Tracy fastest in first session
Paul Tracy was quickest in the opening practice session for the Denver round of the Champ Car World Series, despite having to sit out eight minutes of the session as a penalty for causing a red flag
The Canadian tapped Nicky Pastorelli into a spin, with the stranded Rocketsports car prompting a stoppage. Both had to take Champ Car's standard eight minute penalty as a consequence.
But Tracy rebounded to beat championship leader Sebastien Bourdais to the fastest time of the session.
AJ Allmendinger was third quickest in the second Forsythe car, despite brushing the wall and then spinning and stalling late on.
Bruno Junqueira's troubled season continued as a turbo problem forced him to switch to his spare car. He ended up seventh.
The usual frontrunners shied away from the extremely dusty track at first, allowing rookies like Will Power and Katherine Legge to dominate the early running.
Legge later became the second person to cause a red flag, spinning and stalling at Turn 4.
Practice times:
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Paul Tracy Forsythe 1:01.651 2. Sebastien Bourdais Newman/Haas 1:01.689 + 0.038 3. AJ Allmendinger Forsythe 1:02.000 + 0.349 4. Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:02.083 + 0.432 5. Oriol Servia PKV 1:02.171 + 0.520 6. Mario Dominguez Dale Coyne 1:02.209 + 0.558 7. Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas 1:02.317 + 0.666 8. Andrew Ranger Conquest 1:02.743 + 1.092 9. Nelson Philippe CTE-HVM 1:02.976 + 1.325 10. Will Power Team Australia 1:03.056 + 1.405 11. Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:03.062 + 1.411 12. Jan Heylen Dale Coyne 1:03.247 + 1.586 13. Dan Clarke CTE-HVM 1:03.424 + 1.773 14. Katherine Legge PKV 1:03.494 + 1.843 15. Charles Zwolsman Conquest 1:03.499 + 1.848 16. Nicky Pastorelli Rocketsports 1:05.917 + 4.266
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