#66 Zanardi Chicago Friday Practice Notes/Quotes

Alex Zanardi
#66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard
Target Grand Prix - Practice Notes/Quotes - Friday, July 27, 2001
Chicago Motor Speedway - Cicero, Ill. - 1-Mile Oval
Round 12 of 21 on the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series

Alex Zanardi, in the #66 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard,
clocked the fifth-fastest time in afternoon practice today for Sunday's
Target Grand Prix.  He circled the 1-mile Chicago Motor Speedway oval in
23.960 seconds (an average of 154.608 mph) to score the sixth-fastest time
of the day during this afternoon's 90-minute session.  Zanardi's time of
24.135 seconds (153.487 mph) was ninth-fastest in this morning's 1-hour,
45-minute outing.

Teammate Tony Kanaan and his #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard
posted the 15th-fastest time of the day this morning at 24.079 seconds
(153.844 mph), sixth-fastest for the session.  Bruno Junqueira as fastest on
the day at 23.714 seconds (156.212 mph), followed by Kenny Brack at 23.731
seconds (156.100 mph) and Tora Takagi at 23.766 seconds (155.870 mph).

Practice resumes at 9:30 a.m. EDT Saturday with single-car qualifying set
for 1:30 p.m.  ESPN2's qualifying show will be shown on a tape-delayed basis
at 6:00 p.m. EDT Saturday.  Race time Sunday is 3 p.m. EDT with a live
broadcast set for ABC-TV.

ALEX ZANARDI

"We're obviously concentrating on having a very fast car for qualifying
because this race is all about starting up front and running the right
strategy.  Unfortunately, pure performance doesn't come into play in the
race this weekend, but it's very important to start up front.  So we will
need to make our car a little bit better, still.  It will be very, very
difficult to pass on Sunday, and the race will be all about who gets the
best fuel mileage.  That's a shame, but those are the cards we are dealt.
The good thing is, we're headed in the right direction."

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