As Jourdain leads the pack to Portland source: f1.racing-live.com Patrick Carpentier used his Monterey win to vault directly into the heart of the title hunt while podium sitters Bruno Junqueira and Paul Tracy each closed the gap to Jourdain's series lead. That hunt heads to the Pacific Northwest this weekend in the second of back-to- back road-course CART Champ Car races as Portland International Raceway will host the G.I. Joe's 200 on the winding 1.969-mile layout. The track, which features a tricky first turn and the fabled Festival Curves, will be celebrating its 20th year of hosting the CART Champ Cars this season and will have a full dance card this weekend as the up-and-coming drivers of the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship as well as the Barber Dodge Pro Series join their Champ Car brethren. Of the drivers that can leave Portland with their names atop the point standings, Carpentier comes in with the most momentum as well as the best recent track record at PIR. Carpentier has earned consecutive podium finishes, capped by last week's win at Laguna Seca, and has earned top-10 finishes in each of his last five visits to the Rose City including fifth-place runs in each of the last two seasons. The most consistent driver through the first seven events this year, Carpentier is the only driver to finish in the points in every race this year, leads the loop in laps completed and has set a new team record for most consecutive top-10 finishes (7) to start a season.
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