Tracy wins eventful Cleveland race

The Forsythe Championship Racing driver, who twice had to stop for a new front wing after collisions with Graham Rahal and Bruno Junqueira, was put on to an alternative strategy and held off the faster car of Robert Doornbos to the chequered flag.

The two more likely winners of the event, Will Power and Sebastien Bourdais, each suffered problems beyond their control.

Power was leading Bourdais by 5.5 seconds, when the Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing had a sudden and complete loss of oil pressure, probably from a broken centrifuge. Later the Team Australia car suffered a broken valve stem in his right-front tyre, and had it deflate.

Doornbos, whose Team Minardi USA were very fast, was hampered when he got a drive-through pit penalty for blocking tactics and spent the rest of the race catching up.

Rahal's pit strategy after being hit by Tracy came up around two laps short. He was pressing Tracy for the lead when he ducked into the pits for splash and dash. He eventually finished eighth.

Inspired strategy under yellows sent Neel Jani into third, while Justin Wilson (RSPORTS) and Simon Pagenaud (Team Australia) filled out the top five.

Pos  Driver              Team                          Laps
 1.  Paul Tracy          Forsythe Championship Racing   89
 2.  Robert Doornbos     Minardi Team USA               89
 3.  Neel Jani           PKV Racing                     89
 4.  Justin Wilson       RSPORTS                        89
 5.  Simon Pagenaud      Team Australia                 89
 6.  Alex Tagliani       RSPORTS                        89
 7.  Oriol Servia        Forsythe Championship Racing   89
 8.  Graham Rahal        Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing     89
 9.  Ryan Dalziel        Pacific Coast Motorsports      89
10.  Will Power          Team Australia                 89
11.  Dan Clarke          Minardi Team USA               88
12.  Sebastien Bourdais  Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing     67
13.  Tristan Gommendy    PKV Racing                     34
14.  Jan Heylen          Conquest Racing                34
15.  Katherine Legge     Dale Coyne Racing              32
16.  Bruno Junqueira     Dale Coyne Racing               6
17.  Alex Figge          Pacific Coast Motorsports       3