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CART: Paul Tracy Wins Motorola 220 at Road America

21 August 2000

    Paul Tracy won the Motorola 220 today at the 4.048-mile Road America 
circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wis., round 14 of the 20-race CART FedEx 
Championship Series.  Tony Kanaan was the highest finisher for Mercedes-Benz, 
bringing his Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Champ Car across the finish line in 
eighth place.

    Kanaan, who was running strong in sixth place when he came in for his 
final pit stop on lap 41, lost two positions when his race car developed an 
intermittent misfire during acceleration.

    "The brakes were terrible at the end of the race," said Kanaan, who 
started 17th, but worked his way into the top 10 early in the race.  "I was 
pumping the pedal in every turn."

    A problem in the gearbox ended Mark Blundell's race on lap 48 of the 
55-lap event, which was disappointing since the Motorola/PacWest 
Racing/Mercedes driver had kept his race car in the top 10 for most of the 
contest.  He finished 11th.

    "The gearbox had drive except when I would downshift, then it would have 
no drive," said Blundell, who managed to move up through the field from his 
20th position on the grid.  "It was a liability for us to be out there.  It's 
too bad, because my crew did a great job on our pit stops."

    Mauricio Gugelmin, who started his Nextel/PacWest Racing/Mercedes 10th, 
was forced to park his Champ Car with a loss of power on lap 20.  He was 
listed in 17th position in the final standings.  Only one lap before, Michel 
Jourdain Jr. abandoned the competition with a fuel pressure problem in his 
Herdez/Bettenhausen Motorsports/Mercedes.  His final position was 18th.  Luiz 
Garcia Jr. experienced mechanical problems with his Hollywood/Arciero Project 
Racing/Mercedes on lap two, leaving him 25th for the day.

Race Results, Motorola 220
Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Aug. 20, 2000

Pos.    Driver              Engine          Laps
1       Paul Tracy          Honda           55
2       Adrian Fernandez    Ford            55
3       Kenny Brack         Ford            55
4       Roberto Moreno      Ford            55
5       Jimmy Vasser        Toyota          55
6       Memo Gidley         Toyota          55
7       Max Papis           Ford            55
8       Tony Kanaan         Mercedes-Benz   54
9       Helio Castroneves   Honda           54
10      Oriol Servia        Toyota          54
11      Mark Blundell       Mercedes-Benz   48
17      Mauricio Gugelmin   Mercedes-Benz   20
18      Michel Jourdain Jr. Mercedes-Benz   19
25      Luiz Garcia Jr.     Mercedes-Benz   2

Driver's Championship                   Manufacturer's Championship
Michael Andretti        125             Ford            242
Roberto Moreno          112             Toyota          225             
Gil de Ferran           106             Honda           200 
                                        Mercedes-Benz    57