2004 Molson Indy Vancouver

2004 Vancouver
Race details
	Race 7 of 14 in the 2004 Champ Car season
Date	July 25, 2004
Official name	Molson Indy Vancouver
Location	Concord Pacific Place; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Course	Temporary Street Course; 1.781 mi / 2.866 km
Distance	85 laps; 151.385 mi / 243.610 km
Weather	Mostly cloudy skies with temperatures reaching up to 28.6 °C (83.5 °F); which dropped down to 21.2 °C (70.2 °F) by the end of the event[1]
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	1:00.870
Fastest lap
Driver	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	1:01.755 (on lap 71 of 85)
Podium
First	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Second	Michel Jourdain, Jr. (RuSPORT)
Third	A. J. Allmendinger (RuSPORT)

The 2004 Molson Indy Vancouver was the seventh round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 25, 2004 on the streets of Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Paul Tracy swept the pole and the race win. It was the last Champ Car event to take place in Vancouver.

Qualifying results

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:00.870	1:02.889	1:00.870
2	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	1:02.813	1:00.908	1:00.908
3	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:00.974	1:01.355	1:00.974
4	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:02.051	1:01.168	1:01.168
5	Memo Gidley	Rocketsports Racing	1:02.071	1:01.365	1:01.365
6	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	1:01.398	1:01.579	1:01.398
7	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:02.153	1:01.434	1:01.434
8	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:01.459	1:05.175	1:01.459
9	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.539	1:03.073	1:01.539
10	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	1:01.742	1:01.566	1:01.566
11	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:02.135	1:01.588	1:01.588
12	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	RuSPORT	1:02.463	1:01.777	1:01.777
13	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.904	1:01.944	1:01.904
14	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	1:02.712	1:01.911	1:01.911
15	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:02.076	1:01.936	1:01.936
16	Roberto González	PKV Racing	1:02.634	1:02.163	1:02.163
17	Alex Sperafico	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:03.657	1:03.347	1:03.347
18	Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	1:04.520	1:03.757	1:03.757

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	85	1:34:42.849	1	34
2	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	RuSPORT	85	+5.557 secs	12	29
3	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	85	+6.139 secs	11	25
4	6	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	85	+6.544 secs	8	23
5	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	85	+14.231 secs	3	22
6	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	85	+15.834 secs	4	20
7	8	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	85	+32.168 secs	9	17
8	4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	85	+32.619 secs	10	15
9	5	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	85	+43.671 secs	14	13
10	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	15	11
11	17	Memo Gidley	Rocketsports Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	5	10
12	11	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	13	9
13	21	Roberto González	PKV Racing	83	+ 2 Laps	16	8
14	34	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	80	+ 5 Laps	7	7
15	3	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	66	Engine	2	7
16	7	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	21	Contact	6	5
17	14	Alex Sperafico	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	17	Contact	17	4
–	19	Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	0	DNS	18	0*

* Gastón Mazzacane crashed on the pace lap and did not take the green flag.

Laps	Cause
1	Yellow flag start (Mazzacane (19) contact before green flag)
22-25	Carpentier (7) & Sperafico (14) contact

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