Cleveland Race weekend thread (RACE RESULTS INSIDE)

[luke]

Race 5 of 14 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank Burke Lakefront Airport





Weekend schedule: (ET)

Friday / Jun 24
Practice 1: 11:15 AM ET
+ Live Timing

Practice 2: 3:00 PM ET
Live Timing
+ Telemetry

Qualifying 1: 3:25 PM ET
+ Live Timing
+ Telemetry


Saturday / Jun 25

Practice 3: 10:15 AM ET
+ Live Timing
+ Telemetry
+ Race Director Audio
+ Race Director Video

Practice 4: 2:00 PM ET
+ Live Timing
+ Telemetry
+ Race Director Audio
+ Race Director Video

Qualifying 2: 2:25 PM ET
+ Live Timing
+ Telemetry
+ Race Director Audio
+ Race Director Video


Sunday / Jun 26
Warm-Up : 10:00 AM ET
+ Live Timing
+ Telemetry


Weekend weather forcast:

Friday
90°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) Cloudy

Saturday
85°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) Thunder

Sunday
85°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) Cloudy


TV:

U.S. Race Live on CBS, Sun Jun 26 1:30 pm ET

U.K. Race Live on Eurosport 2, Sun Jun 26 7:15pm BST

Canada: CBS, but also live on TSN, 1:30 PM ET. (2.5-hours)

Australia: Live on race Director at 4.00am Monday morning (approx)
Oz Free to air : Channel 10 Monday Night after sports tonight and Big brother

Live Timing
(Live Timing and Telemetry are both available for every session)


Support series:

» Toyota Atlantic

» Trans-Am

SCCA Pro Racing

FF2000

Formula Drift


Website: www.grandprixofcleveland.com


Track length: 2.106 mile street course

First Champ Car race: 1982

Total Champ Car races: 23

Defending champion : Sebastien Bourdais

[marcus]

Cleveland Fast Facts

Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is one the most popular events on the cercuit.

it has held a Champcar race since 1982 and boasts an impressive list of winners.

the track itself has had 3 track changes in its history to end up with the current circuit length of 2.106 miles long (3.369 kms)

Previous winners

1982 : Bobby Rahal
1983 : Al Unser Jnr
1984 : Danny Sullivan
1985 : Al Unser Jnr
1986 : Danny Sullivan
1987 : Emerson Fittipaldi
1988 : Mario Andretti
1989 : Emerson Fittipaldi
1990 : Danny Sullivan
1991 : Michael Andretti
1992 : Emerson Fittipaldi
1993 : Paul Tracy
1994 : Al Unser Jnr
1995 : Jacques Villeneuve
1996 : Gil de Ferran
1997 : Alex Zanardi
1998 : Alex Zanardi
1999 : Juan Pablo Montoya
2000 : Roberto Moreno
2001 : Dario Franchitti
2002 : Patrick Carpentier
2003 : Sebastien Bourdais
2004 : Sebastien Bourdais


Qualifying record

The qualifying track record on the current layout was set by Jimmy Vasser way back in 1998 with a time of 56.417 secs

Race Lap Record

Paul Tracy Holds the race lap record set in 2002 with a time of 58.473 secs

Starting Grid

1.Paul Tracy 57.419 (24th Career Pole)
Forsythe Racing
228th Career start


2. Cristiano da Matta 57.424 (7th time starting 2nd)
PKV
84th Career start



3. Sebastien Bourdais 57.559 (6th time starting 3rd)
Newman Haas
37th Career start


4. Andrew Ranger 57.801 (1st time starting 4th)
Conquest
5th Career Start
Career Best Qualifying

5.Alex Tagliani 57.836 (7th time starting 5th)
Team Australia/Walker racing
96th Career start


6. Oriol Servia 57.917 (4th time starting 6th)
Newman Haas
91st Career start


7. Mario Dominguez 57.942 (2nd time starting 7th)
Forsythe Racing
56th Career start


8. Jimmy Vasser 58.029 (13th time starting 8th)
PKV
223rd Career Start



9.AJ Allmendinger 58.126 (1st time starting 9th)
Rusport
19th Career start


10. Tarso Marques 58.335 (2nd time starting 10th)
Dale Coyne Racing
26th Career Start


11.Timo Glock 58.385 (2nd time starting 11th)
Rocketsports
5th Career start


12. Ronnie Bremer 58.471 (1st time starting 12th)
HVM
5th Career Start


13. Bjorn Wirdheim 58.493 (3rd time starting 13th)
HVM
5th Career start


14. Ryan Hunter-Reay 58.693 (4th time starting 14th)
Rocketsports
37th Career start


15. Nelson Phillipe 58.844 (2nd time starting 15th)
Conquest
16th Career start


16.Justin Wilson 1:10.166 (1st time starting 16th)
Rusport
19th Career start


17. Ricardo Sperafico 59.128 (2nd time starting 17th)
Dale Coyne Racing
5th Career start


18. Marcus Marshall 59.200 (2nd time starting 18th)
Team Australia/Walker racing
5th Career start

[marcus]

RACE RESULTS

1. Paul Tracy
25th Career Victory

2. AJ Allmendinger


3.Oriol Servia


4.Alex Tagliani


5. Sebastien Bourdais


6. Jimmy Vasser


7. Justin Wilson


8. Andrew Ranger


9. Ricardo Sperafico


10. Timo Glock


11. Tarso Marques


12.Marcus Marshall


13. Nelson Phillipe




DID NOT FINISH

Ryan Hunter Reay

Mario Dominguez

Cristiano da Matta

Bjorn Wirdheim

Ronnie Bremer

FASTEST LAP

Oriol Servia set the Fastest Lap on lap 90 with a time of 58.616

MOVER OF THE RACE

This weeks Mover of the race was Justin Wilson who came from 16th to finish in 7th position

FALL FROM GRACE

Thid weeks biggest backwards mover was Andrew Ranger who finished in 8th after starting in 4th place

CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS

1 Paul Tracy 128
2 Sebastien Bourdais 127
3 A.J. Allmendinger 102
4 Justin Wilson 95
5 Jimmy Vasser 82
6 Cristiano da Matta 80
7 Oriol Servia 79
8 Mario Dominguez 75
9 Andrew Ranger (R) 69
10 Alex Tagliani 69
11 Timo Glock (R) 65
12 Bruno Junqueira 59
13 Ronnie Bremer (R) 59
14 Bjorn Wirdheim (R) 50
15 Nelson Philippe 39
16 Ryan Hunter-Reay 38
17 Marcus Marshall (R) 36
18 Ricardo Sperafico (R) 34
19 Tarso Marques 10
20 Michael Valiante (R) 10
21 Fabrizio Del Monte (R) 5
22 Jorge Goeters (R) 3

NATIONS CUP

1 Canada 145
2 France 122
3 Brazil 111
4 USA 108
5 England 91
6 Catalonia 78
7 Mexico 73
8 Germany 64
9 Denmark 56
10 Sweden 49
11 Australia 36
12 Italy 5

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1 Andrew Ranger (R) 69
2 Timo Glock (R) 65
3 Ronnie Bremer (R) 59
4 Bjorn Wirdheim (R) 50
5 Marcus Marshall (R) 36
6 Ricardo Sperafico (R) 34
7 Michael Valiante (R) 10
8 Fabrizio Del Monte (R) 5
9 Jorge Goeters (R) 3


PASSING POINTS

1. Marcus Marshall +15
2. Bjorn Wirdheim +12
= Ricardo Sperafico +12
4. Ronnie Bremer +11
5. Ryan Hunter-Reay +10
= Oriol Servia +10
7. Andrew Ranger +8
8. Timo Glock +7
= AJ Allmendinger +7
= Justin Wilson +7
11. Michael Valiante +4
= Nelson Phillipe +4
13. Bruno Junqueira +3
= Fabrizio Delmonte +3
= Cristiano Da Matta +3
= Paul Tracy +3
= Mario Dominguez +3
18. Jimmy Vasser +2
19. Sebastien Bourdais 0
20. Tarso Marques -1
21. Alex Tagliani -5

NEXT EVENT

Toronto July 10th

PREVIOUS ROUND RESULTS

RND 1 LONG BEACH
RND 2 MONTERREY
RND 3 MILWAUKEE
RND 4 PORTLAND

[macdaddy]

Don't forget to get your predictions in!

[Baritone2400]

I wish i was going but i feel good for those USGP ticket holders as they deserve a good race!

[marcus]

updated with previous winners and lap records

[marcus]

does anyone know if Ronnie bremer will be running or has he saldy lost his drive ?

[mac]

Has there been a better drive at Cleveland than Zanardi going from last to first to win in 1997?

Totally spectacular!

I'll give a free smiley to the first person who can tell me why he went to the back of the pack that day ........

[thomasl]

Originally Posted by marcus

does anyone know if Ronnie bremer will be running or has he saldy lost his drive ?

Ronnie will be running this weekend. But it's his absolute last chance at HVM, if he doesn't come up with some sponsors.
Fortunately Ronnie sounds pretty confident now - at least half the sponsorship required should be in place now. So I'm crossing my fingers for it to happen.

[D.R.T.]

Originally Posted by thomasl

Ronnie will be running this weekend. But it's his absolute last chance at HVM, if he doesn't come up with some sponsors.
Fortunately Ronnie sounds pretty confident now - at least half the sponsorship required should be in place now. So I'm crossing my fingers for it to happen.

So am I, Thomas so am I.

This guy can drive

[macdaddy]

mac...
Zanardi was one of the several cars that went into pitlane while it was closed. They were all relegated to the back of the pack. But Zanardi was further penalized for speeding in pitlane.

[bradrive]

Leo Maia racing for Jensen in Atlantics in Cleveland

[Muzza]

Originally Posted by bradrive

Leo Maia racing for Jensen in Atlantics in Cleveland

This is great news. Maia is bloody quick.

[jjspierx]

Originally Posted by Muzza

This is great news. Maia is bloody quick.

Maia is damn fast. I think he tied AJ's record in Barber Dodge Pro for race wins in a single season, but I could be wrong about that. It was his at least 2nd year in the series though and AJ did it in one.

[Snrub]

thomasl: Sounds great, but can you elaborate on how you know that? I've been very impressed with Bremer and I'm rooting for him.

Great news on Maia as well. CC's website had an article on him a week or so ago. It sounded like he was putting his full effort into getting an Atlantics drive for next year. Given his Barber Dodge record, I expected him to do quiet well in IPS last year. For some reason he didn't. Does anyone have any insights?

[thomasl]

[QUOTE=Snrub]thomasl: Sounds great, but can you elaborate on how you know that? I've been very impressed with Bremer and I'm rooting for him.

QUOTE]

Can't say much more than that. It's been in the news here in DK that he has one sponsor willing to pay half of what's needed. But contrary to last week Ronnie expressed optimism about finding a sponsor for the other half.
Also I think that the Danish Motorsports Federation are doing what they can to help Ronnie.

[Snrub]

Fair enough thomasl, that sounds pretty reasonable. Do you know if it's a car sponsor or a personal sponsor? Often times drivers get personal money, yet nothing goes on the cars. I don't understand that. What do these sponsors get for their money? I suppose the Danish Motorsports Federation getting behind Bremer is not dissimilar to how RAC supported Manning in 2003.

P1: PT, CDM, Bourdais in the top 3. They're about 2 seconds off last year's pole time, but about even with last year's P1. It always stikes me as odd that despite using the same equipment that the times start so slow and get so much faster as the sessions progress.

Do you think CDM/PKV can continue their top form?

[thomasl]

No word about who or how. Last year Karsten Ree (Den Blå Avis) stepped up to help Ronnie, but that must have been a personal sponsorship cause nothing showed on the car.
I don't think the Federation is actually putting money in to it, it's more a question of helping guys like Ronnie and Kiesa finding the sponsors.

[macdaddy]

da Matta on provisional pole!

Top-seven (almost eight) qualify within 1/2-second of eachother.

[Snrub]

Q1 Results

58.436 CDM
58.440 Tracy
58.546 Dominguez
58.576 Bourdais
58.705 Tagliani
58.835 Vasser
58.920 Servia
58.986 Wilson
59.158 Allmendinger
59.346 Glock
59.395 Hunter-Reay
59.435 Bremer
59.581 Ranger
59.789 Philippe
59.819 Marques
59.970 Wirdheim
1:00.4 Sperafico
1:01.1 Marshall

They're still a second off last year's pole time, so anything can happen in Q2.

[mabs_nsx]

da Matta on provisional pole

[D.R.T.]

Damn those guys are close. The closest front row (well for the moment) since Long Beach 2002. Nice work.

I see RHR's car has changed colours too, Red and Yellow like Glocks with a company called "cyromax" or something like that on the side pods. Good to see hopefully it can bring him some more speed. Anyone one now what happened to briggs and stratton

[macdaddy]

RHR is driving Glock's backup car this weekend, because the colours better match the new sponsor (which is a sports drink). I have no idea what the story is behind Briggs/Stratton though.

[00 XR8]

Good to see that the PKV cars do have genuine pace, and that the Portland win wasn't completely about fuel strategy.

Meanwhile, down the other end of the pack, Mr Marshall continues to struggle . I think they should stick with him for the season now, but if Will Power's funds dry up, any chance of seeing him in a Team Aus car next season?

[Omega99]

Remember that PKV grabbed pole at Milwaukee as well. I have a feeling that the combination of McGee, da Matta, Vasser, and Kalkhoven is starting to really gel. This is going to make things very interesting!