3	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	2	Contact	12	3

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-3	Jourdain (9) spin/stall
4-8	Domínguez (55) & Lavín (3) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-29 Sébastien Bourdais 30-32 Paul Tracy 33-56 Sébastien Bourdais 57-62 Paul Tracy 63-94 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 85 Paul Tracy 9

• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:50.461
• Average Speed 104.923 mph

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Results