| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 7 of 14 in the2004 Champ Car season | |
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| Date | July 25, 2004 |
| Official name | Molson Indy Vancouver |
| Location | Concord Pacific Place Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada |
| Course | Temporary Street Course 1.781 mi / 2.866 km |
| Distance | 85 laps 151.385 mi / 243.610 km |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy skies with temperatures reaching up to 28.6 °C (83.5 °F); which dropped down to 21.2 °C (70.2 °F) by the end of the event[1] |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
| Time | 1:00.870 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
| Time | 1:01.755 (on lap 71 of 85) |
| Podium | |
| First | Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing) |
| Second | Michel Jourdain Jr. (RuSPORT) |
| Third | A. J. Allmendinger (RuSPORT) |
The2004 Molson Indy Vancouver was the seventh round of the2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 25, 2004 on the streets ofConcord Pacific Place inVancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Paul Tracy swept the pole and the race win. It was the last Champ Car event to take place in Vancouver.
| Pos | Nat | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1:00.870 | 1:02.889 | 1:00.870 |
| 2 |  | Rodolfo Lavín | Forsythe Racing | 1:02.813 | 1:00.908 | 1:00.908 |
| 3 |  | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:00.974 | 1:01.355 | 1:00.974 |
| 4 | | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:02.051 | 1:01.168 | 1:01.168 |
| 5 |  | Memo Gidley | Rocketsports Racing | 1:02.071 | 1:01.365 | 1:01.365 |
| 6 | | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 1:01.398 | 1:01.579 | 1:01.398 |
| 7 |  | Justin Wilson | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:02.153 | 1:01.434 | 1:01.434 |
| 8 |  | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:01.459 | 1:05.175 | 1:01.459 |
| 9 | | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 1:01.539 | 1:03.073 | 1:01.539 |
| 10 | | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Herdez Competition | 1:01.742 | 1:01.566 | 1:01.566 |
| 11 | | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 1:02.135 | 1:01.588 | 1:01.588 |
| 12 | | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RuSPORT | 1:02.463 | 1:01.777 | 1:01.777 |
| 13 |  | Oriol Servià | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:01.904 | 1:01.944 | 1:01.904 |
| 14 | | Mario Haberfeld | Walker Racing | 1:02.712 | 1:01.911 | 1:01.911 |
| 15 | | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 1:02.076 | 1:01.936 | 1:01.936 |
| 16 | | Roberto González | PKV Racing | 1:02.634 | 1:02.163 | 1:02.163 |
| 17 | | Alex Sperafico | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:03.657 | 1:03.347 | 1:03.347 |
| 18 |  | Gastón Mazzacane | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:04.520 | 1:03.757 | 1:03.757 |
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 85 | 1:34:42.849 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RuSPORT | 85 | +5.557 secs | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | 10 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 85 | +6.139 secs | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | 6 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 85 | +6.544 secs | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 85 | +14.231 secs | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 85 | +15.834 secs | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | 8 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 85 | +32.168 secs | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Herdez Competition | 85 | +32.619 secs | 10 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | Mario Haberfeld | Walker Racing | 85 | +43.671 secs | 14 | 13 |
| 10 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 84 | + 1 Lap | 15 | 11 |
| 11 | 17 | Memo Gidley | Rocketsports Racing | 84 | + 1 Lap | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 11 | Oriol Servià | Dale Coyne Racing | 84 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 9 |
| 13 | 21 | Roberto González | PKV Racing | 83 | + 2 Laps | 16 | 8 |
| 14 | 34 | Justin Wilson | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 80 | + 5 Laps | 7 | 7 |
| 15 | 3 | Rodolfo Lavín | Forsythe Racing | 66 | Engine | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | 7 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 21 | Contact | 6 | 5 |
| 17 | 14 | Alex Sperafico | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 17 | Contact | 17 | 4 |
| – | 19 | Gastón Mazzacane | Dale Coyne Racing | 0 | DNS | 18 | 0* |
*Gastón Mazzacane crashed on the pace lap and did not take the green flag.
| Laps | Cause |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yellow flag start (Mazzacane (19) contact before green flag) |
| 22-25 | Carpentier (7) &Sperafico (14) contact |
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| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | 186 |
| 2 | Bruno Junqueira | 159 |
 1 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 142 |
 1 | 4 | Patrick Carpentier | 134 |
| 5 | Alex Tagliani | 120 |
| Previous race: 2004 Molson Indy Toronto | Champ Car World Series 2004 season | Next race: 2004 Grand Prix of Road America |
| Previous race: 2003 Molson Indy Vancouver | 2004 Molson Indy Vancouver | Next race: Final Event |
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