#21 Giaffone IRL Michigan Saturday Qualifying

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Felipe Giaffone

#21 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Chevrolet G-Force
Michigan Indy 400 - Saturday, July 27, 2002 - Qualifying Notes/Quotes
Michigan Speedway - Brooklyn, Mich. - 2-Mile Tri-Oval
Round 11 of 15 on the 2002 Indy Racing League

Felipe Giaffone and the #21 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Chevrolet G-Force will
start on the outside of the sixth row in Sunday's Michigan Indy 400 Indy
Racing League event at Michigan Speedway.  Giaffone turned a fast qualifying
lap of 32.9891 seconds (218.254 mph) today on the 2-mile tri-oval, good for
12th overall in the 25-car starting field.  Earlier in the day, he recorded
the 12th-fastest practice time of 32.9490 seconds (218.520 mph).  Friday, he
was fourth and third in the morning and afternoon practice sessions,
respectively.

Rookie Tomas Scheckter will start from the pole after a fast lap today of
32.4518 seconds (221.868 mph) and will be joined on the front row by fellow
rookie and teammate Buddy Rice, who qualified second in 32.4571 seconds
(221.831 mph).  Veteran Eddie Cheever, Jr., had the third-fastest qualifying
time of 32.6875 seconds (220.328 mph).  The top three qualifiers are Cheever
Racing Infiniti-powered Dallaras.  Giaffone is the fastest Chevrolet-powered
G-Force.

Final practice is set for 4:30 p.m. EDT today.  Race time Sunday is 3 p.m.
EDT with a live broadcast set for ABC-TV.

FELIPE GIAFFONE

"The car felt really good, and we didn't get any scrub.  So, tomorrow, we
should have a good race car.  That's what's really important for this track
and this race.  It's going to be a long day.  Four hundred miles is a long
way.  So it will be very important to stay on top of the conditions, stay
out of trouble, and have six very good pit stops.  We're getting more and
more comfortable all the time as a team.  We came out of (the) Indy (500)
with a good result, and we're that much better as a team now, several races
later.  I think we'll be ready.  Our car worked very well in traffic on
Friday, so it's a good feeling we have going into the race."

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