Street Course * Long Beach, California
Race Date Sunday, April 20, 2008
Pos Driver Car Team Lap Time Mph km/h Leader Previous
1 J. Wilson 2 Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:06.902 105.898 170.426
2 A. Tagliani 15 Walker Racing 1:07.084 105.611 169.964 0.182
3 F. Perera 34 Conquest Racing 1:07.180 105.460 169.721 0.278 0.096
4 W. Power 8 KV Racing 1:07.205 105.421 169.658 0.303 0.025
5 P. Tracy 3 Forsythe Pettit 1:07.352 105.191 169.288 0.450 0.147
6 F. Montagny 7 Forsythe Pettit 1:07.360 105.178 169.267 0.458 0.008
7 N. Philippe 4 Minardi/HVM 1:07.415 105.092 169.129 0.513 0.055
8 E. Bernoldi 36 Conquest Racing 1:07.682 104.678 168.462 0.780 0.267
9 G. Rahal 6 Newman/Haas/Lanigan 1:07.703 104.645 168.409 0.801 0.021
10 M. Dominguez 96 Pacific Coast Mtsps. 1:07.745 104.580 168.305 0.843 0.042
11 B. Junqueira 18 Dale Coyne Racing 1:07.786 104.517 168.203 0.884 0.041
12 O. Servia 5 KV Racing 1:07.858 104.406 168.025 0.956 0.072
13 J. Vasser 12 KV Racing 1:07.859 104.405 168.023 0.957 0.001
14 E. Viso 33 PDVSA HVM Racing 1:07.927 104.300 167.854 1.025 0.068
15 A. Pizzonia 9 Rocketsports 1:08.463 103.484 166.541 1.561 0.536
16 A. Figge 29 Pacific Coast Mtsps. 1:08.489 103.444 166.477 1.587 0.026
17 R. Moreno 14 Minardi / HVM 1:08.549 103.354 166.332 1.647 0.060
18 D. Martinez 37 Forsythe Pettit 1:08.645 103.209 166.098 1.743 0.096
19 M. Moraes 19 Dale Coyne Racing 1:09.279 102.265 164.579 2.377 0.634
20 J. Annala 10 Rocketsports 1:09.555 101.859 163.926 2.653 0.276
Long Beach Grand Prix Event Notes:
This is Justin Wilson’s seventh career Champ Car pole. He won two poles in each of the last three seasons, with his last pole coming July 28, 2007 at San Jose, Calif., in a car fielded by RuSPORT.
Justin Wilson will make his 14th career front-row start in 55 career Champ Car events.
This is Justin Wilson’s first career pole at Long Beach. His previous best start here was second in 2006.
This is the 11th career pole at Long Beach for Newman/Haas-Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing and the third in a row. Sebastien Bourdais won the pole for this event in 2006 and 2007, winning both years.
This is Justin Wilson’s first career pole for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. He joined the team this season, qualifying 15th on the Homestead oval and third on the St. Petersburg street circuit in his two IndyCar Series starts this season.
Alex Tagliani qualified second, his best qualifying position in nine career starts at Long Beach. His previous best was third in 2003. Tagliani qualified in the first four rows for this event for the sixth consecutive year, a streak that started when he qualified third in 2003.
This is the second consecutive year that a rookie has qualified in the top three for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Franck Perera qualified third today; Simon Pagenaud qualified third in 2007.
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