Triple ChampCar Champion Sebastian Bourdais put the bad experiences of the last race in Las Vegas behind him and returned to his usual dominant form at the Long Beach Grand Prix, registering his third consecutive victory at the California street race. Bourdais was never really challenged from the flag, and only headed when other drivers pitted out of sequence.

The major news of the weekend involved Bourdais’ arch-rival Paul Tracy. Tracy suffered a compression fracture in the small of his back after hitting the wall in Saturday’s practice session. The Canadian will be out for at least three months. His place on the Forsythe team was taken by Oriel Servia, who mysteriously is without a full time ChampCar seat this season. Servia qualified sixteenth after just a few installation laps and then proceeded to drive a brilliant race pulling himself through the field to finish second.

First round winner Will Power finished thrird to consolidate his position at the top of the points table.

The Top 10 finishers were:

1. Bourdais (Newman/ Haas/ Lanigan Racing)
2. Servia (Forsythe Championship Racing)
3. Power (Team Australia)
4. Wilson (RSPORTS)
5. Tagliani (RSPORTS)
6. Junqueira (Dale Coyne Racing)
7. Jani (PKV Racing)
8. Rahal (Newman/ Haas/ Lanigan Racing)
9. Dalziel (Pacific Coast Motorsports)
10. Legge (Dale Coyne Racing)

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