#10 Kanaan CART Portland Sunday Race

Tony Kanaan

#10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola
G.I. Joe's 200 - Sunday, June 16, 2002 - Race Notes/Quotes
Portland (Ore.) International Raceway - 1.969-Mile Road Course
Round 6 of 20 on the 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series

Tony Kanaan brought his #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola home
in eighth place in today's G.I. Joe's 200 CART FedEx Championship Series
race at Portland International Raceway.  Kanaan started 14th and moved up to
11th after a Lap 3 incident in Turn 1 that involved three cars.  The race
first went green on Lap 3 after three abort attempts to start the race.
Kanaan held the 11th position through the first round of pit stops that
began on Lap 30, then moved to as high as seventh during his second
fuel-and-tire run.  Kanaan pitted for the second time on Lap 60 and rejoined
the race in sixth place.  He pitted a final time on Lap 88, re-emerged in
ninth place after the round of stops, and moved up to eight on Lap 92 of
today's 110-lap event.

The finish was worth five championship points, giving Kanaan seven for the
season.  He is in 18th position in the driver points standings.

Cristiano da Matta was the winner today for the second weekend in a row and
the third time this season.  Bruno Junqueira was second and Dario Franchitti
was third.

The series takes a weekend off before returning for back-to-back-to-back
races at Chicago, Toronto and Cleveland beginning June 30.

TONY KANAAN QUOTES

"Our goal was to just stay out of trouble and make it to the end, and we
managed to do that.  After struggling all weekend, we had to settle for a
pretty modest goal like that.  The car turned out to be okay today and we
were looking pretty good there in the late stages of the race.  Then we had
a little confusion about whether they were going to go to a full-course
caution when Adrian (Fernandez) crashed.  I got called into the pits early
and we ended up getting shuffled back two positions.  That's the way it
goes, sometimes.  At least I got some points and I'm not last in the
standings anymore.  Hey, seriously, it feels like we're on our way back!"