Serving as a replacement driver for injured Bruno Junqueira in the Newman Haas team, Oriol Servia secured his maiden Champ Car victory (in his 95th start) this weekend on the 2.709-mile Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. source: lolacars.com The Catalonian led only one lap of the contest, hunting down and passing eventual second place finisher Timo Glock on the final lap to bring his Newman Haas Lola to Victory Lane. ![]() ORIOL SERVIA TAKES THE CHEQUERED FLAG IN MONTREAL LAST NIGHT "Since day one, the [Newman-Haas Racing] team has shown great, great support for me, all the guys in the crew and all the owners. It just feels extremely good to be able to show them that they did the right choice trusting me and I'm really, really glad to give them this win. I hope it's the first of many," said Servia . In winning he became the sixth different winner this season and moved to second in the chase for Champ Car's Vanderbilt Cup, behind teammate Sebastien Bourdais.
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