2004 Grand Prix of Road America

March 2026 February 2025 USA Road America Road_America.svg Road America Track Layout August 8 2004 Grand Prix of Road America presented by the Chicago Tribune 8 14 Champ Car Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States Permanent Road Course 4.048 6.515 48 194.304 312.720 Mostly to Partly Cloudy Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:43.046 France Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:45.504 39 Brazil Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing Canada Rodolfo Lavín Forsythe Championship Racing Mexico Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France The 2004 Grand Prix of Road America was the eighth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presented the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 8, 2004 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Sébastien Bourdais won the pole and Alex Tagliani won the race, his first and only win in his Champ Car/IndyCar career. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:44.637 1:43.046 1:43.046 2 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Herdez Competition 1:43.909 1:43.995 1:43.909 3 USA Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing— 1:43.374 1:43.374 4 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 1:44.529 1:43.606 1:43.606 5 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 1:44.076 1:43.753 1:43.753 6 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:46.382 1:43.933 1:43.933 7 USA A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 1:44.972 1:44.058 1:44.058 8 Spain Oriol Servià Dale Coyne Racing 1:45.077 1:44.105 1:44.105 9 UK Justin Wilson Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:45.034 1:44.463 1:44.463 10 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Forsythe Racing 1:45.269 1:44.663 1:44.663 11 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. RuSPORT 1:45.377 1:44.708 1:44.708 12 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Walker Racing 1:45.773 1:45.074 1:45.074 13 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing— 1:45.172 1:45.172 14 Mexico Roberto González PKV Racing 1:45.674 1:45.361 1:45.361 15 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 1:45.496 1:47.701 1:45.496 16 UK Guy Smith Rocketsports Racing 1:47.948 1:46.025 1:46.025 17 Brazil Alex Sperafico Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:46.742 1:46.321 1:46.321 18 Argentina Gastón Mazzacane Dale Coyne Racing 1:46.878 1:47.042 1:46.878 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Canada Alex Tagliani Rocketsports Racing 48 1:45:07.288 13 33 2 3 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín Forsythe Racing 48 +1.855 secs 10 28 3 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 48 +2.767 secs 1 27 4 4 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Herdez Competition 48 +3.814 secs 2 24 5 55 Mexico Mario Domínguez Herdez Competition 48 +4.398 secs 15 21 6 11 Spain Oriol Servià Dale Coyne Racing 48 +6.390 secs 8 19 7 34 UK Justin Wilson Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 48 +8.500 secs 9 17 8 12 USA Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 48 +8.546 secs 3 15 9 9 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. RuSPORT 48 +9.056 secs 11 13 10 17 UK Guy Smith Rocketsports Racing 48 +9.997 secs 16 11 11 5 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Walker Racing 48 +16.725 secs 12 10 12 1 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 48 +26.616 secs 6 10 13 10 USA A. 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Allmendinger RuSPORT 47 + 1 Lap 7 8 14 7 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 46 + 2 Laps 5 7 15 6 Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing 46 + 2 Laps 4 7 16 21 Mexico Roberto González PKV Racing 46 + 2 Laps 14 5 17 14 Brazil Alex Sperafico Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 46 + 2 Laps 17 4 18 19 Argentina Gastón Mazzacane Dale Coyne Racing 29 Off course 18 3 Caution flags Laps Cause1-4 Hunter-Reay (4) & Vasser (12) contact12-13 González (21) off course16-18 Junqueira (6) off course31-33 Mazzacane (19) off course45-46 Allmendinger (10) & Sperafico (14) spin/stall Notes Laps Leader1-13 Sébastien Bourdais14-22 Paul Tracy23-29 Alex Tagliani30-36 Paul Tracy37-39 Alex Tagliani40-42 Rodolfo Lavín43-48 Alex Tagliani Driver Laps ledAlex Tagliani 16Paul Tracy 16Sébastien Bourdais 13Rodolfo Lavín 3 New Race Record Alex Tagliani 1:45:07.288 Average Speed 110.903 mph Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 213 10px 2 Brazil Bruno Junqueira 166 10px 2 3 Canada Alex Tagliani 153 10px 1 4 Canada Paul Tracy 152 10px 1 5 Canada Patrick Carpentier 141 Note: Only the top five positions are included. Trivia As of the conclusion of the 2023 IndyCar Series season, this race remains Alex Tagliani's first and only win in his Champ Car and IndyCar career. External links Full Weekend Times & Results Friday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180412145657/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-road-america-friday-qualifying-times-2008-03-27/ April 12, 2018 Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180412145951/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-road-america-saturday-qualifying-times-2008-03-27/ April 12, 2018 Race Box Score 2004 Grand Prix of Road America 2004 2004 Molson Indy Vancouver 2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver 2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America 2006 Grand Prix of Road America 43 47 51 N 87 59 38 W region:US_type:event dms title Road America Grand Prix of Road America Category:Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America