2007 CCWS Rd. 10--Generac Grand Prix @ Road America

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Who will win the Generac Grand Prix @ Road America?

Poll ended at Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:30 am

Sebastien Bourdais
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Will Power
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Robert Doornbos
1
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Justin Wilson
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none of the above
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Total votes: 1

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2007 CCWS Rd. 10--Generac Grand Prix @ Road America

Post by mlittle » Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:30 am

They say one should stretch their legs every so often, and for the stars of the ChampCar series, this week does exactly that for them, as they head up to Kettle Moraine and the Elkhart Lake area of Wisconsin to what is IMO one of the natural-terrain road courses in all the world, the 4-mile Road America circuit. Going into this weekend, it's a 3-horse race as reigning champion Sebastien Bourdais continues to hold onto his points leader over a pair of fierce challenges, Australian Will Power and Dutch rookie Bobby D(a/k/a Robert Doornbos). Can SeaBass stretch out the points lead some OR can Power and Doornbos ratchet-up an already tight points battle?

Event schedule for the Generac Grand Prix @ Road America.........
Practice Session #1, 11:15 am, 10 August 2007
Qualifying Session #1, 6:30 pm, 10 August 2007
Practice Session #2, 9:45 am, 11 August 2007
Qualifying Session #2, 3:10 pm, 11 August 2007
Warm-Up, 10:45 am, 12 August 2007
Race, 3 pm, 12 August 2007, ABC Sports
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Post by mlittle » Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:49 am

Road America Entry List.........................................................................
(as of 6 August 2007 according to champcar.ws)

Sebastien Bourdais, #1 McDonald's
(R)Graham Rahal, #2 Medi/Zone
Paul Tracy, #3 Indeck/Monster Energy Drink
Dan Clarke, #4 Ticketmaster/OzJet
Will Power, #5 Aussie Vineyards
Oriol Servia, #7 Indeck/Forsythe
Alex Tagliani, #8 Wal-Mart Canada
Justin Wilson, #9 CDW/Plantronics
Katherine Legge, #11 N. Illinois Steel
(R)Robert Doornbos, #14 Muermans/OzJet
(R)Simon Pagenaud, #15 Aussie Vineyards
Bruno Junquiera, #19 Sonny's Real Pit BBQ
(R)Neel Jani, #21 Red Bull/Gulfstream
(R)Tristan Gommendy, #22 Pay-by-Touch/Megaspiera
(R)Ryan Dalziel, #28 Ironclad/Molecule Labs*
(R)Alex Figge, #29 Molecule Labs
Jan Heylen, #34 Grafiprint Digital Services
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Bridgestone Fast Facts from Kettle Moraine..............

Post by mlittle » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:59 am

Event: Generac Grand Prix @ Road America
When: 3 pm US EDT, 12 August 2007, ABC Sports
Where: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

--Race Distance} timed event, 1 hr., 45 minutes
--Tire Specifications} the Brdigestone Potenza tires to be used at Road America will have the same tire compounds used at Road America in 2006
--Tire Allocations} 8 sets of dry-condition standard compound tires, 2 sets of dry-condition alternate-compound tires and 4 sets wet-condition grooved tires
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Post by mlittle » Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:05 am

Road America Practice Session #1 top-5......................
1st} Sebastien Bourdais, NHL Racing...................1:43.444 sec/140.876 mph
2nd} Will Power, Team Australia.........................1:44.101 sec/139.987 mph
3rd} Alex Tagliani, Rocketsports.........................1:44.506 sec/139.445 mph
4th} Justin Wilson, RuSport Racing......................1:44.804 sec/139.048 mph
5th}(R)Robert Doornbos, Minardi Team USA........1:44.995 sec/138.795 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:19 am

Road America Practice Session #2 top-5.....................
1st} Sebastien Bourdais, NHL Racing.............................1:43.027 sec/141.226 mph
2nd} Justin Wilson, RuSport Racing...............................1:44.244 sec/139.795 mph
3rd}(R)Robert Doornbos, Minardi Team USA..................1:44.797 sec/139.057 mph
4th}(R)Ryan Dalziel, Pacific Coast Motorsports...............1:44.852 sec/138.984 mph
5th}(R)Neel Jani, PKV Racing........................................1:44.909 sec/138.909 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:31 am

Provisional Qualifying top-5, Road America........................

1st} Sebastien Bourdais, NHL Racing...............................1:42.385 sec/142.333 mph
2nd} Will Power, Team Australia.....................................1:43.116 sec/141.324 mph
3rd}(R)Neel Jani, PKV Racing.........................................1:43.417 sec/140.913 mph
4th} Dan Clarke, Minardi Team USA...............................1:43.439 sec/140.883 mph
5th} Justin Wilson, RuSport Racing..................................1:43.525 sec/140.766 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:04 pm

Road America Practice Session #3 top-5.......................

1st}(R)Graham Rahal, NHL Racing...................................1:43.099 sec/141.348 mph
2nd} Alex Tagliani, Rocketsports.....................................1:43.783 sec/140.416 mph
3rd} Will Power, Team Australia......................................1:43.798 sec/140.396 mph
4th}(R)Tristan Gommendy, PKV Racing............................1:43.851 sec/140.324 mph
5th} Justin Wilson, RuSport Racing...................................1:43.882 sec/140.282 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:07 pm

Road America Practice Session #4 top-5......................

1st} Sebastien Bourdais, NHL Racing.............................1:43.398 sec/140.939 mph
2nd}(R)Robert Doornbos, Minardi Team USA..................1:43.435 sec/140.888 mph
3rd}(R)Graham Rahal, NHL Racing.................................1:43.571 sec/140.703 mph
4th}(R)Simon Pagenaud, Team Australia........................1:43.601 sec/140.663 mph
5th} Dan Clarke, Minardi Team USA..............................1:43.662 sec/140.580 mph
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Post by mlittle » Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:47 pm

Generac Grand Prix @ Road America Starting Grid............

1st} Sebastien Bourdais, #1 McDonald's.............................1:41.535 sec
2nd} Will Power, #5 Aussie Vineyards................................1:43.116 sec

3rd}(R)Robert Doornbos, #14 Muermans/OzJet...................1:43.143 sec
4th}(R)Graham Rahal, #2 Medi/Zone.................................1:43.162 sec

5th} Bruno Junquiera, #19 Sonny's Real Pit BBQ.................1:43.201 sec
6th} Alex Tagliani, #8 Wal-Mart Canada.............................1:43.374 sec

7th}(R)Neel Jani, #21 Red Bull/Gulfstream.........................1:43.417 sec
8th} Dan Clarke, #4 Ticketmaster/OzJet............................1:43.439 sec

9th} Jan Heylen, #34 Grafiprint Digital Services..................1:43.523 sec
10th} Justin Wilson, #9 CDW/Plantronics............................1:43.525 sec

11th}(R)Tristan Gommendy, #22 Pay-by-touch/Megaspirea..1:43.565 sec
12th}(R)Simon Pagenaud, #15 Aussie Vineyards..................1:43.581 sec

13th}(R)Ryan Dalziel, #28 Ironclad/Molecule Labs................1:43.611 sec
14th} Oriol Servia, #7 Indeck/Forsythe...............................1:43.710 sec

15th}(R)Alex Figge, #29 Molecule Labs................................1:44.027 sec
16th} Paul Tracy, #3 Indeck/Monster Energy Drink...............1:44.716 sec

17th} Katherine Legge, #11 Northern Illinois Steel................1:46.910 sec
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Simply dominant at Kettle Moraine.............

Post by mlittle » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:12 am

On Friday, Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing's Sebastien Bourdais dominated Friday QS-1, then backed it up by dominating Saturday QS-2 by over 1.5 seconds..........care to guess what happened Sunday?

Wait for it.....wait for it...........SeaBass won Sunday's Generac Grand Prix; indeed, for a road course event at Road America, it was essentially a rare snorefest(indeed, I think I fell asleep during the race....... :shock2: :shock2: :shock2: :shock2: :shock2: ) Just how dominant was Bourdais today? He led 51 of 53 laps(the only time he didn't lead was on pitstops).

Top-10 from Kettle Moraine..................................
1st} #1 Sebastien Bourdais................................53 laps
2nd} #4 Dan Clarke..........................................-9.751 sec
3rd}(R)#2 Graham Rahal..................................-12.206 sec
4th} #7 Oriol Servia.........................................-20.860 sec
5th} #8 Alex Tagliani........................................-50.704 sec
6th} #34 Jan Heylen.........................................-1:00.053 sec
7th}(R)#22 Tristan Gommendy..........................-1:02.341 sec
8th} #9 Justin Wilson........................................-1:02.961 sec
9th} #19 Bruno Junquiera.................................-1:04.525 sec
10th}(R)#21 Neel Jani......................................-1:12.966 sec
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