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CART: Road America Saturday Notes/Quotes

10 July 1999

Robby Gordon
#22 Johns Manville/Panasonic/Menards Toyota-Swift
Practice/Qualifying Notes/Quotes ­ Saturday, July 10, 1999
Texaco/Havoline 200
Round 10 of 20 in the CART FedEx Championship Series
Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.

Fighting a loose condition in virtually every corner today, Robby Gordon
and Team Gordon qualified the Johns/Manville/Menards/Panasonic
Toyota-powered Swift 23rd for Sunday's Texaco/Havoline 200 at Elkhart
Lake, Wisconsin. Gordon's best lap clocked in at 103.653 seconds.

Quotes

ROBBY GORDON ­ "I'm not saying anything.  But I'll tell you the car's
good in some corners, however in others that are similar, it's
horrible.  I almost had two huge offs in that qualifying session.  In
the last one in Turn One, where I spun, I came close to duplicating
Carpentier's adventure.  So, I guess I have that going for me.  It's
loose on exit and we haven't found the answer for that.  We battle the
same things every weekend, and here is no different.  For the race,
we're going to have the same strategy we had in Cleveland and charge
forward as best we can.  If the race comes to us like it did in
Cleveland, we'll charge even harder.  Last year, I started deep in the
back and finished in the points, so let's see if we can duplicate that
this year."

MIKE HELD (co-owner) ­ "We aren't getting it now.  Rob's frustrated.
David (Cripps) is frustrated. And I'm frustrated.  It's so hard to start
from the back.  It just seems everything we throw at the car, lately,
hasn't worked.  We'll go racing tomorrow, though. No matter where you
start, there is a chance."

STEVE ABRAHAMS (hospitality manager) ­ "Watching Rob in the Hurry Downs
section, I could see the car's loose condition. He almost lost it once
and had the car sideways.  That's got to be hard to control.  I know the
kind of racer he is, though. He beats me in go-karting every time we go
out.  On Sunday, he'll be fired up, for sure, and ready to race.