Wilson wins season final to cop third

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Justin Wilson won the Mexico City Grand Prix Sunday, securing third place in the Champ Car season series.
Holding an 11-point lead over Paul Tracy going into the season's final event, Wilson took advantage of his second career pole and two good pits. He avoided big mistakes and led almost the entire race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track.
Wilson finished the race in 1 hour, 58 minutes, 23.479 seconds, followed by his RuSPORT teammate A.J. Allmendinger in 1 hour, 58 minutes, 27.415 seconds.
Tracy managed to recover from a first-lap spin-off and an early penalty to finish third in 1 hour, 58 minutes, 30.263 seconds.
Made his move
Tracy steadily gained ground from last place and made his pivotal move in the 64th lap. He jumped from sixth place to third in the straight
Sebastien Bourdais of France, who entered the race with the season title already, didn't finish after crashing with Brazil's Cristian da Matta in the 61st lap.
It was the first time Bourdais didn't complete a race this season.
Oriol Servia of Spain was fourth in 1 hour, 58 minutes, 33.113 seconds. Bourdais' teammate had already secured second place in the season standings after Friday's qualifying session.
Local hero Mario Dominguez took 12th place but was third going into the 51st lap, when he was bumped by German rookie Timo Glock, who finished fifth.
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