#55 Kanaan Milwaukee Saturday Qualifying Notes/Quotes

Contact:   Laz Denes, 310-538-2599
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Tony Kanaan

#55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard
Miller Lite 225 - Qualifying Notes/Quotes - Saturday, June 2, 2001
The Milwaukee Mile - Milwaukee, Wis. - 1-Mile Oval
Round 6 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series

Rain washed out practice and qualifying today for this weekend's Miller Lite
225 at The Milwaukee Mile.  CART FedEx Championship Series official
therefore have announced that the starting grid for Sunday's 225-lap main
event will be set according to the current driver points standings.  That
puts Tony Kanaan and his #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard seventh
on the grid, reflecting his current position in the standings.  Kanaan was
fourth fastest in the two-hour practice session here Friday, the only time
competitors spent on the historic 1-mile oval so far this weekend.  Kanaan's
best lap Friday was 22.547 seconds (an average of 164.776 mph).  Rain also
washed out Friday morning's scheduled 1-hour, 45-minute opening practice
session.

In previous years, whenever practice time did occur on a given weekend but
qualifying was rained out or otherwise canceled, CART procedure involved
gridding cars according to those practice times.

Kanaan's teammate Alex Zanardi and his #66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing
Honda-Reynard recorded the fifth-fastest lap of the day Friday at 22.647
seconds (164.048 mph).  But his 15th position in the current driver points
standings puts him inside the eighth row for Sunday's race start.  Points
leader Kenny Brack will start on the pole, alongside last week's Indy 500
winner Helio Castroneves.  They'll be followed by Cristiano da Matta, Paul
Tracy, Jimmy Vasser, Gil de Ferran and Kanaan.

Sunday's action begins with a 30-minute warm-up session at 11 a.m. local
time (12 noon EDT), preceded on the air by the CART2DAY pre-race show at 11
a.m. EDT.  The green flag falls Sunday at 3 p.m. local time (4 p.m. EDT).
The race will be broadcast live by ABC-TV.

TONY KANAAN

"Seventh is not a bad place to start, except for when you have at least the
fourth-fastest car on the track.  But rules are rules, and the weather is
something we have absolutely no control over.  We will do what we have to
do.  It's unfortunate for both Alex and I because he falls all the way back
to 15th (after running fifth in practice Friday).  Again, that's the way it
is.  Fortunately, we have Morris (Nunn) on our side.  With nothing left to
get ready for the race but a half-hour (warm-up) on Sunday morning, I think
Morris gives us the ability to make the most of the situation.  Hopefully,
the weather will cooperate tomorrow so we can put on a good show for the
fans."

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