2007 Generac Grand Prix

March 2026 February 2025 USA Generac Grand Prix of Road America Road_America.svg Road America Track Layout August 12 2007 Champ Car Generac Grand Prix at Road America 10 14 Champ Car Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States Permanent Road Course 4.048 6.515 53 214.544 345.276 Sunny, 86 F / 30 C Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 1:41.535 France Sebastien Bourdais Newman Haas Lanigan Racing 1:44.346 53 France Sebastien Bourdais Newman Haas Lanigan Racing France Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA UK Graham Rahal (R) Newman Haas Lanigan Racing USA The 2007 Champ Car Generac Grand Prix at Road America was the tenth round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season. It was held on August 12 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 1:42.385 1:41.535 1:41.535 2 AUS Will Power Team Australia 1:43.116 1:43.595 1:43.116 3 NED Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 1:43.619 1:43.134 1:43.134 4 US Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 1:43.732 1:43.162 1:43.162 5 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 1:44.326 1:43.201 1:43.201 6 Canada Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 1:43.689 1:43.374 1:43.374 7 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 1:43.417 1:44.296 1:43.417 8 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 1:43.439 1:43.853 1:43.439 9 Belgium Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 1:44.295 1:43.523 1:43.523 10 UK Justin Wilson RSPORTS 1:43.525 1:44.050 1:43.525 11 France Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 1:44.032 1:43.565 1:43.565 12 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 1:43.637 1:43.581 1:43.581 13 UK Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:43.611 1:43.795 1:43.611 14 Spain Oriol Servià Forsythe Racing 1:43.710 no time 1:43.710 15 US Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 1:45.432 1:44.027 1:44.027 16 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:44.716 1:47.132 1:44.716 17 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 1:46.901 1:47.271 1:46.901 Sébastien Bourdais, fresh off signing his name to a 2008 contract with Formula 1's Scuderia Toro Rosso, dominated both qualifying sessions, finishing Saturday with a best lap a second and a half clear of his closest competitor. Will Power was best of the rest to secure the other front row starting spot next to Bourdais on Sunday. Race After dominating qualifying, Sébastien Bourdais led away from the starting grid. Will Power, the other front row starter, dropped back with bad handling while Robert Doornbos was able to provide Bourdais a certain amount of pressure after starting third on the grid, staying within two seconds of the Frenchman. Unfortunately for Doornbos the set of tires he switched to after his first pit stop did not prove to his liking and he began losing large chunks of time as Bourdais continued in the lead. Meanwhile, Doornbos' teammate Dan Clarke was putting on a show. Slow away from the grid thanks to a bad clutch, Clarke took advantage of the yellow flag on the opening lap by pitting and setting off an alternate strategy. When the rest of the field pitted on lap 14, Clarke found himself in the lead and made the most of the open track in front of him and came out in second place in front of Doornbos and Graham Rahal after he emerged from his pit stop on lap 16. With Doornbos struggling on his tires, Rahal got around Doornbos in turn 3 on lap 24. Doornbos' race then went completely wrong on the next lap as Clarke cut in front of him on the approach to turn 5. Doornbos' front wing was knocked off and his suspension was damaged. He was forced to limp back to the pits, his race ruined, though he was able to return to the fight albeit four laps down. Clarke was apologetic after the race, but Doornbos accused the Englishman of brake checking him. Clarke got around Rahal after his second pit stop, gaining further benefit from his alternate pit stop strategy while Bourdais continued to easily lead the field. The race would finish up in that order. Surprisingly, the win was the first for Bourdais in four attempts at the scenic Wisconsin circuit. With Will Power ending up in 16th place with a broken gearbox, Doornbos' accident-marred 14th-place finish and Justin Wilson, best amongst the rest of the point challengers managing only an eighth place, Bourdais took a stranglehold on the season championship. This race marked the final race on US soil for the Champ Car Series as a separate entity from the IndyCar Series, before the merger of the two in early 2008. Box Score Pos Nat Name Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 France Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 53 1:40:58.596 1 34 2 UK Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 53 +9.8 secs 8 27 3 US Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 53 +12.2 secs 4 25 4 Spain Oriol Servià Forsythe Racing 53 +20.9 secs 14 24 5 Canada Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 53 +50.7 secs 6 21 6 Belgium Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 53 +1:00.1 9 19 7 France Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 53 +1:02.3 11 17 8 UK Justin Wilson RSPORTS 53 +1:03.0 10 15 9 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 53 +1:04.5 5 13 10 Switzerland Neel Jani PKV Racing 53 +1:13.0 7 11 11 France Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 53 +1:28.9 12 10 12 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 53 +1:35.1 16 9 13 US Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 52 + 1 Lap 15 8 14 NED Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 49 + 4 Laps 3 7 15 UK Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 36 Mechanical 17 6 16 AUS Will Power Team Australia 25 Mechanical 2 5 17 UK Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 15 Collision 13 4 Caution flags Laps Cause1-3 Tracy (3)/Pagenaud (15)/Dalziel (28) Collision Notes Laps Leader1-14 Sébastien Bourdais15-16 Dan Clarke17-53 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 51Dan Clarke 2 New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais : 1:40:58.596 Average Speed 127.481 mph Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 250 10px 2 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 213 10px 3 AUS Will Power 197 10px 4 UK Justin Wilson 190 10px 3 5 US Graham Rahal 170 Note: Only the top five positions are included. Attendance Attendance at the 2007 Generac Grand Prix was over 100,000 people during the 4 day race weekend. Race coordinators were pleased with this result as this was the highest attendance the race had garnered since the heyday of CART racing in the late 1980s and early 1990s.http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070813%2FSHE02%2F708130554%2F1882 The Sheboygan Press - the article requested can not be found! Please refresh your browser or go back. 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