#17 Kanaan Indy 500 May 7 Practice

Tony Kanaan

#17 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Chevrolet G-Force
86th Indianapolis 500 - Practice Notes/Quotes - Tuesday, May 7, 2002
Indianapolis Motor Speedway - 2.5-Mile Oval
Round 5 of 15 on the 2002 Indy Racing League

Tony Kanaan and the #17 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Chevrolet G-Force picked up
some more speed in today's rain-delayed practice session for the 86th
Indianapolis 500, cracking the 225-mph barrier for the first time this week.
He made his way around the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in
225.529 mph on his best lap of the day, the 16th-fastest lap overall among
the 37 cars that took to the track.  He completed 51 laps in all during a
session that started more than three hours late.  It was the second day in a
row that rain cut short the traditional seven hours of practice time.

Kanaan's teammate Felipe Giaffone and the #21 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing
Chevrolet G-Force did not make it out onto the track today as his crew spent
the day preparing his back-up car for practice on Wednesday.  Giaffone on
Monday had the third-fastest lap of the day at 225.930 mph in his primary
car.

Frenchman Laurent Redon was fastest overall today with a lap of 229.808 mph,
the best lap of the opening three days of practice here.  Bruno Junqueira
was second fastest at 228.566 mph, followed by Scott Sharp at 228.135 mph.
Pole Day qualifying is set for Saturday.

TONY KANAAN

"We're chipping away at it.  I guess that's the way it goes here.  We picked
up a mile-an-hour over our fast time on Sunday, and we moved up another spot
on the timesheet from yesterday (Monday's 17th).  Just when we trimmed out
the car to make a speed run at the end of the day, the big crash (by P.J.
Jones) forced everyone to stop early.  We keep trying a lot of different
things because we obviously feel we'll be running up front when we find the
right combination.  But every day is different.  No two seem to be the same.
So that's where experience at the Speedway comes into play.  Thank goodness
we have a few days left before qualifying.  More time to learn, more time to
gain speed."