source:
lolacars.com
Bourdais battled to the
finish with Junqueira, overcoming the team's need to make two engine swaps on
race morning and a pit stop refuelling problem to lead 100 of 166 laps on a warm
desert night, taking his sixth win of the season. "I was flat out all around and
all credit to the team who gave me a perfect set-up for the race," Bourdais
reflected. "I could run anywhere on the track with my Lola."
Junqueira was forced to take second to the Frenchman again but said, "I'm very
frustrated with the outcome because my Lola was perfect tonight. This was a
clean race with Sebastien and Patrick and, anytime you bring it home in one
piece with a race like this, it's a good race." Polesitter Carpentier overcame
gearbox woes to take third and considered this second oval contest of the year
"a fun race. I enjoyed it. We made a few changes and overall the Lola was good."
Rodolfo Lavin scored an excellent 2nd place in the third of the Forsythe cars,
just holding off veteran Jimmy Vasser's PKV Lola and rookie AJ Allmendinger in
the RuSPORTS's Lola.