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NYR2119935	posted on 07-13-2001 @ 12:35 PM
Psychopath Registered: May. 00	http://www.cart.com/News.asp?ID=1156 FAST FACTS FOR THE MOLSON INDY WHAT: Molson Indy. WHERE: Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. WHEN: Friday-Sunday, July 13-15. SUPPORT EVENTS: Dayton Indy Lights Championship, Toyota Atlantic Championship, Barber Dodge Pro Series, CASCAR. CART SCHEDULE (All times local): FRIDAY, JULY 13--Barber Dodge practice, 8-8:25 a.m.; Indy Lights practice, 8:40-9:15 a.m.; Champ Car practice, 9:30-11:15 a.m.; Atlantic practice, 11:30-12:10 a.m.; Champ Car practice, 1:30-3 p.m.; Indy Lights qualifying, 3:15-3:45 p.m.; Atlantic qualifying, 4-4:30 p.m.; Barber Dodge qualifying, 4:45-5:15 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 14--Atlantic qualifying, 8:45-9:15 a.m.; Indy Lights practice, 9:30-10 a.m.; Champ Car practice, 10:15-11:30 a.m.; Barber Dodge qualifying, 12:15-12:45 p.m.; Indy Lights qualifying, 1-1:30 p.m.; Champ Car qualifying (2 groups/30 minutes each), 1:45-3 p.m. Atlantic race, 3:15-4:15 p.m. SUNDAY, JULY 15--Indy Lights warm-up, 8-8:15 a.m.; Barber Dodge warm-up, 8:30-8:45 a.m.; Champ Car warm-up, 9-9:30 a.m.; Indy Lights race, 10:15-11:30 a.m.; Grid Champ Cars, 12:15 p.m.; Molson Indy, 1 p.m. BROADCAST: TV-ESPN (live, 1 p.m. ET). RADIO-CART Radio Network. INTERNET- www.cart.com. PRE-RACE PROGRAMMING: Molson Indy pole qualifying, 5 p.m. ET Saturday, ESPN2; CART 2Day, 11 a.m. ET Sunday, ESPN2. DEFENDING CHAMPION: Michael Andretti. DEFENDING POLESITTER: Helio Castroneves. TRACK LAYOUT: 1.755-mile temporary road course. RACE LENGTH: 95 laps, 166.725 miles. TRACK RECORDS: Qualifying (one lap)--1999, Gil de Ferran, 110.565 mph (57.143 seconds); Race--1999, Dario Franchitti, 85.897 mph. RACE NUMBER: 10 of 21 in the FedEx Championship Series. FedEx CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINTS LEADERS: 1. Kenny Brack, Team Rahal, 84 points; 2. Helio Castroneves, Marlboro Team Penske, 70; 3. Dario Franchitti, Team KOOL Green, 65; 4. Gil de Ferran, Marlboro Team Penske, 56; 5. Cristiano da Matta, Newman/Haas Racing, 55. INSTANT REPLAY Michael Andretti of Newman/Haas Racing moved into sole possession of third place on the all-time Champ Car victory list when he captured the 2001 Molson Indy before a record-setting crowd of 72,976 at Toronto's Exhibition Place. Andretti (Big Kmart/Texaco/Havoline Ford-Cosworth/Lola) snapped a tie with Al Unser by claiming his 40th Champ Car win overall, leaving him behind only A.J. Foyt (67) and Mario Andretti (52) on the career list. It was also his sixth win at Toronto, joining previous victories in 1989, '91, '92, '94 and '95. Andretti finished a comfortable 6.527 seconds ahead of runner-up Adrian Fernandez (Tecate/Quaker State/Patrick Racing Ford-Cosworth/Reynard) while native Canadian Paul Tracy (KOOL Honda/Reynard) of Team KOOL Green finished third. Andretti led 34 of 112 laps en route to the victory and trimmed 20 points off his 22-point deficit to series leader Roberto Moreno (Visteon Ford-Cosworth/Reynard) of Patrick Racing when Moreno finished a scoreless 13th. Moreno left Toronto with a series-leading 90 points, followed by Andretti with 88 and Gil de Ferran (Marlboro Honda/Reynard) of Marlboro Team Penske with 75. Vital Race Statistics Time of Race: 2 hours, 2.313 seconds. Average Speed: 98.248 miles per hour. Margin of Victory: 6.527 seconds. Caution Flags: 2 for 7 laps. Lap Leaders: Cristiano da Matta, 73 laps; Michael Andretti, 34; Adrian Fernandez, 3; Roberto Moreno, 2. TORONTO CART RACE HISTORY (15 EVENTS) 1986: Bobby Rahal (Race Winner); Emerson Fittipaldi (Pole Winner). 1987: Emerson Fittipaldi (Race Winner); Bobby Rahal (Pole Winner). 1988: Al Unser Jr. (Race Winner); Danny Sullivan (Pole Winner). 1989: Michael Andretti (Race Winner); Emerson Fittipaldi (Pole Winner). 1990: Al Unser Jr. (Race Winner); Danny Sullivan (Pole Winner). 1991: Michael Andretti (Race Winner); Michael Andretti (Pole Winner). 1992: Michael Andretti (Race Winner); Bobby Rahal (Pole Winner). 1993: Paul Tracy (Race Winner); Emerson Fittipaldi (Pole Winner). 1994: Michael Andretti (Race Winner); Robby Gordon (Pole Winner). 1995: Michael Andretti (Race Winner); Jacques Villeneuve (Pole Winner). 1996: Adrian Fernandez (Race Winner); Andre Ribeiro (Pole Winner). 1997: Mark Blundell (Race Winner); Dario Franchitti (Pole Winner). 1998: Alex Zanardi (Race Winner); Dario Franchitti (Pole Winner). 1999: Dario Franchitti (Race Winner); Gil de Ferran (Pole Winner). 2000: Michael Andretti (Race Winner); Helio Castroneves (Pole Winner). All-Time Victories Michael Andretti 6 Al Unser Jr. 2 Bobby Rahal 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Paul Tracy 1 Adrian Fernandez 1 Mark Blundell 1 Alex Zanardi 1 Dario Franchitti 1 All-Time Pole Positions Emerson Fittipaldi 3 Danny Sullivan 2 Bobby Rahal 2 Dario Franchitti 2 Michael Andretti 1 Robby Gordon 1 Jacques Villeneuve 1 Andre Ribeiro 1 Gil de Ferran 1 Helio Castroneves 1 CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA This message was edited by NYR2119935 on 7-14-01 @ 12:47 PM
NYR2119935	posted on 07-14-2001 @ 12:36 PM
Psychopath Registered: May. 00	http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/03CART/010713b.html Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 13 — Their pop-off valves back to pre-Detroit configuration, the Honda-powered Reynards of Gil de Ferran and Dario Franchitti bracketed Christian Fittipaldi's Toyota/Lola atop the timesheets in the first day of practice for Sunday's Molson Indy Toronto. De Ferran was quickest in both the morning and afternoon sessions, turning a 59.107sec lap in the morning before a minor crash at the end of the session. He recovered in the afternoon to steer his Marlboro Team Penske entry to a best lap of 58.400, .236sec quicker than Fittipaldi and .257sec quicker than Franchitti who, like de Ferran earlier, punctuated the final moments of the session with a shunt of his own. "Since we unloaded from the truck this morning the car has been handling really well," said de Ferran, who won the Toronto pole in 1999. "We had a few ideas to try which improved the car, but at the end of the first session I managed to hit the wall and destroy my front wing – which was not too clever. "Apart from the wing the car was okay, so we were able to improve our time in the afternoon before I had to serve an 8min penalty (for causing a red flag in the morning session)." Fittipaldi's day was not without its self-inflicted challenges. After posting his best time in the afternoon session in the primary car, he over-revved his engine and was forced to switch to his back-up Kmart Toyota/Lola. "It was my mistake," said Fittipaldi. "I over-revved the engine big time and had to change cars. I switched to my spare, but in the last half-hour there were a lot of red flags and we didn't get much accomplished." Ironically, one of the red flags was the result of a collision between Cleveland winner Franchitti and Memo Gidley, who finished just .305sec behind the Scotsman at Burke Lakefront Airport. The two cars came together in Turn 5 in the afternoon practice session and, although neither car was badly damaged, with just 4min remaining, the practice was given the checkered flag. "I don't think Memo saw me," said a non-plussed Franchitti. "He'd just come out of the pits and passed a guy… basically, I think he was unsighted. He didn't see me, and he didn't expect me to pass him there. It's no big deal. "It was a very positive day. The car feels good, but the track seems a little slippery. It should make for an interesting qualifying session here, as always; it comes down to the last lap, when the track is at its best." Underlining Honda's return to dominant form was the fact that Honda-powered cars monopolized the next five spots with Tony Kanaan (Morris Nunn Racing), Michael Andretti (Team Motorola), de Ferran in his back-up car, Paul Tracy (Team KOOL Green) and de Ferran's teammate Helio Castroneves. Kanaan might have been faster but for team owner Morris Nunn. "I had a good lap going, and Morris called me in," he said. "I think maybe he didn't want to show all we have. But that's ‘could've, should've.’ I'm fourth and that's all I can truly believe, but I do know I can go faster." Castroneves almost certainly would have been faster, but for the fact that he didn't get a lap in the afternoon session after suffering what a Marlboro Team Penske spokesperson termed "engine-related" problems. Having already used up his allotted switches between primary and back-up cars in the morning session, he was sidelined when the "engine-related" problems cropped up on his "out" lap in the afternoon, thus his morning time of 59.136sec would be his best of the day. Cristiano da Matta was the second-fastest "un-Honda", backing up Newman/Haas teammate Fittipaldi's time with a lap of 59.174 in his Toyota/Lola, while Alexandre Tagliani had the 10th-best time – and was ninth-fastest driver – overall in his Ford/Reynard. "The car was quick coming out of the box this morning," said Tagliani, "and Team Player's made some changes through the session, so we ended up fifth-fastest. In between sessions I wanted to try something different on the rear of the car to see if it would improve performance, but it did not make the car better. "Overall, though, I'm quite happy to be in the top 10. With 5min left to go in the session Team Player's put on a set of fresh tires, but decided against it because there was not enough time to cure them properly." Combined Friday practice times and speeds from Toronto follow: 1) Gil de Ferran, No. 1 Marlboro Team Penske Honda/Reynard, 58.400/108.185mph 2) Christian Fittipaldi, No. 11 Kmart Newman/Haas Racing Toyota/Lola, 58.636/107.750 3) Dario Franchitti, No. 27 Team KOOL Green Honda/Reynard, 58.657/107.711 4) Tony Kanaan, No. 55 Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing Honda/Reynard, 58.776/107.493 5) Michael Andretti, No. 39 Team Motorola Honda/Reynard, 58.865/107.330 6) Paul Tracy, No. 26 Team KOOL Green Honda/Reynard, 59.119/106.869 7) Helio Castroneves, No. 3 Marlboro Team Penske Honda/Reynard, 59.136/106.838 8) Cristiano da Matta, No. 6 Texaco/Havoline Newman/Haas Racing Toyota/Lola, 59.174/106.770 9) Alex Tagliani, No. 33 Player's/Forsythe Racing Ford/Reynard, 59.183/106.754 10) Max Papis, No. 7 Miller Lite Team Rahal Ford/Lola, 59.193/106.736 11) Adrian Fernandez, No. 51 Tecate/Quaker State Fernandez Racing Honda/Reynard, 59.242/106.647 12) Kenny Brack, No. 8 Shell Team Rahal Ford/Lola, 59.297/106.548 13) Roberto Moreno, No. 20 Visteon Patrick Racing Toyota/Reynard, 59.300/106.543 14) Michel Jourdain Jr., No. 16 Herdez/Corona Extra Bettenhausen Ford/Lola, 59.302/106.539 15) Tora Takagi, No. 5 Pioneer/Denso Walker Racing Toyota/Reynard, 59.328/106.493 16) Jimmy Vasser, No. 40 Visteon/Patrick Racing Toyota/Reynard, 59.360/106.435 17) Alex Zanardi, No. 66 Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing Honda/Reynard, 59.409/106.348 18) Patrick Carpentier, No. 32 Player's/Forsythe Racing Ford/Reynard, 59.477/106.226 19) Mauricio Gugelmin, No. 17 Nextel PacWest Racing Toyota/Reynard, 59.575/106.051 20) Shinji Nakano, No. 52 Avex/Alpine Fernandez Racing Honda/Reynard, 59.642/105.932 21) Bryan Herta, No. 77 Zakspeed/Forsythe Racing Ford/Reynard, 59.672/105.879 22) Bruno Junqueira, No. 4 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Toyota/Lola, 1:00.540/104.361 23) Oriol Servia, No. 22 Sigma Autosport Ford/Lola, 59.768/105.709 24) Scott Dixon, No. 18 NTN Bearings PacWest Racing Toyota/Reynard, 59.866/105.536 25) Max Wilson, No. 25 winnerB2B.com Arciero/Blair Racing Ford/Lola, 59.941/105.404 26) Memo Gidley, No. 12 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Toyota/Lola, 1:00.249/104.865 CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA
mother shucker	posted on 07-14-2001 @ 11:28 PM
Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00	Nobody fucking cares you ass-F. You are the only one to reply to your thread. Just fucking die and go away. I shucked it, and I shucked it, and I shucked it, i'm quite the mother shucker!
NYR2119935	posted on 07-15-2001 @ 3:18 PM
Psychopath Registered: May. 00	MICHAEL ANDRETTI WINS!!!! USA BABY!!! MICHAEL ANDRETTI WINS IN TORONTO FOR HIS 7th time!!!! ALLL RIGHT!!!!!!!! CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA

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