FIGHT TO THE FINISH; Champ Car imitates the IRL in NASCAR country.(Motorsports)(Indy Racing League)(Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
AutoWeek, October, 2004
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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.
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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 ...
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