#10 Kanaan CART Long Beach Friday Provisional Qualifying

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Tony Kanaan

#10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard
Grand Prix of Long Beach - Provisional Qualifying Notes/Quotes - Friday,
April 12, 2002
The Streets of Long Beach, Calif. - 1.968-Mile Temporary Street Course
Round 2 of 20 on the 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series


Tony Kanaan and the #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Reynard was
the fastest Honda and the sixth-fastest overall in provisional qualifying
today for Sunday's Grand Prix of Long Beach.  Kanaan recorded a fast lap of
1 minute, 9.554 seconds (101.860 mph) around the 1.968-mile temporary street
track overlooking Long Beach Harbor.  It came on Kanaan's 12th of 15
qualifying laps turned today, the most allowed in the new CART qualifying
format that went into effect this season.

Cristiano da Matta won the provisional pole in 1:09.092 (102.542 mph),
followed by teammate Christian Fittipaldi at 1:09.220 (102.352 mph).  Jimmy
Vasser was third at 1:09.373 (102.126 mph), with his teammate Michel
Jourdain fourth at 1:09.548 (101.869 mph).  Bruno Junqueira was fifth at
1:09.549 (101.868 mph).  All are Toyota-powered Lolas.  Da Matta, winner of
the last three events, earned a championship point for his performance today
and is guaranteed a spot no worse than second on the grid.

Practice continues at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) Saturday with final
qualifying set for 1:45 p.m. PDT (4:45 p.m. EDT).  Saturday's fast qualifier
also earns a championship point under the new CART rules.  Saturday's
qualifying session will be shown live on Speed Channel beginning at 4:30
p.m. EDT.  Race time Sunday is 12:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. EDT) and it
will air live on the FOX network.

TONY KANAAN QUOTES

"Wow.  I've got to say that we left nothing on the table.  I pulled out all
the stops on my fast laps.  So much that I almost hit the wall three
different times.  That was a whole lot better than this morning when were a
second off the pace.  It was a great job by Iain Watt, my engineer, to
figure out our problems and give me a good car for qualifying.  I don't know
how much is left in this car, but there sure wasn't anything left in it
today.  I really have to thank Iain and my boys for this one.  Now, it's
time to go back to work and try to go faster tomorrow."

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