Vegas Grand Prix
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For the Formula One event, see Las Vegas Grand Prix
The Vegas Grand Prix fueled by VISA is a Champ Car race to be held in downtown Las Vegas April 8, 2007.
The first American open wheel race in Las Vegas took place in 1954 at Las Vegas Park. The CART series held a race at Caesar's Palace from 1983-1984. It used the same temporary course used for the Las Vegas Grand Prix Formula One event.
In September 1996, Las Vegas Motor Speedway opened with an Indy Racing League event. The IRL raced there through 2000. In 2004-2005, the Champ Car series also held the "Double Down in the Desert" 400km races as the main event in a doubleheader with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series earlier that evening at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In 2007, Champ Car will return to Las Vegas, and utilize a temporary street circuit in Downtown Las Vegas.
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[edit] Past results
[edit] AAA Championship Car history (Las Vegas Park)
| Season | Date | Race Name | Winning Driver | Chassis | Engine |
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| 1954 | November 14 | Silver State Century |  Jimmy Bryan |
Kuzma | Offy |
[edit] Indy Racing League history (Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
- 1996 Richie Hearn
- 1997 Eliseo Salazar
- 1998 Arie Luyendyk
- 1999 Sam Schmidt
- 2000 Al Unser, Jr.
[edit] CART Champ Car history
| Season | Date | Race Name | Winning Driver | Chassis | Engine |
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| 1983 | October 8 | Caesar's Palace Grand Prix III | Mario Andretti |
Lola | Ford |
| 1984 | November 10 | Caesar's Palace Grand Prix IV | Tom Sneva |
March | Ford |
| 2004 | September 25 | Bridgestone 400 Presented by Corona |  Sébastien Bourdais |
Lola | Ford Cosworth |
| 2005 | September 24 | Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400 | Sébastien Bourdais |
Lola | Ford Cosworth |
| 2007 Champ Car World Series | |||||||||
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| Newman/Haas | Forsythe | Minardi | Australia | PKV | RSPORTS | Coyne | Conquest | PCM | |
| 1 Bourdais 2 Rahal |
3 Tracy 7 Dominguez |
4 Clarke 14 Doornbos |
5 Power 15 Pagenaud |
6 Gommendy 21 Jani |
8 Tagliani 9 Wilson |
11 TBA 19 TBA |
27 TBA | 28 Dalziel 29 Figge |
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| Las Vegas - Long Beach - Houston - Portland - Cleveland - Mont-Tremblant - Toronto - Edmonton - San Jose - Road America - Assen - Zolder - Surfers Paradise - Zhuhai - Mexico City - Phoenix | |||||||||
| Tracks of the Champ Car World Series |
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| Current Tracks (2007)
Assen • Cleveland • Edmonton • Houston • Las Vegas • Long Beach • Mexico City • Mont-Tremblant • Phoenix • Portland • Road America • San Jose • Surfers Paradise • Toronto • Zhuhai • Zolder Former Tracks (Ovals) Former Tracks (Road Courses) Former Tracks (International) |
