CORRECTED: #66 Zanardi Motegi Friday Qualifying Notes/Quotes

> EDITORS' NOTE -- Please note that Alex Zanardi qualified eighth today for
> Saturday's Firestone Firehawk 500, not ninth as previously released.
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience.
>
> Contact:   Laz Denes, 310-538-2599
>                  ldenes@monunnracing.com
>                  www.monunnracing.com
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> 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 eighth 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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