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CART: Milwaukee Race Notes, Robby Gordon

7 June 1999

Robby Gordon
#22 Johns Manville/Panasonic/Menards Toyota-Swift
Race Notes/Quotes -- Sunday, June 6, 1999
Miller Lite 225
Round 7 of 20 in the CART FedEx Championship Series
At The Milwaukee Mile - Milwaukee, Wis.

Electrical problems forced Robby Gordon and his #22 Johns
Manville/Panasonic/Menards Toyota-powered Swift champ car to retire on
Lap 82 of today's Miller Lite 225 at the Milwaukee Mile.  Gordon started
from 23rd on the grid and held his ground through the first round of pit
stops at Lap 71.  Smoke suddenly began pouring into the cockpit on Lap
82, prompting Gordon to pit while the crew investigated the problem. 
The car was retired a short time later.  The next race on the schedule
is the G.I. Joe's Grand Prix at Portland International Raceway in two
weeks.

Quotes

ROBBY GORDON -- "It happened all of a sudden.  I was going into a turn
and the car started smoking.  The throttle also was trying to stick. 
I'm not sure what the problem was but we couldn't get the car back into
the race.  It's a shame.  It was one of those weekends for us.  We'll be
back.  We're looking forward to getting out on the road courses during
this next stretch of the schedule."

JOHN MENARD (Team Gordon Co-Owner) -- "What can you say?  I think in
time we could have gotten the car dialed in.  But we never got the
chance."    

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