On tricky Brands Hatch circuit source: F1-Live.com In the last three seasons, nearly 50 percent of the races (30 of 62) in the CART Champ Car World Series have been won by front-row starters - a fact that is apparently not lost on series points leader Paul Tracy. Tracy has earned a front-row starting spot in each of the first three races of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford, and parlayed those starting spots into victories in St. Petersburg, Monterrey and Long Beach as he started his quest for his first series title by building a 26-point lead in the points.The Canadian made it four-for-four in 2003 and established a new career standard Saturday in guaranteeing himself a front-row starting spot for Monday's London Champ Car Trophy event at Brands Hatch, doing so by leading first-round qualifying on the 1.192-mile Brands Hatch short circuit. Tracy went out and set the day's best time on the last of his four qualifying laps, putting up an effort of 37.006 seconds (115.960 mph) to lead the 19-car field. "I guess I'm starting to impress myself a little bit," Tracy grinned. "The Player's guys have given me such a great car all year and we've had tremendous success so far. Hopefully we can keep it up." Tracy, who led Saturday's morning practice sessions, used the last of his four laps in first-round qualifying to vault himself ahead of Bruno Junqueira and into the top spot on the provisional grid. The effort gives the series points leader another digit to put on his total and widens his series edge to 27 points over Junqueira.
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