2004 Bridgestone 400

The 2004 Bridgestone 400 was the twelfth round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on September 25, 2004 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Patrick Carpentier won the pole, the fifth and final pole of his Champ Car career. Sébastien Bourdais won the race.

2004 Las Vegas

Race details
Race 12 of 14 in the 2004 Champ Car season
Date	September 25, 2004
Official name	Bridgestone 400 Presented by Corona
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Course	1.5 Mile Banked Oval 1.500 mi / 2.414 km
Distance	166 laps 249.000 mi / 400.724 km
Weather	Partly cloudy with temperatures hovering around 79.5 °F (26.4 °C) maximum wind speeds of 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h) reported throughout the day[1]
Pole position
Driver	Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	26.190
Fastest lap
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	26.166 (on lap 72 of 166)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Patrick Carpentier (Forsythe Championship Racing)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Best Lap	Time
1		Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	2	26.190
2		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	2	26.278
3		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1	26.300
4		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	2	26.310
5		Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	1	26.324
6		Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	2	26.339
7		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	2	26.362
8		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	1	26.402
9		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	2	26.488
10		Roberto González	PKV Racing	2	26.579
11		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1	26.644
12		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	2	26.713
13		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1	26.814
14		Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	1	26.855
15		Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1	27.080
16		Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	2	27.082
17		Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	2	27.232
18		Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	—	—

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	166	1:29:01.061	3	32
2	6	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	166	+0.066 secs	4	29
3	7	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	166	+4.091 secs	1	27
4	3	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	166	+6.227 secs	6	23
5	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	166	+6.302 secs	2	21
6	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	166	+6.938 secs	7	19
7	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	166	+6.941 secs	9	17
8	34	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	166	+7.310 secs	15	16
9	14	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	166	+11.979 secs	13	13
10	21	Roberto González	PKV Racing	165	+ 1 Lap	10	11
11	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	165	+ 1 Lap	5	10
12	11	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	164	+ 2 Laps	18	10
13	4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	164	+ 2 Laps	8	8
14	5	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	162	+ 4 Laps	17	7
15	19	Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	160	+ 6 Laps	16	6
16	8	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	163	+ 3 Laps	12	5*
17	17	Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	123	Engine	14	4
18	1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	0	Drive train	11	3

* Alex Tagliani was dropped from 14th to 16th in the final standings and lost his bonus point for leading a lap as a penalty for ignoring a black flag during the race.

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
37-48	Hunter-Reay (4) spin/stall
49	Yellow restart
50	Yellow restart
125-133	Smith (17) stopped on course

Notes

Laps Leader 1-6 Patrick Carpentier 7-36 Bruno Junqueira 37-57 Alex Tagliani 58-74 Sébastien Bourdais 75-78 Oriol Servià 79-148 Sébastien Bourdais 149 Bruno Junqueira 150-157 Sébastien Bourdais 158-159 Bruno Junqueira 160 Sébastien Bourdais 161 Bruno Junqueira 162 Sébastien Bourdais 163 Bruno Junqueira 164-166 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 100 Bruno Junqueira 35 Alex Tagliani 21 Patrick Carpentier 6 Oriol Servià 4

• New Race Lap Record Bruno Junqueira 26.166
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:29:01.061
• Average Speed 167.832 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	307
	2	Bruno Junqueira	280
1	3	Patrick Carpentier	241
1	4	Paul Tracy	218
	5	Alex Tagliani	206

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.