BOURDAIS WINS THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH; But can Champ Car keep the race?(Motorsports)(Sebastien Bourdais)

Byline: BILL McGUIRE The season-opening Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is the Champ Car World Series' marquee event. Newman-Haas Racing is Champ Car's most powerful team, led by series champion Sebastien Bourdais and 2004 championship runner-up Bruno Junqueira. Bourdais won the event, in one of the racier shows at the Beach in recent years.

But all weekend long a battle formed off the track as well, as Champ Car and its bitter rival, the Indy Racing League, prepared to fight for control over Long Beach's future. Champ Car's agreement with the Long Beach Grand Prix Association ...

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