2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver

2004 Denver

Race details
Race 9 of 14 in the 2004 Champ Car season
Date	August 15, 2004
Official name	Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver
Location	Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado, United States
Course	Temporary Street Course 1.647 mi / 2.651 km
Distance	90 laps 148.230 mi / 238.590 km
Weather	Scattered clouds with temperatures reaching up to 84 °F (29 °C); wind speeds approaching 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	59.942
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:01.256 (on lap 89 of 90)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Third	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)

The 2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the ninth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 15, 2004 on the streets of Denver, Colorado near the Pepsi Center. Sébastien Bourdais swept the pole and the race win.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:00.413	59.942	59.942
2		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:01.203	1:00.525	1:00.525
3		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:00.885	1:00.588	1:00.588
4		Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	1:01.416	1:00.595	1:00.595
5		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:00.721	—	1:00.721
6		Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	1:02.046	1:00.813	1:00.813
7		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	—	1:00.907	1:00.907
8		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	1:01.545	1:01.072	1:01.072
9		Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	1:01.198	1:01.285	1:01.198
10		Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.782	1:01.265	1:01.265
11		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.757	1:01.266	1:01.266
12		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:01.334	1:02.090	1:01.334
13		Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	1:01.447	1:01.345	1:01.345
14		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:02.354	1:01.522	1:01.522
15		Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	1:02.130	1:01.794	1:01.794
16		Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	1:02.113	1:02.137	1:02.113
17		Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	1:02.412	—	1:02.412
18		Roberto González	PKV Racing	1:02.604	1:02.507	1:02.507

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	90	1:40:25.232	1	35
2	1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	90	+7.446 secs	3	28
3	6	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	90	+8.171 secs	2	26
4	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	90	+8.561 secs	5	23
5	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	90	+15.641 secs	7	21
6	11	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	90	+19.256 secs	6	19
7	34	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	90	+20.786 secs	10	17
8	5	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	90	+24.141 secs	9	15
9	7	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	90	+25.371 secs	4	13
10	8	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	89	+ 1 Lap	11	11
11	3	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	88	+ 2 Laps	15	10
12	21	Roberto González	PKV Racing	88	+ 2 Laps	18	10
13	14	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	87	+ 3 Laps	14	8
14	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	86	+ 4 Laps	13	7
15	19	Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	86	+ 4 Laps	17	6
16	4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	72	Contact	8	5
17	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	63	Engine	12	4
18	17	Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	56	Electrical	16	3

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-4	Lavín (3), Bourdais (2), Tagliani (8) & Philippe (14) contact
74-78	Hunter-Reay (4) spin/stall

Notes

Laps Leader 1-39 Bruno Junqueira 40-79 Paul Tracy 80-90 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 40 Bruno Junqueira 39 Sébastien Bourdais 11

• New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 59.942 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:01.256
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:40:25.232
• Average Speed 89.103 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	248
	2	Bruno Junqueira	192
1	3	Paul Tracy	180
1	4	Alex Tagliani	164
	5	Patrick Carpentier	154

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results
• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Box Score