2003 - Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford (CART) - Gran Premio Telmex Gigante Presented By Bana Race Results

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.

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2003 - Gran Premio Telmex Gigante Presented By Bana Race Results

Race Name - Gran Premio Telmex Gigante Presented By Bana
Date - 10/12/2003
Race Track - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
Number of Starting Cars - 20
Laps Run - 70
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Paul Tracy / 112.893 mph
Cautions - 4 cautions for 9 laps
Average Race Speed - 100.133 mph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 2 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Paul Tracy
Race Number - 17

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Paul Tracy	Players	Lola	Ford	112.893
2	4	Sbastien Bourdais	Cialis	Lola	Ford	112.553
3	11	Mario Domnguez	Herdez	Lola	Ford	111.924
4	8	Michel Jourdain Jr	Gigante	Lola	Ford	112.219
5	12	Mika Salo	Scientific Atlanta	Lola	Ford	111.737
6	2	Tiago Monteiro	O2 Diesel	Reynard	Ford	112.639
7	3	Bruno Junqueira	PacifiCare	Lola	Ford	112.813
8	15	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State/Telmex	Lola	Ford	111.386
9	6	Darren Manning	sportsbookcom	Reynard	Ford	112.448
10	18	Roberto Gonzalez	Herdez	Lola	Ford	110.02
11	5	Ryan HunterReay	Gonher de Mexico	Reynard	Ford	112.451
12	14	Mario Haberfeld	MiJack/Cuantan	Reynard	Ford	111.492
13	16	Oriol Servi	Visteon Patrick Racing	Lola	Ford	110.968
14	9	Patrick Carpentier	Players	Lola	Ford	112.126
15	19	Gualter Salles	Alpina	Lola	Ford	109.683
16	13	Alex Tagliani	Johnson Controls	Lola	Ford	111.586
17	7	Jimmy Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	Reynard	Ford	112.295
18	17	Rodolfo Lavin	Corona	Reynard	Ford	110.722
19	10	Luis Daz	Sun Microsystems/Telcel/Motorola	Reynard	Ford	112.005
20	20	Geoff Boss	Cross Pens	Lola	Ford	109.462