TORONTO, July 13 (UPI) -- Paul Tracy, a 33-year-old Canadian led all 112 laps Sunday to win the Molson Indy Toronto for his fourth triumph of the season.
Driving a Ford/Lola, Tracy averaged 96.189 miles per hour around the 1 3/4-mile Exhibition Place street circuit to claim his 23rd career checkered flag. He was never threatened, winning by a comfortable 4.533 seconds over Michel Jourdain of Mexico and scoring the maximum 22 points.
Tracy became just the third driver to win this race from the pole in its 17-year history. Michael Andretti claimed one of his seven Toronto wins from the pole in 1991 and Cristiano da Matta also led wire-to-wire last year.
Bruno Junqueira of Brazil was third, followed by rookie Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais and Oriol Servia of Spain. All were more than 10 seconds behind Tracy.