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CART: Montoya takes top spot; Toyota takes fourth pole in seven races

4 June 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

- Juan Montoya won his third pole position of the season and Toyota's fourth in the last seven races. The pole position gives Montoya his fifth front row starting position in six races. He has started in the top three in every race this season.

- With Montoya taking the pole today, it marks the seventh straight race that a Toyota has qualified on the front row - the longest current streak for any CART engine manufacturer. During those seven races, Toyota has earned four pole positions and three second-fast qualifier spots.

20000 Manufacturer Front Row Spots
Toyota 6
Ford 3
Honda 3

- A Target Chip Ganassi Racing entry has qualified on the front row in each of the six races with Toyota power. That's the longest current streak in Champ Car racing. The team has as many front row qualifying positions this season as the rest of the FedEx Championship Series combined.

2000 Front Row Spots

Target Chip Ganassi Racing 6
Marlboro Team Penske 2
Player's Forsythe Racing 1
Newman-Haas 1
Team Rahal 1
Team KOOL Green 1

Toyota Milwaukee Qualifiers:

#1 Juan Montoya 1st
#12 Jimmy Vasser 14th
#96 Oriol Servia 15th
#97 Cristiano da Matta 21st

Sunday's Miller Lite 225 will be broadcast live on ABC at 4 p.m.

Text provide by JohnProcida

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