2007 Grand Prix of Cleveland - Race

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 89 1:45:10.860 7 31
2 14 Robert Doornbos Minardi Team USA 89 +0.5 secs 5 27
3 21 Neel Jani PKV Racing 89 +5.4 secs 11 26
4 9 Justin Wilson RSPORTS 89 +5.9 secs 8 23
5 15 Simon Pagenaud Team Australia 89 +6.3 secs 2 21
6 8 Alex Tagliani RSPORTS 89 +17.8 secs 9 19
7 3 Oriol Servia Forsythe Racing 89 +23.7 secs 10 17
8 2 Graham Rahal N/H/L Racing 89 +24.7 secs 4 15
9 28 Ryan Dalziel Pacific Coast Motorsports 89 +27.8 secs 16 13
10 5 Will Power Team Australia 89 +55.2 secs 3 11
11 4 Dan Clarke Minardi Team USA 88 + 1 Lap 6 10
12 1 Sébastien Bourdais N/H/L Racing 67 Mechanical 1 12
13 22 Tristan Gommendy PKV Racing 34 Contact 12 8
14 42 Jan Heylen Conquest Racing 34 Contact 17 7
15 11 Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing 32 Mechanical 15 6
16 19 Bruno Junqueira Dale Coyne Racing 6 Contact 14 5
17 29 Alex Figge Pacific Coast Motorsports 3 Mechanical 13 4

An incident-filled race ended with a surprise winner in Paul Tracy, his first victory since the 2005 Cleveland Grand Prix and 31st overall. Despite two early crashes which forced him to pit and have his crew replace his nose cone twice, Tracy managed to stay on the lead lap. Tracy found himself in lead on lap 70 during the last yellow flag period. The extra fuel he gained by his two early pit stops allowed him to gamble on fuel strategy. Robert Doornbos, recovering from an early setback of his own after he was black-flagged for blocking, was catching up to him quickly in the final laps but was unable to pass Tracy before the checkered flag after 89 laps.

Early in the race it looked as if the race would come down to a showdown between Will Power and Sébastien Bourdais as they raced nose to tail, with Bourdais leading from the standing start. Power, following the script Bourdais ran to in the Portland race, passed Bourdais after the first round of pit stops by staying out an extra lap. But the battle was aborted when Bourdais' car broke down on lap 67. Not long later, Power was forced to pit under green on lap 75 to change a tire that failed because of a broken valve.

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