Denver - Champ Car - Race source: f1.racing-live.com / E.A. / CCWS Sebastien Bourdais showed that he was more than prepared when opportunity knocked Sunday in Denver, taking advantage of a rare Paul Tracy miscue to take victory in the Grand Prix of Denver. The victory was the third consecutive for Bourdais, and more importantly allowed the defending series champion to widen his points lead to 53 with five races to go over Tracy, who ended his day in 16th after a bobble left him in the Turn Four fence. Tracy was the class of the field during the opening half of the event, pulling away to an 11-second lead over the field even through the first round of pit stops. Tracy led a train that had lapped 12 of the 18 cars in the field at one point, leaving Bourdais to battle with Mario Dominguez and A.J. Allmendinger for podium spots. But Tracy committed an uncharacteristic error on Lap 62, brushing the inside of the Turn Three fence while trying to lap Timo Glock (#8 DHL Global Mail Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone), sending him straight into the Turn Four wall. The accident resulted in heavy damage to the Forsythe machine, ending Tracy's run after a day where he had led 59 of 62 laps. Bourdais took the lead on the restart and sprinted away from there, leaving Dominguez and Allmendinger for second place, building a 15- second margin-of-victory on his way to his third consecutive Champ Car victory. Bourdais also ran the fastest lap of the day to earn an extra championship point, giving him more than a full race's allotment of points over Tracy in his quest to become the first driver since Gil de Ferran (2000-2001) to repeat as Champ Car champion.
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