2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

March 2026 February 2025 United States Long Beach Long Beach Street Circuit IndyCar.svg Long Beach Track Layout April 18 2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 1 14 Champ Car Long Beach Street CircuitLong Beach, California, United States Temporary street circuit 1.968 3.167 81 159.408 256.527 Temperatures up to 66.9 F C; wind speeds up to 13 mph km/h2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weather information http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Long%20Beach/2004-04-18 The Old Farmers' Almanac October 5, 2013 Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:08.913 Brazil Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:09.729 71 France Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing Canada Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing Brazil Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France 2003 2005 The 2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on April 18, 2004 on the Long Beach Street Circuit. It was the first event for the new Champ Car World Series which was created when Gerald Forsythe, Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Dan Petit purchased the bankrupt CART series' liquidated assets in an Indianapolis courtroom the previous January. Bruno Junqueira won the first Champ Car-era pole while Paul Tracy took the first win. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:08.913 1:11.237 1:08.913 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:10.033 1:09.800 1:09.800 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:09.156 1:10.196 1:09.156 4 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 1:09.450 1:10.673 1:09.450 5 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:09.458 1:09.830 1:09.458 6 US Ryan Hunter-Reay Herdez Competition 1:09.613 1:10.219 1:09.613 7 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 1:09.730 1:12.023 1:09.730 8 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 1:09.905 1:11.039 1:09.905 9 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Forsythe Racing 1:09.953 1:11.793 1:09.953 10 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 1:10.056 1:10.749 1:10.056 11 UK Justin Wilson Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:10.122 1:11.168 1:10.122 12 Spain Oriol Servià Dale Coyne Racing -* 1:10.273 1:10.273 13 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. RuSPORT 1:10.912 1:10.652 1:10.652 14 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Walker Racing 1:10.988 1:11.843 1:10.988 15 Brazil Alex Sperafico Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:11.238 – 1:11.238 16 France Nelson Philippe Rocketsports Racing 1:11.275 1:12.022 1:11.275 17 Mexico Roberto González PKV Racing 1:11.295 1:12.021 1:11.295 18 Brazil Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 1:16.809 1:16.863 1:16.809 *The time of Oriol Servià from qualification session #1 was disallowed after his car failed post-session technical inspection. Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 81 1:44:12.348 3 32 2 6 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 81 +5.681 secs 1 29 3 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 81 +6.375 secs 2 27 4 7 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 81 +16.801 secs 7 24 5 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 81 +17.527 secs 5 21 6 34 UK Justin Wilson Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 81 +36.645 secs 11 20 7 4 US Ryan Hunter-Reay Herdez Competition 81 +38.926 secs 6 17 8 8 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 81 +1:00.578 4 15 9 5 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Walker Racing 80 + 1 Lap 14 13 10 3 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Forsythe Racing 80 + 1 Lap 9 11 11 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. RuSPORT 80 + 1 Lap 13 10 12 10 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 79 + 2 Laps 8 9 13 17 France Nelson Philippe Rocketsports Racing 78 + 3 Laps 16 8 14 21 Mexico Roberto González PKV Racing 76 Gearbox 17 7 15 11 Spain Oriol Servià Dale Coyne Racing 14 Oil Leak 12 6 16 12 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 1 Contact 10 5 17 14 Brazil Alex Sperafico Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1 Contact 15 4 18 19 Brazil Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 1 Contact 18 3 Caution flags Laps Cause1–5 Yellow start; Multiple car contact Lap leaders Laps Leader1 Bruno Junqueira2–58 Paul Tracy59–60 Patrick Carpentier61–81 Paul Tracy Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 78Patrick Carpentier 2Bruno Junqueira 1 New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:44:12.348 Average Speed 91.785 mph External links Full Weekend Times & Results Friday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025020/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-long-beach-friday-qualifying-times-1/ February 16, 2018 Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025144/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-long-beach-saturday-qualifying-times-2008-03-27/ February 16, 2018 Race Box Score References 2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2004 2003 King Taco 500Previous Season 2004 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey 2003 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2005 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 33 45 59 N 118 11 34 W region:US-CA_type:event title Long Beach Long Beach Category:Grand Prix of Long Beach