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{{American Championshp Car race report infobox|
Country       = Mexico|
Race          = Monterrey|
Image         = |
Caption       = |
Date          = May 23|
Year          = 2004|
Official name = [[Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey|Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix]]|
Race_No       = 2|
Season_No     = 14|
Series        = Champ Car|
Location      = [[Fundidora Park]]<br />[[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]], [[Mexico]]|
Course        = Temporary street circuit|
Course_mi     = 2.104|
Course_km     = 3.386|
Distance_laps = 72|
Distance_mi   = 151.488|
Distance_km   = 243.792|
Weather       = Warm and Hazy|
Pole_Driver   = [[Sébastien Bourdais]]|
Pole_Team     = [[Newman/Haas Racing]]|
Pole_Time     = 1:13.915|
Pole_Country  = France|
Fast_Driver   = [[Sébastien Bourdais]]|
Fast_Team     = [[Newman/Haas Racing]]|
Fast_Time     = 1:15.021|
Fast_Lap      = 57|
Fast_Country  = France|
First_Driver  = [[Sébastien Bourdais]]|
First_Team    = [[Newman/Haas Racing]]|
First_Country = France|
Second_Driver = [[Bruno Junqueira]]|
Second_Team   = [[Newman/Haas Racing]]|
Second_Country= Brazil|
Third_Driver  = [[Mario Domínguez]]|
Third_Team    = [[Herdez Competition]]|
Third_Country = Mexico|
}}

The '''[[Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey|2004 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey]]''' was the second round of the [[2004 Champ Car season|2004 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season]], held on May 23, 2004 on the streets of [[Fundidora Park]] in [[Monterrey|Monterrey, Mexico]].

==Qualifying results==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! Nat
! Name
! Team
! Qual 1
! Qual 2
! Best
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|France}}
| [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
| 1:15.978
| 1:13.915
| '''1:13.915'''
|-
! 2
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}
| [[Mario Domínguez]]
| [[Herdez Competition]]
| 1:16.422
| 1:14.343
| '''1:14.343'''
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
| [[Mi-Jack Conquest Racing]]
| 1:16.087
| 1:14.354
| '''1:14.354'''
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Bruno Junqueira]]
| Newman/Haas Racing
| 1:15.834
| 1:14.405
| '''1:14.405'''
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[Patrick Carpentier]]
| [[Forsythe Championship Racing|Forsythe Racing]]
| 1:16.617
| 1:14.625
| '''1:14.625'''
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[Paul Tracy]]
| Forsythe Racing
| 1:16.417
| 1:14.723
| '''1:14.723'''
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|USA}}
| [[Jimmy Vasser]]
| [[PKV Racing]]
| 1:16.620
| 1:15.183
| '''1:15.183'''
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|USA}}
| [[Ryan Hunter-Reay]]
| Herdez Competition
| 1:17.637
| 1:15.265
| '''1:15.265'''
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|Spain}}
| [[Oriol Servià]]
| [[Dale Coyne Racing]]
| 1:17.890
| 1:15.395
| '''1:15.395'''
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Tarso Marques]]
| Dale Coyne Racing
| 1:18.100
| 1:15.582
| '''1:15.582'''
|-
! 11
| {{flagicon|USA}}
| [[A. J. Allmendinger]]
| [[RuSPORT]]
| 1:17.644
| 1:15.673
| '''1:15.673'''
|-
! 12
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}
| [[Roberto González]]
| PKV Racing
| 1:18.154
| 1:15.791
| '''1:15.791'''
|-
! 13
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}
| [[Michel Jourdain, Jr.]]
| RuSPORT
| 1:17.873
| 1:15.805
| '''1:15.805'''
|-
! 14
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}
| [[Rodolfo Lavín]]
| Forsythe Racing
| 1:18.553
| 1:16.096
| '''1:16.096'''
|-
! 15
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[Alex Tagliani]]
| [[Rocketsports Racing]]
| 1:16.712
| 1:16.103
| '''1:16.103'''
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Mario Haberfeld]]
| [[Walker Racing]]
| 1:16.491
| 1:16.691
| '''1:16.491'''
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|France}}
| [[Nelson Philippe]]
| Rocketsports Racing
| 1:18.373
| 1:17.191
| '''1:17.191'''
|-
! 18
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Alex Sperafico]]
| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
| 1:20.139
| 1:17.736
| '''1:17.736'''
|}

==Race==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Team !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 2
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
| 72
| 1:45:01.498
| 1
| '''35'''
|-
! 2
| 6
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Bruno Junqueira]]
| Newman/Haas Racing
| 72
| +3.852 secs
| 4
| '''28'''
|-
! 3
| 55
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mario Domínguez]]
| [[Herdez Competition]]
| 72
| +5.209 secs
| 2
| '''26'''
|-
! 4
| 7
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Patrick Carpentier]]
| [[Forsythe Championship Racing|Forsythe Racing]]
| 72
| +6.119 secs
| 5
| '''24'''
|-
! 5
| 8
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Alex Tagliani]]
| [[Rocketsports Racing]]
| 72
| +9.900 secs
| 15
| '''23'''
|-
! 6
| 34
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
| [[Mi-Jack Conquest Racing]]
| 72
| +11.368 secs
| 3
| '''20'''
|-
! 7
| 1
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Paul Tracy]]
| Forsythe Racing
| 72
| +17.047 secs
| 6
| '''17'''
|-
! 8
| 4
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Hunter-Reay]]
| Herdez Competition
| 72
| +22.251 secs
| 8
| '''15'''
|-
! 9
| 21
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Roberto González]]
| [[PKV Racing]]
| 72
| +26.764 secs
| 12
| '''13'''
|-
! 10
| 17
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Nelson Philippe]]
| Rocketsports Racing
| 72
| +27.925 secs
| 17
| '''11'''
|-
! 11
| 9
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Michel Jourdain, Jr.]]
| [[RuSPORT]]
| 72
| +29.197 secs
| 13
| '''10'''
|-
! 12
| 12
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Vasser]]
| PKV Racing
| 71
| Contact
| 7
| '''9'''
|-
! 13
| 3
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Rodolfo Lavín]]
| Forsythe Racing
| 70
| + 2 Laps
| 14
| '''8'''
|-
! 14
| 11
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Oriol Servià]]
| [[Dale Coyne Racing]]
| 70
| + 2 Laps
| 9
| '''7'''
|-
! 15
| 5
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Mario Haberfeld]]
| [[Walker Racing]]
| 62
| Contact
| 16
| '''6'''
|-
! 16
| 14
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Alex Sperafico]]
| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
| 46
| Pit Incident
| 18
| '''5'''
|-
! 17
| 10
| {{flagicon|US}} [[A. J. Allmendinger]]
| RuSPORT
| 24
| Fire
| 11
| '''4'''
|-
! 18
| 19
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Tarso Marques]]
| Dale Coyne Racing
| 11
| Suspension
| 10
| '''3'''
|}

==Caution flags==

{| border=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!Laps !!Cause
|-
|2-3 || [[Mario Domínguez|Domínguez (55)]] spin/stall
|-
|6-7 || [[Nelson Philippe|Philippe (17)]] spin/stall
|-
|12-15 || [[Tarso Marques|Marques (19)]] spin/stall
|-
|21-23 || Philippe (17) & [[Roberto González|González (21)]] spin; Philippe (17) stall
|-
|41-44 || [[Oriol Servià|Servià (11)]] contact
|-
|63-64 || [[Mario Haberfeld|Haberfeld (5)]] & [[Rodolfo Lavín|Lavín (3)]] contact; Lavín (3) stalled
|}

==Notes==

{|
|valign="top"|

{| border=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!Laps !!Leader
|-
|1-25 || [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
|-
|26 || [[Bruno Junqueira]]
|-
|27-30 || [[Alex Tagliani]]
|-
|31-46 || [[Patrick Carpentier]]
|-
|47 || [[Mario Domínguez]]
|-
|48-51 || Bruno Junqueira
|-
|52 || Sébastien Bourdais
|-
|53-54 || Alex Tagliani
|-
|55 || [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
|-
|56-72 || Sébastien Bourdais
|}
|width="50"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|

{| border=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!Driver !! Laps led
|-
|[[Sébastien Bourdais]] || 43
|-
|[[Patrick Carpentier]] || 16
|-
|[[Alex Tagliani]] || 6
|-
|[[Bruno Junqueira]] || 5
|-
|[[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]] || 1
|-
|[[Mario Domínguez]] || 1
|}
|}

* '''New Track Record''' [[Sébastien Bourdais]] 1:13.915 (Qualification Session #2)
* '''New Race Lap Record''' Sébastien Bourdais 1:15.021
* '''New Race Record''' Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:01.498
* '''Average Speed''' 86.544&nbsp;mph

==External links==
* [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=153840&FS=INDYCAR Friday Group 1 Qualifying Results]
* [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=153842&FS=INDYCAR Friday Group 2 Qualifying Results]
* [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=154008&FS=INDYCAR Saturday Qualifying Results]
* [http://www.champcarstats.com/races/200402.htm Race Results]

{{Champ Car World Series race report|
 Name_of_race = [[Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey|2004 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey]] |
 Year_of_race = 2004 |
 Previous_race_in_season = [[2004 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach]] |
 Next_race_in_season = [[2004 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 250]] |
 Previous_year's_race = [[2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix]] |
 Next_year's_race = [[2005 Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey]]
}}

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