#10 Kanaan CART Vancouver Sunday Race Notes/Quotes

Tony Kanaan

#10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola
Molson Indy Vancouver - Sunday, July 28, 2002 - Race Notes/Quotes
Concord Pacific Place - Vancouver, B.C. - 1.781-Mile Temporary Street Course
Round 10 of 20 on the 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series

Tony Kanaan and the #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola finished
third in today's Molson Indy Vancouver for his fifth career podium finish
and the third-year team's second visit to the podium.  Kanaan started sixth
and immediately moved to fifth on the very first turn after getting a clean
jump on Michael Andretti, who started fifth.  Kanaan moved to fourth when
Scott Dixon crashed out of the race while running fourth on Lap 10.  Kanaan
pitted for tires and fuel on Lap 32 and moved from fourth to sixth as
Christian Fittipaldi beat him out of the pits and the car of Patrick
Carpentier was still in front of him, running out of sequence.  Kanaan got
the spot back on Fittipaldi just four laps later when the leaders pitted
under yellow and Kanaan re-emerged in fifth, with Carpentier still in front
of him.  Kanaan passed Carpentier on Lap 61 to take over fourth place, and
moved up to second place when leader Paul Tracy, running out of sequence,
pitted, and then-second-place Cristiano da Matta left the race with a
mechanical failure.  Kanaan fell back to third when he made his third and
final pit stop for tires and fuel on Lap 68 as Tracy stayed out on track,
and Kanaan stayed in third the rest of the way, holding off Michel Jordain
in a vicious battle for the final podium spot during a Lap 95 restart after
a red-flag period for a four-car accident four laps earlier.

The podium was Kanaan and the team's first since he finished third at Twin
Ring Motegi in Japan in May of 2001.  His previous best finish this season
in nine starts is eighth.  The third-place finish also capped a 1-2-3 sweep
of the podium by engine manufacturer Honda, whose Dario Franchitti brought
home the victory and his teammate Paul Tracy finished second.

After taking next weekend off, the 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series
resumes Aug. 11 with the CART Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio, the first of four
consecutive race weekends that also include Road America (Aug. 18), Montreal
(Aug. 25) and Denver (Sept. 1).

TONY KANAAN QUOTES

 "This is a great feeling, especially here in the hometown of my good friend
Greg Moore.  He had to have something to do about arranging this podium
because we were three of his best friends when he was alive.  I have to say
hats off to the whole team, my engineer Iain (Watt), Morris (Nunn, team
owner).  We struggled in the warm-up session this morning, so this just goes
to show you that when you expect the least, you get the most.  I got a great
start to get past Michael (Andretti), and then I did my best to keep up with
the leaders. There was so much going on around me that I started to wonder
if I was going to be next.  On that last restart, there was so much pick-up
on my tires that I knew the car was going to be a handful trying to stay in
front of Michel (Jourdain).  We went into the first turn fair and square,
and all I could say was 'not today, buddy ... I'm going to the podium.  It's
third place or nothing.'  It's been a tough year.  We came in with a lot of
expectations but we had a frustrating string of DNFs that really set us back
in the points.  Hey, I scored more points today (14) than I had all season
until now.  So maybe this is the start of something good.  Now, let's go
celebrate in Greg's honor."