Edmonton, Canada—Sunday, July 23, 2006—At Champ Car’s most physically demanding race track and in record-setting heat, Forsythe driver A.J. Allmendinger battled a weekend-long chest cold to finish in third position, his fourth podium in a row. Paul Tracy finished fifth after starting in the front row. He held his position after the start of the race but fell back after the first pit stop exchange. Allmendinger and Tracy now occupy the third and fourth positions in the Championship and will look to climb the ladder next week at San Jose, Round Nine as Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.
Paul Tracy
#3 INDECK
Ford-Cosworth/Bridgestone/Lola
Finished Fifth
Fourth in Points
"We had a good start; I kept up with Sebastien (Bourdais)
for a while but then had to let him go because we were having to
save a lot of fuel. During the first pit stop Justin short-fueled
and got out ahead of us. I tried to keep up with him but we made
a mistake with the tire pressures and they just took forever to
come up, the car was bottoming out everywhere and it was very difficult
to drive. I had a good battle with Oriol (Servia) at the
end. I'm disappointed because we should've been higher
up the grid."
The Champ Car World Series returns to the downtown streets of San Jose next weekend, July 28-30. Tune in to Race Director, available through the Champ Car website, for live coverage of the race and many practice and qualifying sessions with multiple channels of live video, audio, timing, telemetry and commentary. Visit www.ChampCar.ws for more information.