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Michel Jourdain, Jr.
Jourdain at Rockingham in 2002
Born	(1976-09-02)2 September 1976 (age 49) Mexico City, Mexico
IndyCar Series career
4 races run over 3 years
Best finish	20th (1996)
First race	1996Dura Lube 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2012Indianapolis 500 (Indy)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 1 0
Champ Car career
152 races run over 9 years
Best finish	3rd (2003)
First race	1996Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
Last race	2004Gran Premio de Mexico (Mexico City)
First win	2003Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 (Milwaukee)
Last win	2003Molson Indy Montreal (Montreal)
Wins Podiums Poles 2 9 1
NASCAR driver
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
26 races run over 4 years
Best finish	37th (2005)
First race	2005Hershey's Take 5 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2008Corona México 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
7 races run over 1 year
Best finish	39th (2006)
First race	2006Sam's Town 400 (Texas)
Last race	2006Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of June 13, 2012.

Michel Jourdain Lascurain, better known asMichel Jourdain Jr. (born September 2, 1976), is a Mexican racecar driver who currently competes in the SuperCopa series forAndretti Global, best known for winning twoChamp Car races in 2003. He is the2020 Super Copa GTM Champion.

Jourdain started racing cars in the MexicanFormula Junior series at the age of twelfe. He then moved to the Mexican Formula K andFormula 2 series.

In 1996, Jourdain ran several races in theIndy Racing League (IRL) and the CART (nowChamp Car) series, including theIndy 500. At the age of nineteen, he became one of the youngest drivers to race in both Champ Car and the Indy 500. Jourdain raced full-time in Champ Car from 1997 to 2004. In his early years, he was largely considered a back marker; however, after joining theRahal team in 2002, he became a championship contender. Jourdain ended his Champ Car career in 2004 with one pole, two wins, and nine podium (top-three) finishes.

Jourdain was supported by Mexican sponsors throughout his years in Champ Car. After losing his sponsorship following the 2004 season, Jourdain looked to theNASCARBusch Series. At the time, NASCAR was trying to expand its fan base amongMexicans andHispanic Americans.

Jourdain made eighteen starts driving the No. 10ppc RacingFord in 2005. He was able to notch one top-ten finish in he early stages of the year. However, in July of that year, ppc Racing announced that the team could not continue with a full season due to insufficient sponsorship. He then ran two races later in the season for Keith Barnwell. Jourdain drove in his home race in Mexico City atAutodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as well as two more races in the No. 15 in 2006 for Jill Burgdoff as well as sevenCraftsman Truck Series races in theRoush Racing No. 50 truck.

In 2007, Jourdain competed in theFIAWorld Touring Car Championship forSEAT Sport. A troubled season saw him finish the year down in eighteenth place on points. Later in the year he was signed to drive in theA1GP series forA1 Team Mexico, returning to open-wheel racing for the first time since his Champ Car days.

In 2010, Jordain returned to NASCAR for the Nationwide Series race at Road America when he practiced the No. 98 for Paul Menard since he was away racing at Infineon. Jourdain also competed in theP-WRC class of the2010 Rally Mexico where he finished seventh in class.

During the 2003Baja 1000 Jourdain, supported by girlfriend Ana Paola Romo, raced aSCORE Baja Challenge class vehicle finishing sixth in their class with a time of 31:01.31^[1]

In October 2010, Jourdain and hisco-driver Miguel Ángel Diez got the second overall inLa Carrera Panamericana in aStudebaker 1953, just 12.9 seconds behind fromHarri Rovanperä.

The2010 and2011 World Rally seasons saw him start eight rallies with a best finish of fourteenth in the2011 Rally México.

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