#66 Zanardi Portland Friday Practice Notes/Quotes

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

Alex Zanardi

#66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard
Freightliner/G.I. Joe's 200 - Practice Notes/Quotes - Friday, June 22, 2001
Portland International Raceway - Portland, Ore. - 1.969-Mile Road Course
Round 8 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series

Alex Zanardi and the #66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard was
22nd and 16th, respectively, in today's opening practice sessions for Sunday
's Freightliner/G.I. Joe's 200.  His fast time of the day came during this
afternoon's 90-minute session -- a 59.279-second (119.677 mph) lap around
the 1.969-mile Portland International Raceway road course.  Zanardi started
the day with a fast lap of 59.769 seconds (118.597 mph) in the 1.hour,
45-minute session this morning.

Teammate Tony Kanaan and the #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard was
19th and 26th in today's two sessions, respectively.  Kanaan turned a lap of
59.688 (118.758 mph) this morning, and came in at 59.780 seconds (118.575
mph) this afternoon.  Helio Castroneves was fastest on the day at 58.318
seconds (121.547 mph), followed Christian Fittipaldi at 58.532 seconds
(121.103 mph) and Mauricio Gugelmin at 58.543 seconds (121.080 mph).  The
latter three drivers all turned their fast times in the afternoon.

Practice resumes Saturday morning with qualifying set for 1:45 p.m. local
time (4:45 p.m. EDT).  The CART qualifying show will be broadcast on ESPN2
at 7 p.m. EDT.  Race time Sunday is 1 p.m. local time (4 p.m. EDT) with a
live broadcast set for ESPN.

ALEX ZANARDI

"We didn't have a very pretty start to our day, but we made a change in the
car that made it a touch better.  A touch around here is a lot.  We'll put
our heads together with Morris and the engineers and make the car a touch
better in a lot of other places.  We're definitely headed in the right
direction."

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