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CART: Post Race Notes, Target Grand Prix of Chicago, Max Papis

23 August 1999

MAX PAPIS -7- Miller Lite Ford-Cosworth - Qualified 1st / Finished 4th - "We had a very good race and we pushed hard all day. We were loose during the first stint and then at the end of the race we had to conserve fuel. If we had a little more (fuel) we would have been able to gain on the guys up front. We were waiting for the race to come back to us but it didn't. If we would have been able to stop once more it would have been different. We had to run very, very lean. We learned a lot and overall it was a pretty competitive race."

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING AFTER THE FOUR STARTS TO BEGINNING THE RACE?

"I didn't know what to think. I was doing what I was supposed to do. I guess Mark (Blundel) didn't want to get beat. It was very strange but at least we were finally able to get the race going."

HOW HARD WAS IT TO PASS OUT THERE? "

It was difficult, but, we did it. Especially at the end with the marbles out there you couldn't go to the outside."

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CLOSING LAP BATTLE WITH VASSER?

"I tried to go on the outside of Jimmy (Vasser) but there was no way I was going to pull it off."

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