# 2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on April 18, 2004 on the streets of Long Beach, California. It was the first event for the new Champ Car World Series which was created when Gerald Forsythe, Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Dan Petit purchased the bankrupt CART series' liquidated assets in an Indianapolis courtroom the previous January. Bruno Junqueira won the first Champ Car-era pole while Paul Tracy took the first win.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| 1 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:08.913 | 1:11.237 | 1:08.913 |
| 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:10.033 | 1:09.800 | 1:09.800 |
| 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1:09.156 | 1:10.196 | 1:09.156 |
| 4 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 1:09.450 | 1:10.673 | 1:09.450 |
| 5 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 1:09.458 | 1:09.830 | 1:09.458 |
| 6 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Herdez Competition | 1:09.613 | 1:10.219 | 1:09.613 |
| 7 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 1:09.730 | 1:12.023 | 1:09.730 |
| 8 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 1:09.905 | 1:11.039 | 1:09.905 |
| 9 | Rodolfo Lavín | Forsythe Racing | 1:09.953 | 1:11.793 | 1:09.953 |
| 10 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 1:10.056 | 1:10.749 | 1:10.056 |
| 11 | Justin Wilson | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:10.122 | 1:11.168 | 1:10.122 |
| 12 | Oriol Servià | Dale Coyne Racing | -* | 1:10.273 | 1:10.273 |
| 13 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RuSPORT | 1:10.912 | 1:10.652 | 1:10.652 |
| 14 | Mario Haberfeld | Walker Racing | 1:10.988 | 1:11.843 | 1:10.988 |
| 15 | Alex Sperafico | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:11.238 | – | 1:11.238 |
| 16 | Nelson Philippe | Rocketsports Racing | 1:11.275 | 1:12.022 | 1:11.275 |
| 17 | Roberto González | PKV Racing | 1:11.295 | 1:12.021 | 1:11.295 |
| 18 | Tarso Marques | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:16.809 | 1:16.863 | 1:16.809 |
*The time of Oriol Servià from qualification session #1 was disallowed after his car failed post-session technical inspection.

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 81 | 1:44:12.348 | 3 | 32 |
| 2 | 6 | Bruno Junqueira | Newman/Haas Racing | 81 | +5.681 secs | 1 | 29 |
| 3 | 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 81 | +6.375 secs | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | 7 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 81 | +16.801 secs | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | 55 | Mario Domínguez | Herdez Competition | 81 | +17.527 secs | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | 34 | Justin Wilson | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 81 | +36.645 secs | 11 | 20 |
| 7 | 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Herdez Competition | 81 | +38.926 secs | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | 8 | Alex Tagliani | Rocketsports Racing | 81 | +1:00.578 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | Mario Haberfeld | Walker Racing | 80 | + 1 Lap | 14 | 13 |
| 10 | 3 | Rodolfo Lavín | Forsythe Racing | 80 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 11 |
| 11 | 9 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | RuSPORT | 80 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 10 |
| 12 | 10 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 79 | + 2 Laps | 8 | 9 |
| 13 | 17 | Nelson Philippe | Rocketsports Racing | 78 | + 3 Laps | 16 | 8 |
| 14 | 21 | Roberto González | PKV Racing | 76 | Gearbox | 17 | 7 |
| 15 | 11 | Oriol Servià | Dale Coyne Racing | 14 | Oil Leak | 12 | 6 |
| 16 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 1 | Contact | 10 | 5 |
| 17 | 14 | Alex Sperafico | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1 | Contact | 15 | 4 |
| 18 | 19 | Tarso Marques | Dale Coyne Racing | 1 | Contact | 18 | 3 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 1–5 | Yellow start; Multiple car contact |

## Lap leaders

| Laps | Leader |
| 1 | Bruno Junqueira |
| 2–58 | Paul Tracy |
| 59–60 | Patrick Carpentier |
| 61–81 | Paul Tracy |
| Driver | Laps led |
| Paul Tracy | 78 |
| Patrick Carpentier | 2 |
| Bruno Junqueira | 1 |
* New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:44:12.348
* Average Speed 91.785 mph