There simply was no better rivalry in the Indycar community than this one between Tracy & Bourdais; performance wise, Bourdais was simply better - 4 series titles for the Frenchman, 1 for the Canadian. In terms of wins Bourdais had 37 to Tracy's 31...
..that said, a major caveat has to be brought up and that is the fact that, due to the Split between CART/ChampCar and the Indy Racing League, they were literally the top drivers in what had become an increasingly thin CCWS field. By the 2003 season, the major players in CART - namely Penske, Ganassi and Andretti (Rahal would split time btwn the series in 2003-2004 before going full IRL in 2005) - had jumped ship so that they could compete in the Indy 500 and ChampCar's two remaining dominant teams - Newman-Haas and Forsythe - were essentially big fish in a small pond.
Timing is also important; had this begun back in the 90's it would've been epic as both Bourdais and Tracy drove for wht would have been at that time two of the sport's Big 5 and so one has to wonder what those totals above might look like in that case. There's also the fact that, if the Split doesn't occur, chances are one or both of them would have an Indy 500 win to their credit (which, given 2002, I'm betting still sticks' in Tracy's craw at times).
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