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.

Qualifying results

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

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	166	1:29:01.061	3	32
2	6	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	166	+0.066 secs	4	29
3	7	Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	166	+4.091 secs	1	27
4	3	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Lavín	Forsythe Racing	166	+6.227 secs	6	23
5	12	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	166	+6.302 secs	2	21
6	10	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	166	+6.938 secs	7	19
7	55	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	166	+6.941 secs	9	17
8	34	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	166	+7.310 secs	15	16
9	14	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	166	+11.979 secs	13	13
10	21	Template:Flagicon Roberto González	PKV Racing	165	+ 1 Lap	10	11
11	9	Template:Flagicon Michel Jourdain Jr.	RuSPORT	165	+ 1 Lap	5	10
12	11	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	164	+ 2 Laps	18	10
13	4	Template:Flagicon Ryan Hunter-Reay	Herdez Competition	164	+ 2 Laps	8	8
14	5	Template:Flagicon Mario Haberfeld	Walker Racing	162	+ 4 Laps	17	7
15	19	Template:Flagicon Gastón Mazzacane	Dale Coyne Racing	160	+ 6 Laps	16	6
16	8	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	163	+ 3 Laps	12	5*
17	17	Template:Flagicon Guy Smith	Rocketsports Racing	123	Engine	14	4
18	1	Template:Flagicon 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
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	307
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Bruno Junqueira	280
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	3	Template:Flagicon Patrick Carpentier	241
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	4	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	218
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	5	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	206

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results
• Qualifying Results
• Race Box Score