2003 - Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford (CART) - Firestone Indy 200 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. Champ Car World Series Champions |
2003 - Firestone Indy 200 Race Results
Race Name - Firestone Indy 200Date - 7/5/2003Race Track - Nashville SuperspeedwayNumber of Starting Cars - 18Laps Run - 115 Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Sebastien Bourdais / 130.686 mphCautions - 4 cautions for 10 laps Average Race Speed - 117.315 mphLead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 3 Lead ChangesLap Leader - Paul Tracy Race Number - 9Finish | Start | Driver | Sponsor (Owner) | Chassis | Engine | Qualify Speed |
1 | 1 | Sbastien Bourdais | McDonalds/Lilly | Lola | Ford | 130.686 |
2 | 2 | Paul Tracy | Players | Lola | Ford | 129.811 |
3 | 5 | Bruno Junqueira | PacifiCare | Lola | Ford | 129.587 |
4 | 3 | Patrick Carpentier | Players | Lola | Ford | 129.713 |
5 | 8 | Mario Domnguez | Herdez | Lola | Ford | 129.106 |
6 | 4 | Oriol Servi | Visteon Patrick Racing | Lola | Ford | 129.596 |
7 | 6 | Michel Jourdain Jr | Gigante | Lola | Ford | 129.158 |
8 | 7 | Alex Tagliani | Johnson Controls | Lola | Ford | 129.119 |
9 | 11 | Ryan HunterReay | American Spirit Team Johansson | Reynard | Ford | 128.343 |
10 | 13 | Darren Manning | Air China | Reynard | Ford | 128.139 |
11 | 14 | Adrin Fernndez | Tecate/Quaker State/Telmex | Lola | Ford | 127.839 |
12 | 17 | Max Papis | Scientific Atlanta | Lola | Ford | 126.318 |
13 | 10 | Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | Reynard | Ford | 128.805 |
14 | 15 | Rodolfo Lavin | Corona | Reynard | Ford | 127.355 |
15 | 12 | Mario Haberfeld | MiJack | Reynard | Ford | 128.195 |
16 | 18 | Geoff Boss | Cross Pens | Lola | Ford | 124.079 |
17 | 16 | Gualter Salles | Alpina | Lola | Ford | 126.427 |
18 | 9 | Roberto Moreno | Herdez | Lola | Ford | 128.84 |
19 | 19 | Tiago Monteiro | World Childhood Foundation | Reynard | Ford | 126.736 |