Taking the green flag this afternoon, Sebastien Bourdais (#2 McDonald's Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) never looked back leading all 63 laps during the season finale of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford and becomes the 2004 Champion source: champcarworldseries.com Giving a scare to many when he put a tire off the track on lap 41 which caused him to spin, he was able maintain his lead and win by 4.604 seconds over Newman/Haas Racing teammate Bruno Junqueira (#6 PacifiCare Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone). A one-two podium finish and a one-two finish in the 2004 Championship standings were accomplished today by the duo. 2004 Roshfrans Rookie-of-the-Year A.J. Allmendinger (#10 Western Union Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) matched his best result of the season finishing third in today's race after great fuel strategy and good pit stops. Justin Wilson (#34 Mi-Jack Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) earned his best finish of his rookie season this afternoon in fourth. Jimmy Vasser (#12 Gulfstream Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) rounded out the top five in the Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate Presented by Banamex. The best finishing Mexican today was Mario Dominguez (#55 Herdez Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) by finishing eighth, with Michel Jourdain Jr. (#9 Gigante Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) finishing in ninth. Bourdais also is the winner of the Corona Cup was awarded a $100,000 cash prize and special trophy for scoring the most total points in the two Champ Car races held in Mexico. As for Patrick Carpentier, he completes his 7 year passage in CART and Champ Car earning the third posision in the 2004 Championship behind Bourdais and Junqueira one single point ahead of last year's champion Tracy. All 19 cars finished in today's field, so stay tuned for the complete race report from Mexico City.
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