TACH Speed Channel - #10 Kanaan CART Mid-Ohio Saturday Final Qualifying

Tony Kanaan

#10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola
CART Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio - Saturday, Aug. 10, 2002 - Final Qualifying
Notes/Quotes
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - Lexington, Ohio - 2.258-Mile Road Course
Round 11 of 19 on the 2002 CART FedEx Championship Series

Tony Kanaan and his #10 Pioneer-WorldCom/Mo Nunn Racing Honda-Lola
maintained the fifth spot on the starting grid he earned Friday for Sunday's
CART Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio.  Kanaan bettered his provisional time in today'
s final qualifying session, achieving a best lap of 1 minute, 6.63 seconds
(121.997 mph) around the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course permanent
road circuit.  Those ahead of him on the starting grid also bettered their
times from Friday.

Provisional polesitter Patrick Carpentier held onto the top spot with his
lap of 1:06.12 (122.926 mph) today.  Christian Fittipaldi stole the
outside-front-row starting spot away from teammate Cristiano da Matta with a
lap of 1:06.26 (122.675 mph) today, with da Matta taking the third position
with a lap of 1:06.39 (122.433 mph).  Kenny Brack qualified fourth in
1:06.43 (122.359 mph).

Race time on Sunday is 12:30 p.m. EDT with a live broadcast on CBS.

TONY KANAAN QUOTES

 "I think we'll be in good shape starting from fifth tomorrow.  It's going
to be a long, hard race.  Probably even tougher than Cleveland was for
everybody.  It's going to be hot.  And you are very busy on this track
pretty much all the way around.  So we'll see which drivers are in good
shape and which ones aren't.  Being in good shape is one thing I take a lot
of pride in.  Hey, I finished second in a triathlon last weekend at Key
Biscayne, right by my house!  Tomorrow, a lot will have to do with how
comfortable you're going to be in your car.  My Pioneer-WorldCom car is
pretty good compared to how it was at Cleveland and Toronto.  We have been
consistent since we rolled it out of the garage on Friday morning.  I'm
feeling like we have a pretty good handle on things.  That's a good feeling
because for so long we were struggling with our new Lola.  Suddenly, things
came together at Vancouver.  We qualified sixth and got our first podium of
the year.  We're definitely headed in the right direction and we're hoping
for good things tomorrow."