Toronto, Canada (My Sportsbook) - Sebastien Bourdais captured Sunday's Molson Indy Toronto Champ Car race, crossing the finish line 1.396 seconds ahead of runner-up Jimmy Vasser.

The victory was Bourdais' third in a row, fourth of the season and seventh of his Champ Car career.

The championship lead turned on the very first lap. Series points leader Bruno Junqueira, who had not finished lower than sixth in 2004, let Mario Dominguez get even with him through the first turn and then drifted out into Dominguez as the drivers reach turn two.

Both drivers were unhurt, but out of the race.

"I had a chance to pass Tracy, but I didn't want to take the risk, to crash so I braked," said Junqueira as he walked back to the pits. "Mario saw the opportunity on the outside, but for sure he knew I was going to drift out. I am very frustrated."

Meanwhile, the first four drivers (Bourdais, Paul Tracy, Justin Wilson and Patrick Carpentier) began to move out on the rest of the field. Through the first 20 laps, the four cars had a three-second lead over their nearest competitor.

At the mid-point, Bourdais continued to lead (he led the first 63 laps), by 0.685 second over Vasser.

Vasser was in second after Tracy and Wilson came together on lap 42. Both car continued on without major damage. However, on top of the accident, Tracy and Tagliani (for a different incident with Oriol Servia) were issued drive-thru penalties for "avoidable accidents."

At lap 60, Bourdais had built up a 8.391 second lead. Tracy, who fell back to ninth after the penalty, had charged back to fourth-place. When Bourdais went to pit lane for the final time, Vasser took the top spot. He held it until he pitted on lap 69.

At that point, Tracy took the top spot by 1.929 seconds over Bourdais, but the defending series champion still had one more stop to make. Bourdais closed the gap on Tracy and he passed him on lap 73 when Tracy made his final stop.

Coming off pit lane, Tracy and Jourdain Jr. made contact, ending the Brazilian's day. Tracy received another penalty from officials for his actions.

On the final restart, Bourdais stayed in control and led to the time-shortened checkered flag. Bourdais led 75 of 84 laps.

Carpentier, Mario Haberfeld and Tracy completed the top-five.

Bourdais earned the top spot in the drivers championship with his victory. He leads his Newman/Haas teammate Junqueira, who finished 18th, by a 164-136 margin.

The seventh race of the Champ Car season, the Molson Indy Vancouver, is scheduled for Sunday, July 25th.