2003 - Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford (CART) - SunTrust Indy Challenge Race Results
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The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008. The Champ Car was formed in 2004 after team owners Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerald Forsythe bought the assets of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) after it had filed for bankruptcy. Champ Car World Series Champions |
2003 - SunTrust Indy Challenge Race Results
Race Name - SunTrust Indy ChallengeDate - 6/15/2003Race Track - Richmond International RacewayNumber of Starting Cars - 19Laps Run - 87 Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Patrick Carpentier / 115.8 mphCautions - 1 cautions for 1 laps Average Race Speed - 107.986 mphLead Changes - 1 Leader(s) with 0 Lead ChangesLap Leader - Patrick Carpentier Race Number - 7Finish | Start | Driver | Sponsor (Owner) | Chassis | Engine | Qualify Speed |
1 | 1 | Patrick Carpentier | Players | Lola | Ford | 115.8 |
2 | 2 | Bruno Junqueira | PacifiCare | Lola | Ford | 115.437 |
3 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Players | Lola | Ford | 115.641 |
4 | 13 | Michel Jourdain Jr | Gigante | Lola | Ford | 113.524 |
5 | 6 | Mario Haberfeld | MiJack | Reynard | Ford | 114.697 |
6 | 10 | Oriol Servi | Visteon Patrick Racing | Lola | Ford | 114.124 |
7 | 5 | Adrin Fernndez | Tecate/Quaker State/Telmex | Lola | Ford | 114.723 |
8 | 8 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | Reynard | Ford | 114.219 |
9 | 15 | Tiago Monteiro | World Childhood Foundation | Reynard | Ford | 112.913 |
10 | 11 | Mario Domnguez | Herdez | Lola | Ford | 113.797 |
11 | 12 | Bryan Herta | Scientific Atlanta | Lola | Ford | 113.567 |
12 | 17 | Ryan HunterReay | American Spirit Team Johansson | Reynard | Ford | 112.761 |
13 | 18 | Jol Camathias | City of Lugano | Lola | Ford | 112.753 |
14 | 14 | Alex Tagliani | Johnson Controls | Lola | Ford | 113.436 |
15 | 9 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez | Lola | Ford | 114.163 |
16 | 19 | Geoff Boss | Cross Pens | Lola | Ford | 110.667 |
17 | 4 | Sbastien Bourdais | Lilly | Lola | Ford | 114.935 |
18 | 7 | Darren Manning | RAC Auto Windscreens | Reynard | Ford | 114.231 |
19 | 16 | Rodolfo Lavin | Corona | Reynard | Ford | 112.793 |