Champ Car drivers and teammates Will Power and Simon Pagenaud announced today in the "Great White North" that the open-wheel racing series' nine teams will compete in a first-ever team showdown during the upcoming Champ Car World Series three-event July swing through Canada. source: champcarworldseries.com Officially dubbed the "Champ Car Canadian Triple Crown," the team competition will pit teams against each other over the three successive Canadian races, beginning this week in Mont-Tremblant (July 1), continuing next week in Toronto (July 8) and concluding on July 22 in Edmonton. The standings for the Triple Crown will be based on the combined average finish for each team. "A Champ Car Triple Crown competition in Canada will be a fun way to draw extra attention to this country's three great events, and of course as drivers we're all for anything that involves more competition against each other," said Power, who joined Team Australia teammate Pagenaud this morning in both Montreal and Mont-Tremblant to announce the competition to the media. "I don't know about the other drivers, but I know that I will be quite happy if Simon finishes exactly one spot behind me in all three races, and we share the podium each and every time." Added Frenchman Pagenaud: "I like our chances. Team Australia has a great team manager in Rob Edwards, a great crew and Will's not a bad driver to pair up with. Those two Newman/Haas/Lanigan boys will be a tough duo to beat, and so will Tag and Justin, and Oriol and Paul Tracy, who of course will be a big favorite here in Canada." Power and Pagenaud currently are third and eighth, respectively, in the Champ Car World Series points standings, while Newman/Haas/Lanigan teammates Sebastian Bourdais and Graham Rahal are first and seventh. Other teams to watch are Alex Tagliani and Justin Wilson, driving for RSports and currently fourth and fifth, respectively, in the standings, and Oriol Servia (sixth) and recent Cleveland champion Paul Tracy (tenth). "Our three events in Canada are very important to us and we wanted to make them even more special this year," said Champ Car President and CEO Steve Johnson. "We have a strong base of very loyal Champ Car fans throughout the entire country and over the next three races the Canadian Triple Crown will add another interesting element to the media coverage and fan interest."
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