San Jose Grand Prix

Venue	Streets of San Jose
Corporate sponsor	Canary Fund, Redback Networks [1]
First race	2005
First CCWS race	2005
Distance	1hr 45min (approx 145 miles)
Number of laps	100 (Depending on # of Caution Laps)
Previous names	Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose (2005) Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose (2006)

The San Jose Grand Prix is an annual circuit in the Champ Car World Series in San Jose, California, and is an open-wheel race on a temporary street circuit. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Atlanta Motor Speedway California Speedway Dover International Speedway Gateway International Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway Lowes Motor Speedway Nazareth Speedway New Hampshire International Speedway Phoenix International Raceway Pikes Peak International Raceway Walt Disney World Speedway Category: ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_California. ... Sponsorship Porsches during WTA championships in Madrid For other uses, see Sponsor (disambiguation). ... The Canary Fund is a non-profit California corporation dedicated to developing a biomarker discovery platform for the early detection of cancer. ... Redback Networks, Inc. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nigel Mansell racing in a Champcar in 1993 Terminology Champcar, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nigel Mansell racing in a Champcar in 1993 Terminology Champcar, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ... Nickname: Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... Open-wheel racing refers to a type of motor racing in which the wheels of the cars are not housed inside fenders, as in stock car or touring car racing, but rather out in the open at the end of readily-visible axles and suspension systems. ... Road racing can be a term involving road running, road bicycle races, or automobile races. ...

The Track

The 1.448 mile "Redback Raceway"[1]

Initially the track was designed to run near Downtown San Jose, California, circling around the HP Pavilion. However, due to higher than expected costs for street repairs and improvements, among other concerns, race organizers moved to a course running directly through downtown. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Nickname: Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... The HP Pavilion at San Jose, commonly called The Shark Tank or The Tank, both of which come from its primary tenant, or, just simply, the HP Pavilion, or less often as San Jose Arena (after its former name), is an indoor arena located at 525 West Santa Clara Street...

The course begins on Alamden Boulevard running northerly along the southbound lanes of the road crossing VTA lightrail tracks at San Carlos St. Just before reaching Santa Clara Street the course reaches turn one, an abrupt hairpin that causes the drivers to double back in the southbound direction along Almaden Blvd again in the opposite direction of normal traffic. The course then turns east along Park Avenue at turn two. Turn 3 takes the drivers on to Market Street passing Plaza de Cesar Chavez through the shallow chicane of turns four and five again crossing the VTA lightrail track. The course then turns right on to Balbach at turn 6. At the final turn 7 the course again turns right back on to Almaden Blvd. The entrance to the pit lane is also at turn 7. JUNCTION POSTMILE 101 SCL 0. ... VTA is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: In transportation, VTA is the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. ... A tram of the Luas system in Dublin, Ireland A METRORail train approaching Preston Station in downtown Houston, Texas, USA. The Guadalajara urban L-train system (SITEUR), at first a trolleybus system, opened in 1980; the second line was opened in 1994, and a third line is in project. ... The fountain in Plaza de César Chávez Plaza de César Chávez is a small, 2. ... VTA is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: In transportation, VTA is the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. ...

Event History

Inaugural Event

The Canary Fund sponsored Champ Car at the 2005 Taylor Woodrow San Jose Grand Prix

The inaugural event was held July 29 through July 31 in 2005. As the newest addition to the world series, the San Jose race was expected to raise interest in racing in Northern California. Although the Champ Car World Series was the main event, a number of other races were also held. Additionally, a week of fairs, music, charity events and promotional activities also supported the Grand Prix. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 526 pixelsFull resolution (2080 × 1368 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 526 pixelsFull resolution (2080 × 1368 pixel, file size: 1. ... is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. ...

The title event of the inaugural Grand Prix was held at 2:00 pm PST on July 31, 2005. It was race #8 of the 2005 Champ Car World Series. Other races included the Trans-Am Road Racing Series, the Toyota Atlantic Championship, The United States Touring Car Championship, and The Historic Stock Car Racing Series. The weekend also featured the Formula D Drift racing competition, in which participants engage in controlled slides, moving their cars sideways across the track. Nigel Mansell racing in a Champcar in 1993 Terminology Champcar, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ... The Trans-Am series was created in 1966 by the SCCA as the Trans-American Sedan Championship. ... The Toyota Atlantic Championship is an auto racing series with races throughout North America. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... First Formula D logo, in use from 2004 to 2006 Formula D is the United States drifting series. ... A Toyota Supra in drifting exhibition in Atlanta in 2005. ...

On race weekend, many critics, including several drivers, criticized the track for being too narrow, too bumpy and dangerous. Some drivers even jokingly compared the track to a motocross track, and somewhat-seriously complained of headaches after several laps. Several modifications were made to the track following initial practice and qualifying sessions, including adding a chicane to the front stretch and moving a grandstand to make room for a bigger run-off area. Still, the crossing of the VTA's light rail tracks on the course actually caused the Champ Cars to bounce and become slightly airborne in a high speed area of the track. A rider using a berm to corner during a motocross race in Australia Motocross (often shortened to MX or MotoX) is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. ... The Ford chicane on Le Mans A chicane is a sequence of tight serpentine curves (usually an S-shape curve) in a roadway, used in auto racing and on city streets to slow cars. ... [[|right|200px]] Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is a special-purpose district responsible for public transit services, congestion management, specific highway improvement projects, and countywide transportation planning for Santa Clara County, California, United States. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ...

On race day, the Champ Car race was largely a battle of survival, as half the starting field failed to finish the race, most due to crashing on narrow portions of the track, or mechanical problems caused by the bumpy rail crossings. There was also little on-track passing in the Champ Car race, although many of the support races did see quite a bit of on track passing.

In the end, the event was still considered a success, as official attendance reports showed over 60,000 fans on race day, and total 3-day attendance exceeded 150,000.

2006 Changes

As a result of the poor quality of racing in 2005, organizers of the San Jose Grand Prix promised that the track would be improved in the future in order to keep the race. For the 2006 event, there were several changes made to the Downtown San Jose Circuit. The biggest change was a pit road/frontstretch swap which put the start finish line closer to the premium Gold seating section, which was obstructed in 2005 by the palm trees on the Almaden Boulevard median. The swap also removed the chicane placed just before the rail crossing, making the stretch from Balbach to the Toyota Hairpin a straight shot. The proceeding left turn onto Park Avenue was widened to allow for more passing. The track at the second rail crossing along Market Avenue was leveled so that there would be no issue of cars 'taking off' again. The right turn from Market onto Balbach was also widened to create another passing opportunity.

The San Jose Grand Prix organizers also had to deal with the decision of the owners of the CCWS to not renew their marketing agreement with the Trans-Am Series and the failure to attract the return of the United States Touring Car Championship. Once the Grand Prix had secured an appearance by the Formula BMW USA series, organizers focused the rest of their budget on off-course attractions to further increase attendance. Their efforts were not successful, as revised attendance figures indicated a paid attendance of 83,248, a substantial decrease from 2005. [Attendance figures below do not reflect paid attendance but rather number of tickets distributed.] Race calendar and winners Championship standings (after 9 of 30 rounds) Categories: | | | ...

2007 Event

San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway

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• (March 9, 2007) - San José Grand Prix President Dale Jantzen announced today that Redback Networks, an Ericsson company, will be the title sponsor of the 1.5-mile, seven-turn downtown temporary street circuit in 2007, the "Redback Raceway.". The event will be known as the San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway.

• (July 26, 2007) – Redback Networks announced more than 40 broadband video camera feeds will provide a personal video experience for San Jose Grand Prix race fans, July 27-29. The live broadband video feeds will be managed by Redback’s SmartEdge multi-service edge routers, and delivered to race fans over a wireless network infrastructure. The live video feeds can be accessed for free over Internet-enabled PCs and TV. One of the key contributors to the ‘video-enhanced’ fan experience is Dr. Alan Lippman, Redback’s chief video architect, and one of the original creators of one of the largest streaming media platforms in the world. In addition to helping produce a state-of-the-art video-enhanced experience, Redback Networks is the racetrack sponsor for the 2007 San Jose Grand Prix. As title sponsor of the track, the race will be held at the “Redback Raceway,” the downtown course that runs through the city of San Jose

• (July 26, 2007) - Blue Coat Systems, Inc. , the leader in secure content and application delivery, announced the company will provide a combination of Web acceleration and video optimization, together with Web security and bandwidth management, for the WiFi local area network ("WLAN") that will be available at the Third Annual San Jose Grand Prix. The San Jose Grand Prix, the largest sporting event in the city's history, will take place July 27th-29th on the streets of downtown San Jose.

• (July 24, 2007) – Ryan Dalziel, driver of the #28 DP01 for Pacific Coast Motorsports suffered a broken collarbone while training on his bicycle Tuesday morning. As a result of the injury, Dalziel will miss the San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway. Dalziel will consult with Dr. Terry Trammell in the next few days to determine his eligibility for round ten of the Champ Car World Series at Road America.

• (July 25, 2007) - Champ Car race winner, Mario Dominguez, 32, of Mexico City, Mexico will drive the #28 PCM/DP01 for injured rookie, Ryan Dalziel beginning this weekend at the San Jose Grand Prix.

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Attendance

Past winners

Season	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine	Team
2005	Sébastien Bourdais	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Newman-Haas
2006	Sébastien Bourdais	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Newman-Haas
2007	Robert Doornbos	Panoz DP1	Mazda-Cosworth	Minardi Team USA

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External links

• San Jose Grand Prix
• Champ Car World Series
• Canary Foundation

Coordinates: 37°19′41″N, 121°53′26″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...