| iv cl | | | | According to Bourdais who has finished on the |
| After a six week interval from Champ Car racing, | | | | podium here in three of this yearâs four |
| McDonaldâs® driver Sebastien | | | | races including a win from pole in 2004, |
| Bourdais and Medi | Zone driver Graham Rahal are | | | | âWe missed a chance to win five in a |
| excitedly anticipating their return to competition | | | | row last year in Portland for the |
| this weekend in the Mazda Grand Prix of Portland | | | | McDonaldâs team. The start was really |
| Presented by Joeâs Sports and Outdoors | | | | messed up last year. Basically Bruno, my |
| and sponsored by Mazda the maker of Mazda | | | | teammate, thought he was in command and he |
| spark plug. Bourdais is hoping to continue his | | | | should have been but the flagman just threw the |
| streak that earned him wins in the past two | | | | green flag and the whole right side of the grid |
| events and also make up for the lost opportunity | | | | never went. It was a disaster and we ended up |
| last year to win a series-record fifth consecutive | | | | seventh after Turn 1. It was basically tough from |
| victory in Portland while Rahal hopes to add to the | | | | there but we still had a good recovery and made |
| âfirstsâ that have come on this | | | | it back to third. |
| track. | | | | |