2004 Lexmark Indy 300

The 2004 Lexmark Indy 300 was the thirteenth and penultimate round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on October 24, 2004 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland, Australia. Paul Tracy won the pole and Bruno Junqueira won the race.

2004 Surfers Paradise

Race details
Race 13 of 14 in the 2004 Champ Car season
Track map of the Surfers Paradise street circuit at Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Date	October 24, 2004
Official name	Lexmark Indy 300
Location	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance	57 laps 159.315 mi / 256.386 km
Weather	Warm with temperatures reaching up to 27.7 °C (81.9 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	1:33.556
Fastest lap
Driver	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:34.017 (on lap 49 of 57)
Podium
First	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Mario Domínguez (Herdez Competition)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Chassis	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:34.557	1:33.556	1:33.556
2		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:34.439	1:33.765	1:33.765
3		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:38.487	1:33.737	1:33.737
4		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:35.254	1:33.867	1:33.867
5		Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:34.601	1:34.076	1:34.076
6		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:35.224	1:34.585	1:34.585
7		Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:35.947	1:34.611	1:34.611
8		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:34.913	1:35.549	1:34.913
9		Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:35.233	1:35.115	1:35.115
10		Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:35.258	1:35.452	1:35.258
11		Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:40.778	1:35.261	1:35.261
12		Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:37.385	1:35.267	1:35.267
13		Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth	1:36.188	1:35.374	1:35.374
14		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:38.306	1:35.797	1:35.797
15		Roberto González	PKV Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:37.649	1:35.967	1:35.967
16		Jarek Janiš	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:38.534	1:36.642	1:36.642
17		David Besnard	Walker Racing	Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth	1:37.497	1:36.854	1:36.854
18		Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:38.897	1:36.943	1:36.943
19		Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth	1:34.715	—	—*

* Oriol Servià's time from Qualification Session #1 was forfeited after he switched to his backup car for the race.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	57	1:46:45.941	3	33
2	2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	57	+1.199 secs	2	28
3	55	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	57	+1.363 secs	5	25
4	1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	57	+1.916 secs	1	25
5	4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	57	+2.080 secs	6	21
6	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	57	+2.741 secs	4	20
7	15	David Besnard	Walker Racing	57	+16.110 secs	17	18
8	34	Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	57	+16.775 secs	7	15
9	17	Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	57	+17.426 secs	18	13
10	14	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	57	+18.205 secs	14	11
11	21	Roberto González	PKV Racing	57	+19.368 secs	15	10
12	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	57	+21.504 secs	8	9
13	11	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	57	+24.373 secs	19	8
14	5	Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	56	+ 1 Lap	13	7
15	3	Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	54	+ 3 Laps	12	6
16	7	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	52	Contact	11	6
17	9	Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	31	Contact	9	4
18	19	Jarek Janiš	Dale Coyne Racing	28	Gearbox	16	3
19	8	Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	19	Contact	10	2

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
0-1	Yellow start
15-16	Debris on course
16-18	Lavín (3) spun
31-34	Haberfeld (5) spun; Jourdain (9) contact
53-57	Carpentier (7) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-31 Paul Tracy 32-37 A. J. Allmendinger 38-39 Patrick Carpentier 40-57 Bruno Junqueira

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 31 Bruno Junqueira 18 A. J. Allmendinger 6 Patrick Carpentier 2

• New Race Record Bruno Junqueira 1:46:45.941
• Average Speed 89.532 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	335
	2	Bruno Junqueira	313
	3	Patrick Carpentier	247
	4	Paul Tracy	243
1	5	Mario Domínguez	228

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.