2002 Champ Car titleholder Cristiano da Matta used an alternate fuel
strategy early in the 105-lap Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland last night to
earn his 12th career win and the first for the PKV Racing team.
source: lolacars.com Driving the Lola/Ford-Cosworth on Bridgestone tyres he won by a dominant 10.127-second margin over reigning champion, Sebastien Bourdais' Newman Haas Lola. The Brazilian celebrated his second Portland win (he last won in 2002). ![]() Da Matta knew he had "an excellent car and could move up" if given the chance. "I've always liked this track and I had a good race car. When it is hot like this, it's a matter of whoever got the car more balanced for the race." Today it was Da Matta and PKV. Bourdais found his Lola "quite good today. We had the best lap time of the race and it was quite a consistent performance throughout the day," despite being forced to try and save fuel throughout Paul Tracy started and finished third in his Forsythe Championship Racing Lola and noted his team is "very competitive this year. We had a good, clean dice with Sebastien." Teammate Mario Dominguez was fourth with his similar Forsythe Lola and said of his race; "It was good. It was both quick and consistent which is what we always shoot for." Second starter A.J. Allmendinger took fifth with his RuSPORT Lola. PKV team co-owner Jimmy Vasser earned sixth place in his Lola and rookie Andrew Ranger was the final driver on the lead lap, seventh in his Conquest Racing B2/00.
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