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CART: Molson Indy Post Race Notes, Michael Andretti

19 July 1999

MICHAEL ANDRETTI -6- K Mart/Texaco/Havoline Ford-Cosworth - Started 3rd/Finished 26th/Contact - GOING BACK TO THE START OF THE RACE, DID YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? YOU LOST QUITE A FEW POSITIONS. . . "On the start of the race (Paul) Tracy got up on the inside of me and knocked me off line and everyone went right by me.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE INCIDENT WITH GREG MOORE THAT PUT YOU OUT OF THE RACE? "I locked the rear tires and I couldn't stop. I was just hanging in there and Greg was going slow so I was starting to set up a pass. Greg went to block to the left and I stood on the brakes and locked them up because I got into the draft (from Moore's car) and it took the air off my front wing and I hit him in the back. It was very similar to what Fernandez did to me at Elkhart Lake."

YOU WERE BATTLING A BIG UNDERSTEER DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE RACE. DID THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCIDENT? "Yes. Very early there was but then the car went loose. So the car really wasn't perfect today."

WHAT PUT YOU OUT OF THE RACE? "My front wing was sitting on the ground." HOW BIG OF A BLOW IS THIS TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP? "It hurts but it is definitely not crippling."

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