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Cart: Team Gordon Cleveland Notes/Quotes

27 June 1999

#22 Johns Manville/Panasonic/Menards Toyota-Swift

Practice/Qualifying Quotes ­ Saturday, June 27, 1999
Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland
Round 9 of 20 in the CART FedEx Championship Series
At Burke Lakefront Airport - Cleveland, Ohio

Quotes

ROBBY GORDON ­ "I'm frustrated, that's all.  It's a little bit of
everything right now.  The car doesn't like the bumps and I can't lift
without the rear end rising and locking up my back wheels.  I like this
track. To be here and not run competitively hurts. Sorry, not much else
to say. We just need to keep grinding."

MIKE HELD (co-owner) ­ "I think we're officially struggling now.  When
you go through four sessions and you're fighting the same problem
repeatedly, that means you're struggling.  Perhaps we can get better for
tomorrow, but I'm not sure how.  I watched the fast guys this afternoon
down in Turn One and their cars are stuck to the ground under braking. 
With our car, you can't tell because the smoke from his locked-up tires
clouds your view.  And that's only one problem right now. The bumps and
the chicane are the others. I don't mean to be cynical, either. Everyone
is working hard to figure this out. We're just so sore from banging our
heads against the wall this weekend that I think we're punchy!"