#66 Zanardi Motegi Friday Qualifying Notes/Quotes

Contact:   Laz Denes, 310-538-2599
                 ldenes@monunnracing.com
                 www.monunnracing.com

Alex Zanardi

#66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard
Firestone Firehawk 500 - Qualifying Notes/Quotes - Friday, May 18, 2001
Twin Ring Motegi - Motegi, Haga-gun, Japan -1.549-Mile Oval
Round 5 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series

Alex Zanardi and the #66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard will
start ninth in Saturday's Firestone Firehawk 500 at Twin Ring Motegi.
Zanardi posted a fast lap of 26.088 seconds (213.615 mph) over the
1.549-mile oval.  It was his second-best qualifying effort of the season.
He qualified sixth at Texas Motor Speedway last month for a race that was
subsequently postponed.  Zanardi was the second of 25 cars to make
qualifying runs today.

Zanardi's teammate Tony Kanaan and the #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing
Honda-Reynard qualified fourth today.  Kanaan's best lap was a 26.022-second
(214.167-mph) effort that netted him his second-best qualifying effort of
the year.  Kanaan started third at the Long Beach Grand Prix in early April.

The top four qualifiers today are powered by Honda.  Just ahead of Kanaan
are polesitter Helio Castroneves  at 25.849 seconds (215.591 mph), Dario
Franchitti at 25.991 seconds (214.413 mph) and defending series champion Gil
de Ferran at 25.991 seconds (214.386 mph).

Race time Saturday is 12:30 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. EDT Friday) with a
tape-delayed broadcast set for ABC-TV at 1 p.m. EDT Saturday.  The race can
be followed live via the CART Radio Network and the live timing and scoring
system at www.cart.com.

ALEX ZANARDI

"I can't say I'm super happy with my qualifying run because I know there was
something more in my car.  On my second qualifying lap, there was a little
problem with my car.  Nothing dramatic, but it made it not worth taking the
last corner on my second lap like I did the first time through there.  That'
s a shame because the guys did a great job to give me a great race car.  I
think we should get a good result tomorrow for Pioneer and WorldCom.  It's
nice to see we are making some progress.  I'll never be totally happy until
I am P1 on race day night.  We'll see if we can make that happen tomorrow."

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