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Wilson seals the deal in Edmonton.

Champ Car World Series. 21-23 July 2006. West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton.  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Turn one action with Ranger, Servia, Tracy, Allmendinger, Bourdais and Wilson
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Wilson seals the deal in Edmonton.

Tuesday, 25th July 2006

Justin Wilson had done just about everything during the first half of the 2006 Champ Car World Series season except win a race. But on Sunday in Edmonton he put a change to that.

“My car was working really well. You know, we just got quicker and quicker as laps went on. What else can I say? It was a fantastic day. Really got to thank my whole crew, did some fantastic pit stops, and my engineers who did a great job with the strategy and also with the car set-up. I'm very pleased that we made this one happen, pulled this one off. It's great to do this for CDW Canada, as well.”

“Yeah, the good thing for the championship is obviously we're coming out of this event, even if we don't win it, with the same point lead,” said Bourdais. “Not the same chaser any more, but it's still 23 over the second-place guy. It's not comfortable, but it's better than being chasing the guy in front of you. We'll take it. Now we'll have to turn things around in places where we usually are pretty good.”

“This is probably the worst circuit to be unhealthy at just because it's so physically demanding,” said Allmendinger. “You know, it's just something that we all go through at some point where we're sick for a race. You just got to keep fighting. The middle of the race is probably the toughest when there were no yellows for a whole stint and a half. But you just fight through it. When you have a great team like Forsythe, it makes it just a bit easier to get through problems when you're having it like that.”

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Servia held on to fourth and moved up three positions in the series standings, while Tracy's fifth-place run boosted him from sixth to fourth. Will Power set a new career-high with a sixth-place finish, allowing him to widen his lead in the Roshfrans Rookie-of-the-Year standings to 11 points over Dan Clarke.


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Champ Car World Series. 21-23 July 2006. West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton.  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Turn one action with Ranger, Servia, Tracy, Allmendinger, Bourdais and Wilson
Champ Car World Series. 21-23 July 2006. West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton.  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Wilson and Bourdais into turn one.
Champ Car World Series. 21-23 July 2006. West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton.  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Race winner, Wilson with Miss grand Prix on podium.
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Paul Tracy will race at Rexall Edmonton Indy with a Subway-sponsored, Walker Racing-run Vision Racing Dallara-Honda   [pic credit: IRL]
Paul Tracy will race at Rexall Edmonton Indy with a Subway-sponsored, Walker Racing-run Vision Racing Dallara-Honda   [pic credit: IRL]
Paul Tracy will race at Rexall Edmonton Indy with a Subway-sponsored, Walker Racing-run Vision Racing Dallara-Honda   [pic credit: IRL]
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[L-R] Justin Wilson, Sebastien Bourdais and Graham Rahal on the Champ Car podium at Edmonton in 2007 [pic credit: LAT Photographic]
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Champ Car World Series. 21-23 July 2006. West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton.  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Race winner, Justin Wilson.
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Champ Car World Series. 21-23 July 2006. West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton.  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Race winner, Justin Wilson
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Champ Car World Series. 21-23 July 2006. West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton.  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Servia pitstop.
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