Big Weekend Of Champ Car And Australian V8 Supercar
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Apr 19, 2007
Just as it will be during the Lexmark Indy 300 on October 18-21, the Champ Car World Series and Australian V8 Supercars will be out in force this weekend in their respective Championships.
Unlike the iconic Australian sporting and entertainment spectacle that is contested on Queensland’s Gold Coast each year, both series will be run on foreign shores this weekend.
Champ Car drivers are competing for glory in the Grand Prix of Houston, while the home-grown and hugely popular V8 Supercars travel the Tasman for their final fling in Pukekohe, New Zealand.
While the young guns of the Champ Car World Series might have staked their claim on the 2007 Championship in the season-opener in Las Vegas a fortnight ago, many of the veterans stepped up last week in Long Beach which sets up some interesting match-ups.
One of the old brigade was Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald’s Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) who was back to his old self in Long Beach, after one of the worst race weekends of his career in Las Vegas.
Bourdais grabbed pole position on Saturday and went on to win a third consecutive Long Beach Grand Prix, jolting him to third in the standings, 19 points behind first place.
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