#66 Zanardi Milwaukee Friday Practice Notes/Quotes

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Alex Zanardi

#66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard
Miller Lite 225 - Practice Notes/Quotes - Friday, June 1, 2001
The Milwaukee Mile - Milwaukee, Wis. -1-Mile Oval
Round 6 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series

Alex Zanardi and the #66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard
posted the fifth-fastest practice lap of the day in preparation for Sunday's
Miller Lite 225 at the Milwaukee Mile.  Zanardi toured the 1-mile oval in
22.647 seconds (an average of 164.048 mph) during this afternoon's two-hour
session.  This morning's scheduled 1-hour, 45-minute practice session was
rained out.

Zanardi's teammate Tony Kanaan and his #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing
Honda-Reynard was just ahead of him at 22.547 seconds (164.776 mph), good
for fourth position.  Helio Castroneves, fresh off last weekend's Indy 500
victory, was fastest today at 22.300 seconds (166.601 mph), followed by
Cristiano da Matta at 22.463 seconds (165.382 mph) and Kenny Brack 22.535
seconds (164.864 mph).

Practice resumes Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. local time (10:30 a.m. EDT)
with qualifying set to begin at 1:30 p.m. local time (2:30 p.m. EDT).   Race
time Sunday is 3 p.m. local time (4 p.m. EDT) and it will be broadcast live
by ABC-TV.

ALEX ZANARDI

"I think we made some very good progress during that session.  I can't say I
was very happy with what my car was doing at the beginning of the session.
But we made some changes all along the way, and the ones we made at the end
of the session put us where we are in the order.  I still can't say I'm
incredibly happy with my car right now.  But I'm guessing there are many
other people who feel that way because look at where we are on the
timesheet.  We'll put our heads together and come up with something that
will help us feel more comfortable in the car tomorrow.  I can definitely
feel the changes Reynard made to the chassis since Nazareth.  The Lolas are
still out ahead of us.  But we beat many of the Lolas today when that was
not the case at Nazareth."

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