2007 Vegas Grand Prix
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Will Power Team Australia 68 1:45:13.637 1 34
2 14 Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 68 +16.789 3 27
3 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 68 +27.356 2 27
4 8 Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 68 +48.981 4 24
5 22 Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 68 +1:10.396 11 21
6 11 Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 68 +1:21.261 13 20
7 19 Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 66 + 1 Lap 6 18
8 29 Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 63 + 5 Laps 17 15
9 7 Mario Dominguez Forsythe Racing 57 + 11 Laps 7 13
10 21 Neel Jani PKV Racing 56 Mechanical 9 11
11 28 Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 52 + 16 Laps 15 10
12 15 Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 47 Engine 5 9
13 1 Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 30 Accident 16 8
14 9 Justin Wilson RSPORTS 20 Input shaft 8 7
15 4 Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 13 Accident 12 6
16 42 Matt Halliday Conquest Racing 3 Accident 14 5
17 2 Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 1 Accident 10 4
Race
The race was a fresh start for the Champ Car World Series . With a new car ( Panoz DP01 ) , new rules , including timed races and staggered starts , new teams like Pacific Coast Motorsports , a different season opener on a new track , and an eventual return to ABC/ESPN later in the year , all were the big stories of the day . The race would be one of survival of the fittest as many drivers were taken out by either crashes or mechanical failures . Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing would not have a good day as 3-time champion Sébastien Bourdais was hampered by numerous tire problems and rookie Graham Rahal was taken out on the first lap . Will Power had the dominant car all day long , only being challenged consistently by Paul Tracy , who many saw as the man to unseat Bourdais as the face of Champ Car . In the end , the race would all come down to fuel mileage . Tracy 's car struggled with taking a full load of fuel preventing him from snapping his winless streak . Will Power outlasted the field to take his first career victory , which was also the first Champ Car victory by an Australian , in a dominant fashion .
The 2007 Las Vegas Grand Prix was the first round of the 2007 Champ Car World Series Season, held on April 8 on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada.