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Competitve showing for Bridgman in Atlantic debut
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10 April 2006
Long Beach, California - Tim Bridgman (Dunmow, Essex, England) showed he is a competitive force in this year's Champ Car Atlantic Championship, running at the sharp end of the nearly 30-car grid in the season opener at Long Beach on the weekend.
The Epson Team Jensen driver made the most of his starting slot in Sunday's race, quickly gaining three places into seventh, where he ran for the most of the race before caution flags came out as several cars lost their battle with the barriers on the twisting street circuit.
As the race resumed on lap 20 of 32, Bridgman was overtaking in Turn 1 and hit a piece of track that had caught out several drivers before him. The incident saw him having to retire from the race. "I was happy with how the car and team were performing, so it's disappointing for the guys who worked super hard all weekend," he said. "But we showed we had the pace and our sponsors really enjoyed the event - it was an amazing atmosphere for opening race - so it was a good race weekend from that point of view and I'm feeling positive about the next race."
Bridgman now returns to the UK before flying back out for race two of the series at Houston's Fast Trac 100 event in May.
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