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FIGHT TO THE FINISH; Champ Car imitates the IRL in NASCAR country.(Motorsports)(Indy Racing League)(Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
Byline: J.P. VETTRAINO
The inaugural Champ Car race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway featured clumps of cars going three- and four-wide into Turn One and a tense, 20-lap duel to the finish between Newman-Haas teammates (and championship rivals) Sebastien Bourdais and Bruno Junqueira. It was an Indy Racing League-style race with no wrecks, more or less by design.
The design lay in the high-downforce aerodynamic package Champ Car used for the 1.5-mile oval on the north edge of Vegas. To prepare with six weeks' notice and to contain costs for the poorer teams, the series mandated full road-course wings at LVMS. On the positive side, there was a lot of passing ...
- WELL DONE; Champ Car opens its season with a solid Las Vegas event.(Motorsports)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek SMITH, STEVEN COLE April 16, 2007 700+ words
...tell you this was Las Vegas, certainly that...and this is the Champ Car World Series Vegas...winding past venerable Las Vegas attractions such...best news of all for Champ Car is that every car that crashed in Las Vegas will be repaired...
- CHAMP CAR ATLANTIC TALKING POINTS.(2007 Fan Guide)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek March 12, 2007 700+ words
...million. Look for him to join Champ Car with Team Australia and for Rahal...season starts April 8, with the Champ Car kickoff at Las Vegas, one of two new venues; the...ending the season months before Champ Car. Reportedly, Atlantic has a...
- CHAMP CAR ATLANTIC: Young Guns Make Up Strong Field.(News)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek December 17, 2007 700+ words
...successful rookie season in Champ Car this year with Team Australia...plagued its parent series, Champ Car. The 2007 season began in Las Vegas, which is not on the schedule...Mansell (20), sons of 1993 Champ Car and 1992 Formula One champion...
- Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes: official finishes of Champ Car World...
- Magazine article from: Paint & Coatings Industry September 1, 2006 700+ words
...Finishes Corp. (SWAFC) and Champ Car are teaming up to bring...visual excitement to the Champ Car World Series. At a joint press conference in Las Vegas at the Specialty Equipment...their plans for taking Champ Car to the next level. Sherwin...
- Champ Car might have company in '07.
- Newspaper article from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) September 24, 2006 700+ words
...just very happy to see Champ Car back here at Road America...loyal fans here." If Champ Car were to join the American...America is completely up to Champ Car, which plans to announce its schedule Wednesday in Las Vegas. Good enough: Rookie...
- Ward was a seven-time champ-car race winner.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kallmann, Dave July 9, 2004 700+ words
...who died this week at age 83, won a record seven champ-car races at the Milwaukee Mile plus three in stock...the blanks The addition this week of a Sept. 25 Las Vegas date to the Champ Car schedule leaves it with one "TBA," the finale...
- Va Champ a Las Vegas.(Deportes)
- Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) July 8, 2004 700+ words
...REFORMA / Redaccin LAS VEGAS.-La Serie Champ Car World Series anunci...presentar una carrera de Champ Car en Las Vegas y la oportunidad...el presidente de Champ Car, Dick Eidswick...de televisin en Las Vegas han sido fuertes...
- Getting up to speed is Champ Car's theme.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) April 6, 2007 700+ words
...Motorsports team joins Champ Car with rookie drivers Ryan...Andrew Ranger has left Champ Car to go to the NASCAR Canada...with new street events in Las Vegas (Sunday) and Phoenix (Dec.2). In between, Champ Car will make its first visit...
