2003 Lexmark Indy 300
Ryan Hunter-Reay won the race, his first victory in top-level American open wheel racing, and Reynard's final win in CART competition (sweeping the podium positions). Neither of the two drivers who could still win the season championship, leader Paul Tracy and second-place Bruno Junqueira, finished in the Top 12 points-paying positions (though Junqueira received two bonus points on the weekend: one for having the fastest lap in Friday qualifying, and the other for leading the most laps in the race), meaning Tracy had a big enough lead to clinch the championship with one race to go.
Final CART event
The event was to have been the penultimate race of the 2003 season, but it later became the final round after the 2003 King Taco 500 was canceled because of a wildfire near to the California Speedway venue. In December 2003 the CART World Series declared bankruptcy and as a result went out of business. Therefore, this race became the final completed CART sanctioned event, although the series would be reborn under new ownership as the Champ Car World Series in 2004.
Qualifying results
Pos | Nat | Driver | Team | Car | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
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1 | ![]() |
Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:33.321 | 1:31.718 | 1:31.718 |
2 | ![]() |
Bruno Junqueira | Newman-Haas Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:32.708 | 1:31.994 | 1:31.994 |
3 | ![]() |
Paul Tracy | Team Player's | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.161 | 1:32.000 | 1:32.000 |
4 | ![]() |
Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | - | 1:32.135 | 1:32.135 |
5 | ![]() |
Adrian Fernández | Fernández Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:33.668 | 1:32.436 | 1:32.436 |
6 | ![]() |
Oriol Servià | Patrick Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.317 | 1:32.731 | 1:32.731 |
7 | ![]() |
Roberto Moreno | Herdez Competition | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.313 | 1:32.732 | 1:32.732 |
8 | ![]() |
Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.017 | 1:32.908 | 1:32.908 |
9 | ![]() |
Michel Jourdain Jr. | Team Rahal | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.447 | 1:33.112 | 1:33.112 |
10 | ![]() |
Mika Salo | PK Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.506 | 1:33.187 | 1:33.187 |
11 | ![]() |
Patrick Carpentier | Team Player's | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.808 | 1:33.437 | 1:33.437 |
12 | ![]() |
Ryan Hunter-Reay | American Spirit Team Johansson | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:36.398 | 1:33.542 | 1:33.542 |
13 | ![]() |
Tiago Monteiro | Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.379 | 1:33.857 | 1:33.857 |
14 | ![]() |
Darren Manning | Walker Racing | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.425 | 1:33.922 | 1:33.922 |
15 | ![]() |
Jimmy Vasser | American Spirit Team Johansson | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:34.266 | 1:35.425 | 1:34.266 |
16 | ![]() |
Mario Haberfeld | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | 1:35.821 | 1:34.299 | 1:34.299 |
17 | ![]() |
Gualter Salles | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | 1:36.495 | 1:34.646 | 1:34.646 |
18 | ![]() |
Rodolfo Lavín | Walker Racing | Reynard 02i Ford-Cosworth | - | 1:36.075 | 1:36.075 |
19 | ![]() |
Geoff Boss | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B2/00 Ford-Cosworth | - | 1:37.247 | 1:37.247 |
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 31 | ![]() |
American Spirit Team Johansson | 47 | 1:49:02.803 | 12 | 20 |
2 | 15 | ![]() |
Walker Racing | 47 | +1.546 secs | 14 | 16 |
3 | 12 | ![]() |
American Spirit Team Johansson | 47 | +3.792 secs | 15 | 14 |
4 | 9 | ![]() |
Team Rahal | 47 | +5.315 secs | 9 | 12 |
5 | 32 | ![]() |
Team Player's | 47 | +5.837 secs | 11 | 10 |
6 | 19 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 47 | +8.180 secs | 17 | 8 |
7 | 33 | ![]() |
Rocketsports Racing | 47 | +10.131 secs | 4 | 6 |
8 | 5 | ![]() |
Walker Racing | 47 | +11.673 secs | 18 | 5 |
9 | 11 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | 47 | +50.728 secs | 19 | 4 |
10 | 55 | ![]() |
Herdez Competition | 46 | + 1 Lap | 8 | 3 |
11 | 27 | ![]() |
PK Racing | 46 | + 1 Lap | 10 | 2 |
12 | 51 | ![]() |
Fernández Racing | 46 | + 1 Lap | 5 | 1 |
13 | 3 | ![]() |
Team Player's | 45 | + 2 Laps | 3 | 0 |
14 | 34 | ![]() |
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 43 | + 4 Laps | 16 | 0 |
15 | 1 | ![]() |
Newman/Haas Racing | 36 | Contact | 2 | 2 |
16 | 4 | ![]() |
Herdez Competition | 23 | Contact | 7 | 0 |
17 | 2 | ![]() |
Newman-Haas Racing | 11 | Contact | 1 | 1 |
18 | 7 | ![]() |
Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing | 3 | Mechanical | 13 | 0 |
19 | 20 | ![]() |
Patrick Racing | 1 | Contact | 6 | 0 |
Caution flags
Laps | Cause |
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1 | Yellow start |
2 | Servià (20) contact |
11-13 | Bourdais (2) contact |
14-15 | Restart after red flag (rain) |
16-17 | Salo (27) spun/stalled |
19-20 | Tracy (3), Tagliani (33), Manning (15), Salles (19) & Moreno (4) contact |
31-34 | Tagliani (33) & Haberfeld (34) spun/stalled; Domínguez (55) loose wheel |
37-39 | Junqueira (1) & Haberfeld (34) contact; Haberfeld (34) stopped on course |
41-42 | Fernández (51) spun/stalled |
Notes
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- New Race Record Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:49:02.803
- Average Speed 72.280 mph
References
- ^ Weather information for the 2003 Lexmark Indy 300 at the Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology Website
- ^ CBC.ca: Paul Tracy clinches CART championship
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