CART: Andretti and Team Motorola Marlboro 500 Pre-Race

What:           The Marlboro 500
Round 21 of 21 of the 2001 CART FedEx Championship Series

Where:  California Speedway, 2-mile SuperSpeedway
              Fontana, California

When:           Sunday, November 4, 2001 at 12:30 p.m. Local Time

Fast Facts:     --Sunday will be Andretti's 290th start of his career.

        --In 2000 Andretti started 2nd and finished 19th.

        -- Andretti won July 15th in Toronto capturing his 41st career 
victory, the most of active Champ Car drivers.

        --Andretti and Team Motorola are currently tied for third place in 
the CART FedEx Championship with 141 points.

Fontana, California -Michael Andretti and Team Motorola are hoping to end 
their inaugural Champ Car season with their sixth podium finish of 2001.  The 
team has remained consistent throughout the season scoring a victory in 
Toronto; runner-up finishes in M
ilwaukee, Elkhart Lake and Surfer's Paradise and a third place finish in 
Vancouver.  "Based on our first year together and as competitive as the 
series is, we've done a good job," explained general manager Kim Green.  "But 
I know Michael and the team are o
nly totally satisfied if they could have number one on the car for the 2002 
season."

Andretti and his Team Motorola colleagues posted a runner-up effort in last 
weekend's race in Surfer's Paradise, Australia and are optimistic about their 
chances at the California Speedway for this weekend's Marlboro 500.  "I've 
not been very lucky at Font
ana in the past four years," explained Andretti.  "It seems like if it can go 
wrong, it has, but I'm hoping to change my luck this weekend."  Andretti has 
always qualified well for the season finale 500-miler, posting a seventh 
position start or better but
those results unfortunately have not translated into any top finishes.  "The 
objective this weekend, and every other race weekend, is to win," said Kim 
Green.  "Our secondary objective is to finish with more points than Helio 
Castroneves and solidify a th
ird place finish in the CART FedEx Championship.  I think that would be a 
great achievement for Michael and Team Motorola considering this is our first 
year together as a team."

Gil deFerran clinched the CART FedEx Championship last week in Australia and 
Kenny Brack has the second place position locked up with 163 points but 
Andretti and Team Motorola can secure a third place finish with a solid 
showing in Fontana.  "We've had rac
es that we just gave points away," said Andretti.  "Now when you are down to 
the last weekend you realize how valuable those points would have been in the 
championship.  But we're focused on scoring points at Fontana and I think we 
have a definite shot to 
wrap-up third in the Championship this weekend."

Andretti and Team Motorola will begin practice on Friday, November 2, 2001 at 
9:45 a.m. with qualifying scheduled for Saturday, November 3 at 11:15 a.m.   
The race will be held on Sunday, November 4 at 12:30 p.m. local time and will 
be shown live on ESPN a
t 3:30 p.m. ET.