2003 CART season

2003 American Championship Car season
Series : CART
Champion : Paul Tracy
Previous: 2002	Next: 2004 (CCWS)

The 2003 CART season, the twenty-fifth and final in the CART era of American open wheel racing, consisted of 18 races, beginning in St. Petersburg, Florida on February 23 and concluding in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on October 26.

The intended final event, scheduled to be held in Fontana, California on November 9 was canceled due to wildfires, one of which was known as the "Grand Prix Fire", burning in and around San Bernardino County.

The Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford Drivers' Champion was Paul Tracy. Rookie of the Year was Sébastien Bourdais. At the end of the season, the operations of a now bankrupt CART were assumed by Open Wheel Racing Series, who later rebranded themselves as the Champ Car World Series.

Drivers and teams[]

With the departure of Honda and Toyota to the Indy Racing League for the 2003 season, Cosworth became the exclusive engine supplier for the CART series. Their 2.65L XFE turbo V8 powerplant continued to be badged by Ford. Bridgestone continued on as exclusive tire supplier for the series. A marketing agreement between CART and the two suppliers rebranded the series as Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.^[1]

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2003 Champ Car World Series season.

Team	Chassis	No	Drivers	Races
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	1	Bruno Junqueira	All
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B02/00	2	Sébastien Bourdais	All
Team Player's	Lola B02/00	3	Paul Tracy	All
Team Player's	Lola B02/00	32	Patrick Carpentier	All
Herdez Competition	Lola B02/00	4	Roberto Moreno	1-16, 18
		4	Roberto González	17
		55	Mario Domínguez	All
Walker Racing	Reynard 02I	5	Rodolfo Lavín	All
		15	Darren Manning	All
		25	Luis Díaz	17
Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	Reynard 02I	7	Tiago Monteiro	All
Team Rahal	Lola B02/00	9	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	All
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B02/00	11	Roberto González	1
			Alex Yoong	2-5
			Gualter Salles	6
			Geoff Boss	7-18
		19	Joël Camathias	1-7
			Gualter Salles	8-9, 11-15, 17-18
			Alex Sperafico	10, 16
American Spirit Team Johansson	Reynard 02I	12	Jimmy Vasser	All
American Spirit Team Johansson	Reynard 02I	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	All
Patrick Racing	Lola B02/00	20	Oriol Servià	All
PK Racing	Lola B02/00	27	Patrick Lemarié	1-6
			Bryan Herta	7
			Max Papis	8-14
			Mika Salo	15-18
Rocketsports Racing	Lola B02/00	33	Alex Tagliani	All
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	Reynard 02I	34	Mario Haberfeld	All
Fernández Racing	Lola B02/00	51	Adrián Fernández	All

Team changes[]

With the departure of Honda and Toyota to the Indy Racing League for the 2003 season, four CART teams joined them in the rival series as well. Chip Ganassi Racing, Andretti Green Racing (a merger of the former Team Green and Michael Andretti's Team Motorola) and Mo Nunn Racing became full-time IRL competitors for the 2003 season. Meanwhile, Mi-Jack Conquest Racing went against flow and jumped from the IRL to CART.^[2] Team Rahal and Fernández Racing split their efforts between the two series, each reducing their Champ Car teams to a single car. Dale Coyne Racing returned to full-time status after a partial season effort in 2002.

Four new teams joined the series. Businessman Kevin Kalkhoven and Craig Pollock, who previously managed the British American Racing Formula One team, started the PK Racing team.^[3] Long-time Trans-Am competitor Paul Gentilozzi expanded his Rocketsports Racing team to include a Champ Car effort.^[4] Kalkhoven and Gentilozzi would go on to become two of the owners of the series in 2004 after the CART organization went bankrupt. Formula One and Champ Car champion Emerson Fittipaldi and businessman Jamie Dingman formed Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing^[5] while Formula One and Champ Car veteran Stefan Johansson formed American Spirit Team Johansson.^[6]

Driver changes[]

Along with the major changes to the team lineup to the series, a great many new faces made their debut in 2003. Of the nineteen drivers at the season opener in St. Petersburg, nine were rookies. Most notable was 2002 Formula 3000 champion Sébastien Bourdais who joined Newman/Haas Racing. Bourdais would impress immediately by taking pole in his first race, winning his fourth race, and finishing fourth in the season championship. Walker Racing had a lineup of two rookies, Rodolfo Lavín and Darren Manning, who actually debuted at the 2002 race at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in England but was still considered a series rookie. Three rookie teams campaigned with rookie drivers. Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing ran Tiago Monteiro, Mi-Jack Conquest Racing chose Mario Haberfeld, while PK Racing began the year with Patrick Lemarié.

Familiar Champ Car drivers also found themselves in new surroundings for 2003. With Chip Ganassi Racing gone to the IRL, Bruno Junqueira took over the #1 car at Newman-Haas, replacing Cristiano da Matta who moved on to Formula One after winning the 2002 CART season. With Team Green also gone to the IRL, Paul Tracy moved over to Team Player's. Tracy would reward his new team with the season championship. Alex Tagliani lost his Player's seat to Tracy but found a ride with the new Rocketsports Racing team. Champ Car's elder statesman Jimmy Vasser joined the new American Spirit Team Johansson team after Team Rahal downsized to a single car. His teammate there was series rookie Ryan Hunter-Reay. Herdez Competition tabbed veteran Roberto Moreno for their expanded two car team.

The list of drivers not changing teams was short. Patrick Carpentier at Player's, Mario Domínguez at Herdez, Michel Jourdain, Jr. at Team Rahal, Oriol Servia at Patrick Racing, and Adrian Fernández continued to drive his own car.

Mid-season changes[]

Former Formula One pay driver Alex Yoong took over the Dale Coyne Racing #11 car from Roberto González starting with the 2nd race of the season in Monterrey.^[7]
Sponsorship problems caused Yoong to lose his race seat to Champ Car veteran Gualter Salles at Milwaukee.^[8]
After a series of disappointing results to open the season, PK Racing replaced Patrick Lemarié with noted Laguna Seca expert Brian Herta for the race there.^[9] Herta's full-time job in 2003 was driving in the IRL for Andretti Green Racing so Max Papis took over the car starting with the following round at Portland.^[10]
Also at Laguna, the revolving door at Coyne continued with Geoff Boss taking over the #11 from Salles.^[11]
The shuffle at Coyne didn't stop at Portland as Gualter Salles returned, taking over the #19 car from Joël Camathias. Salles remained in the #19 for the rest of the year with two exceptions: Alex Sperafico took over the car at Toronto and Miami because Salles had previous commitments those weekends.^[12]
PK Racing brought in Formula One veteran Mika Salo for the final four races of the year starting with the race in Denver.^[13]
Two extra Mexican drivers were brought in for the race in Mexico City. Herdez Competition gave away Roberto Moreno's car to Roberto González for the race, while Walker Racing ran a third car for Luis Díaz.^[14]

Races[]

Rnd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date
1	Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Albert Whitted Airport	St. Petersburg, Florida	February 23
2	Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey	Fundidora Park	Monterrey, Mexico	March 23
3	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 13
4	The London Champ Car Trophy	Brands Hatch	Longfield, United Kingdom	May 5
5	German 500	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Klettwitz, Germany	May 11
6	Milwaukee Mile 250	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	May 31
7	Grand Prix of Monterey	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	June 15
8	The G.I. Joe's 200	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	June 22
9	US Bank presents the Cleveland Grand Prix	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	July 5
10	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	July 13
11	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia	July 27
12	Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 3
13	Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 10
14	Molson Indy Montreal	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, Quebec	August 24
15	Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver	Streets of Denver	Denver, Colorado	August 31
16	Grand Prix Americas Presented by Sportsbook.com	Miami Bayfront Park Street Circuit	Miami, Florida	September 28
17	Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante Presented by Banamex/VISA	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Mexico City, Mexico	October 12
18	Lexmark Indy 300	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia	October 26
19	King Taco 500	California Speedway	Fontana, California	November 9

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Full Series Results[]

Race Results[]

Rnd	Race Name	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	Report
2	Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey	Sébastien Bourdais	Bruno Junqueira	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	Report
3	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	Report
4	The London Champ Car Trophy	Paul Tracy	Adrián Fernández	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
5	German 500	Sébastien Bourdais	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
6	Milwaukee Mile 250	Alex Tagliani	Patrick Carpentier	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	Report
7	Grand Prix of Monterey	Patrick Carpentier	Patrick Carpentier	Patrick Carpentier	Team Player's	Report
8	The G.I. Joe's 200	Paul Tracy	Alex Tagliani	Adrián Fernández	Fernández Racing	Report
9	US Bank presents the Cleveland Grand Prix	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
10	Molson Indy Toronto	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	Report
11	Molson Indy Vancouver	Paul Tracy	Sébastien Bourdais	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	Report
12	Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America	Bruno Junqueira	Sébastien Bourdais	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
13	Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Paul Tracy	Jimmy Vasser	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	Report
14	Molson Indy Montreal	Alex Tagliani	Bruno Junqueira	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	Report
15	Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver	Bruno Junqueira	Mario Haberfeld	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
16	Grand Prix Americas Presented by Sportsbook.com	Adrián Fernández	Adrián Fernández	Mario Domínguez	Herdez Competition	Report
17	Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante Presented by Banamex/VISA	Paul Tracy	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Paul Tracy	Team Player's	Report
18	Lexmark Indy 300	Sébastien Bourdais	Roberto Moreno	Ryan Hunter-Reay	American Spirit Team Johansson	Report
19	King Taco 500					Report

Final driver standings[]

Pos	Driver	STP	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LAG	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN	MIA	MEX	SUR	Pts
1	Paul Tracy	1*	1*	1	17	12	12	3	2*	2*	1*	1*	15	1*	6	4	16	1*	13	226
2	Bruno Junqueira	3	5	3	2	4	17	2	4	3	3	2	1*	13	13	1*	9	7	15*	199
3	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	2	2	15*	6	3	1*	4	12	7	2	4	16	4	1	6	7	4	4	195
4	Sébastien Bourdais	11	17	16	1*	1*	9	17	14	1	4	3	2	5	19	2	17	2	17	159
5	Patrick Carpentier	8	8	6	5	7	3	1*	16	4	7	13	5	2	3	17	6	14	5	146
6	Mario Domínguez	14	13	5	3	2	8	10	10	5	12	10	14	16	5	7	1	3	10	118
7	Oriol Servià	12	18	12	4	5	2	6	5	6	5	16	18	18	2	3	19	13	19	108
8	Adrián Fernández	15	4	2	12	15	6	7	1	11	9	12	12	7	8	5	8*	8	12	105
9	Darren Manning	13	7	8	10	6	4	18	6	10	8	5	6	8	10	8	11	9	2	103
10	Alex Tagliani	19	3	10	8	18	5	14	3	8	17	14	3	6	4*	9	13	16	7	97
11	Jimmy Vasser	6	14	4	19	8	11	8	7	13	13	11	9	15	16	11	4	17	3	72
12	Mario Haberfeld	4	16	9	9	14	7	5	8	15	19	7	8	10	11	10	5	12	14	71
13	Roberto Moreno	5	6	17	7	10	19	15	9	18	6	17	7	19	7	16	2		16	67
14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	16	12	7	16	11	16	12	17	9	11	6	10	3	17	15	12	11	1	64
15	Tiago Monteiro	7	19	11	14	13	10	9	19	Wth	10	15	17	11	18	13	15	6	18	29
16	Mika Salo															14	3	5	11	26
17	Max Papis								15	12	16	9	4	9	9					25
18	Rodolfo Lavín	18	15	18	15	9	14	19	11	14	15	8	19	12	15	19	18	18	8	17
19	Gualter Salles						13		18	17		DNS	11	17	12	18		15	6	11
20	Geoff Boss							16	13	16	14	DNS	13	14	14	12	10	20	9	8
21	Patrick Lemarié	10	10	13	11	19	18													8
22	Joël Camathias	9	11	14	13	16	15	13												6
23	Alex Yoong		9	19	18	17														4
24	Roberto González	17																10		3
25	Bryan Herta							11												2
26	Alex Sperafico										18						14			0
27	Luis Díaz																	19		0
Pos	Driver	STP	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LAG	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN	MIA	MEX	SUR	Pts

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th-10th place
Dark Blue	Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple	Did not finish
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Not competing

In-line notation
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Ran fastest race lap
*	Led most race laps
Rookie of the Year
Rookie

Point Scoring System:

Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Bonus Points:

1 For Fastest Friday Qualifying Lap
1 For Fastest Saturday Qualifying Lap
1 For Leading The Most Laps Of The Race

Nation's Cup[]

Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.

Pos	Country	STP	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LAG	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN	MIA	MEX	SUR	Pts
1	Canada	1	1	1	5	7	3	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	3	4	6	1	5	298
2	Mexico	2	2	2	3	2	1	4	1	5	2	4	12	4	1	5	1	3	4	262
3	Brazil	3	5	3	2	4	7	2	4	3	3	2	1	10	7	1	2	7	6	228
4	France	10	10	13	1	1	9	17	14	1	4	3	2	5	19	2	17	2	17	161
5	United States	6	12	4	16	8	11	8	7	9	11	6	9	3	14	11	4	11	1	107
6	Spain	12	18	12	4	5	2	6	5	6	5	16	18	18	2	3	19	13	19	106
7	England	13	7	8	10	6	4	18	6	10	8	5	6	8	10	8	11	9	2	103
8	Portugal	7	19	11	14	13	10	9	19	Wth	10	15	17	11	18	13	15	6	18	28
9	Finland															14	3	5	11	26
10	Italy								15	12	16	9	4	9	9					25
11	Switzerland	9	11	14	13	16	15	13												6
12	Malaysia		9	19	18	17														4
Pos	Country	STP	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LAG	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN	MIA	MEX	SUR	Pts

Chassis Constructor's Cup[]

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Lola	387
2	Reynard	161
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Driver Breakdown[]

Pos	Driver	Team	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Top 5's	Top 10's	Poles	Laps Lead	Points
1	Tracy	Team Player's	18	7	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	6	Template:Number table sorting	226
2	Junqueira	Newman-Haas Racing	18	2	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	2	Template:Number table sorting	199
3	Jourdain, Jr.	Team Rahal	18	2	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	1	Template:Number table sorting	195
4	Bourdais (R)	Newman-Haas Racing	18	3	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	5	Template:Number table sorting	159
5	Carpentier	Team Player's	18	1	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	1	Template:Number table sorting	146
6	Domínguez	Herdez Competition	18	1	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	118
7	Servià	Patrick Racing	18	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	108
8	Fernández	Fernández Racing	18	1	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	1	Template:Number table sorting	105
9	Manning (R)	Walker Racing	18	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	103
10	Tagliani	Rocketsports Racing	18	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	1*	Template:Number table sorting	97
11	Vasser	American Spirit Team Johansson	18	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	72
12	Haberfeld (R)	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	18	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	71
13	Moreno	Herdez Competition	17	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	67
14	Hunter-Reay (R)	American Spirit Team Johansson	18	1	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	64
15	Monteiro (R)	Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing	18	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	29
16	Salo (R)	PK Racing	4	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	26
17	Papis	PK Racing	7	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	25
18	Lavín (R)	Walker Racing	18	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	17
19	Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	9	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	11
20	Boss (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	11	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	8
21	Lemarié (R)	PK Racing	6	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	8
22	Camathias (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	7	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	6
23	Yoong (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	4	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	4
24	Roberto González (R)	Herdez Competition Dale Coyne Racing	2	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Number table sorting	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	3
25	Herta	PK Racing	1	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	2
26	Sperafico (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	2	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	0
27	Díaz (R)	Walker Racing	1	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	Template:Ntsh--	0

* Alex Tagliani started on pole at Milwaukee but was not awarded the bonus point for it when the qualification session was rained out. The grid was set by practice times. This result is not counted in Tagliani's season total in this table.

Notes[]

↑ "Ford increases their stake in CART". motorsport.com. 2002-11-21. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=111881&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
↑ "Conquest Racing joins Champ Car Series". motorsport.com. 2002-12-23. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=112911&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
↑ "Pollock, Kalkhoven form Champ Car team". motorsport.com. 2003-01-15. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=113603&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
↑ "Gentilozzi to own CART team in 2003". motorsport.com. 2002-11-16. http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=111581&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
↑ "Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing, driver Monteiro enter Champ Car series". motorsport.com. 2003-02-10. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=115177&FS=F3000. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
↑ "Johansson forms two car CART team". motorsport.com. 2002-12-20. http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=112861&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
↑ "Former F1 driver Yoong joins Dale Coyne Racing". motorsport.com. 2003-03-21. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=117949&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
↑ "Yoong steps down at Dale Coyne Racing". motorsport.com. 2003-05-26. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=124721&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
↑ "Herta replaces PK Racing's rookie for Laguna". motorsport.com. 2003-06-12. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=126512&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
↑ "'Mad Max' Papis returns to Champ Car competition". motorsport.com. 2003-06-18. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=127377&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
↑ "Dale Coyne Racing signs Geoff Boss". motorsport.com. 2003-06-12. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=126511&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
↑ "Toronto: Round ten preview". motorsport.com. 2003-07-08. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=129560&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
↑ "Salo to debut at Denver". motorsport.com. 2003-08-27. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=134842&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
↑ "Walker Racing add Luis Diaz to team's Mexico City lineup". motorsport.com. 2003-09-30. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=138660&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2008-06-11.

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