2007 Las Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix

The 2007 Las Vegas Atlantic Grand Prix was the first round of the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Season, held on April 8, 2007 on the Streets of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Robert Wickens	Red Bull Forsythe Racing	1:32.542	1:30.934	1:30.934
2		James Hinchcliffe	Sierra Sierra Enterprises	1:32.410	1:31.896	1:31.896*
3		Jonathan Bomarito	PR1 Motorsports	1:32.835	1:31.126	1:31.126
4		Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises	1:32.693	1:31.147	1:31.147
5		J.R. Hildebrand	Newman Wachs Racing	1:33.014	1:31.191	1:31.191
6		Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports	1:33.083	1:31.202	1:31.202
7		Carl Skerlong	US Racetronics	1:32.443	1:31.203	1:31.203
8		Simona De Silvestro	Walker Racing	1:33.298	1:31.327	1:31.327
9		John Edwards	Red Bull Forsythe Racing	1:33.478	1:31.732	1:31.732
10		Giacomo Ricci	Conquest Racing	1:35.190	1:31.975	1:31.975
11		Alan Sciuto	Alan Sciuto Racing	1:34.514	1:31.992	1:31.992
12		Matt Lee	Conquest Racing	1:34.748	1:32.061	1:32.061
13		Tom Sutherland	Jensen MotorSport	1:34.106	1:32.209	1:32.209
14		Ronnie Bremer	Polestar Racing Group	1:33.747	1:32.269	1:32.269
15		Junior Strous	Condor Motorsports	1:34.316	1:32.615	1:32.615
16		Adrien Herberts	Paladin Motorsports	1:35.065	1:32.679	1:32.679
17		Mike Forest	PR1 Motorsports	1:35.571	1:32.863	1:32.863
18		David Garza	US RaceTronics	1:33.088	1:32.951	1:32.951
19		Justin Sofio	Mathiasen Motorsports	1:34.655	1:33.185	1:33.185
20		Adrian Carrio	Genoa Racing	1:35.779	1:33.583	1:33.583
21		Frankie Muniz	Jensen MotorSport	1:36.358	1:34.290	1:34.290
22		Richard Heistand	Genoa Racing	1:35.402	1:34.431	1:34.431
23		Brian Thienes	Condor Motorsports	1:35.969	1:34.578	1:34.578
24		Dominick Muermans	Jensen MotorSport	1:38.210	1:34.835	1:34.835
25		Dan Selznick	The Room Store	1:37.696	1:35.133	1:35.133
26		Jiang Tengyi	Brooks Associates Racing	1:37.451	1:35.250	1:35.250
27		Bret MacDonald	Polestar Racing Group	1:36.662	1:36.677	1:36.662

• Hinchcliffe awarded 2nd on the starting grid for gaining provisional pole position.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Raphael Matos	Sierra Sierra Enterprises	22	50:39.638	4	31
2	3	Robert Wickens	Red Bull Forsythe Racing	22	+0.2 secs	1	29
3	23	Jonathan Bomarito	PR1 Motorsports	22	+1.8 secs	3	25
4	9	James Hinchcliffe	Sierra Sierra Enterprises	22	+4.0 secs	2	24
5	11	Franck Perera	Condor Motorsports	22	+5.5 secs	6	21
6	16	Junior Strous	Condor Motorsports	22	+8.3 secs	15	19
7	20	Alan Sciuto	Alan Sciuto Racing	22	+9.5 secs	11	17
8	12	Ronnie Bremer	Polestar Racing Group	22	+10.6 secs	14	15
9	26	Justin Sofio	Mathiasen Motorsports	22	+11.0 secs	19	13
10	44	Matt Lee	Conquest Racing	22	+21.8 secs	12	11
11	32	Mike Forest	PR1 Motorsports	22	+39.8 secs	17	10
12	19	Brian Thienes	Condor Motorsports	22	+59.7 secs	22	10
13	36	J.R. Hildebrand	Newman Wachs Racing	21	Contact	5	8
14	18	Giacomo Ricci	Conquest Racing	21	Contact	10	7
15	2	Tom Sutherland	Jensen MotorSport	21	Contact	13	6
16	22	Dominick Muermans	Jensen MotorSport	21	Contact	24	5
17	5	Simona De Silvestro	Walker Racing	20	Contact	8	4
18	7	John Edwards	Red Bull Forsythe Racing	13	Contact	9	3
19	49	Dan Selznick	The Room Store	13	Contact	25	2
20	13	Frankie Muniz	Jensen MotorSport	13	Contact	21	1
21	8	Jiang Tengyi	Brooks Associates Racing	13	Contact	26	0
22	45	Adrien Herberts	Paladin Motorsports	13	Contact	16	0
23	21	Bret MacDonald	Polestar Racing Group	12	Contact	27	0
24	37	Richard Heistand	Genoa Racing	9	Contact	22	0
25	4	David Garza	US RaceTronics	6	Contact	18	0
26	26	Carl Skerlong	US RaceTronics	4	Contact	7	0
27	17	Adrian Carrio	Genoa Racing	0	Contact	20	0

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-4	Carrio crash
5-8	Skerlong crash
11-13	Debris
14-19	Garza/Edwards/Selznick/Muniz/Jiang/Herberts/MacDonald crash

Notes

Laps Leader 1-4 Robert Wickens 5-8 James Hinchcliffe 9-19 Robert Wickens 20-22 Raphael Matos

Driver Laps led Robert Wickens 15 James Hinchcliffe 4 Raphael Matos 3

• • New Race Lap Record: Robert Wickens: 1:31.554
  • New Race Record: Raphael Matos: 50:39.638 (22 Laps)

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results