Weekend racing during round three of the Champ Car World Series and the Australian V8 Supercar seasons has continued to whet the appetite of fans towards the Lexmark Indy 300 on October 18-21.
There’s still many races to be run and won in the meantime but the fields in both categories are begnning to sort themselves.
With Championship titles at stake the intensity will build prior to Queensland’s ulimate four day-four night, entertainment spectacle on the Gold Coast.
Following the results of the Grand Prix of Houston, reigning Vanderbilt Cup titleholder Sebastien Bourdais (#1 McDonald’s Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) finds himself commanding top post on the Champ Car World Series standings courtesy of back-to-back event victories.
Team Australia’s Will Power (#5 Aussie Vineyards Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone) didn’t enjoy the best of fortune over the weekend and his 11th placing saw him reqlinquish his overall lead to the three-time defending champion.
Despite the Houston disappointments, where the 26 year-old Toowoomba driver started from pole position, he sits just three points adrift of Bourdais in the overall standings, after two impressive podium results to begin the season.
Bourdais’ teenage team mate Graham Rahal made Champ Car history when completing a one-two finish for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, becoming the youngest Champ Car driver to earn a top-three podium finish.
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