2004 Grand Prix of Road America

2004 Road America
Race details
	Race 8 of 14 in the 2004 Champ Car season
	Road America Track Layout
Date	August 8, 2004
Official name	Grand Prix of Road America presented by the Chicago Tribune
Location	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, United States
Course	Permanent Road Course; 4.048 mi / 6.515 km
Distance	48 laps; 194.304 mi / 312.720 km
Weather	Mostly to Partly Cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:43.046
Fastest lap
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:45.504 (on lap 39 of 48)
Podium
First	Alex Tagliani (Rocketsports Racing)
Second	Rodolfo Lavín (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Third	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)

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	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:44.637	1:43.046	1:43.046
2	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	1:43.909	1:43.995	1:43.909
3	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	—	1:43.374	1:43.374
4	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:44.529	1:43.606	1:43.606
5	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	1:44.076	1:43.753	1:43.753
6	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:46.382	1:43.933	1:43.933
7	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:44.972	1:44.058	1:44.058
8	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	1:45.077	1:44.105	1:44.105
9	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:45.034	1:44.463	1:44.463
10	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	1:45.269	1:44.663	1:44.663
11	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	RuSPORT	1:45.377	1:44.708	1:44.708
12	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	1:45.773	1:45.074	1:45.074
13	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	—	1:45.172	1:45.172
14	Roberto González	PKV Racing	1:45.674	1:45.361	1:45.361
15	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	1:45.496	1:47.701	1:45.496
16	Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	1:47.948	1:46.025	1:46.025
17	Alex Sperafico	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:46.742	1:46.321	1:46.321
18	Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	1:46.878	1:47.042	1:46.878

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	48	1:45:07.288	13	33
2	3	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	48	+1.855 secs	10	28
3	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	48	+2.767 secs	1	27
4	4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	48	+3.814 secs	2	24
5	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	48	+4.398 secs	15	21
6	11	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	48	+6.390 secs	8	19
7	34	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	48	+8.500 secs	9	17
8	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	48	+8.546 secs	3	15
9	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	RuSPORT	48	+9.056 secs	11	13
10	17	Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	48	+9.997 secs	16	11
11	5	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	48	+16.725 secs	12	10
12	1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	48	+26.616 secs	6	10
13	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	47	+ 1 Lap	7	8
14	7	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	46	+ 2 Laps	5	7
15	6	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	46	+ 2 Laps	4	7
16	21	Roberto González	PKV Racing	46	+ 2 Laps	14	5
17	14	Alex Sperafico	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	46	+ 2 Laps	17	4
18	19	Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	29	Off course	18	3

Laps	Cause
1-4	Hunter-Reay (4) & Vasser (12) contact
12-13	González (21) off course
16-18	Junqueira (6) off course
31-33	Mazzacane (19) off course
45-46	Allmendinger (10) & Sperafico (14) spin/stall

As of the conclusion of the 2017 IndyCar Series season, this race remains Alex Tagliani's first and only win in his Champ Car and IndyCar career.

Previous race: 2004 Molson Indy Vancouver	Champ Car World Series 2004 season	Next race: 2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver

Previous race: 2003 Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America	2004 Grand Prix of Road America	Next race: 2006 Grand Prix of Road America

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