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References
- ↑ http://transamcars.com/content/01/1Jourdain.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ Michel Jourdain at ChampCarStats.com
- ↑ Team CENTRIX takes fourth Baja victory, Team CENTRIX PR via NASCAR.com, November 23, 2005
- ↑ Kirby, Gordon. Gordon Kirby's Inside Track: Why Champ Car World Series is so big in Mexico Archived 2016-01-30 at the Wayback Machine , ChampCarWorldSeries.com, March 18, 2003
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