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CART: Tony Kanaan Qualifying Notes and Quotes, Elkhart Lake

20 August 2000

Tony Kanaan

Tony Kanaan and the #55 Hollywood/Mo Nunn Racing Mercedes-Benz Reynard
clocked their fastest lap of the weekend thus far but moved up only one
spot in the order and final qualifying today for Sunday’s Motorola 220.
Kanaan toured the 4-mile Road America circuit in 1 minute, 41.816
seconds (an average of 143.129 mph) to take the 17th spot on the
starting grid.  Dario Franchitti will start from the pole after setting
a new track record today with a time of 1:39.866 (145.924 mph).

Race time is 1 p.m. CDT Sunday with a two-hour tape-delayed broadcast
set for ABC-TV beginning at 4 p.m. EDT.

TONY KANAAN

“I know deep down inside that I have a good race car, but things just
keep happening that prevent us from stringing together a nice,
uninterrupted run on the racetrack.  We’ve had our share of red flags.
We ran out of fuel in the morning practice session.  This track is so
full of compromises that it’s tough enough to get the setup just right
when everything is going smoothly.  But it’s the same for everybody out
there, and we just have to rise above it.  Tomorrow, we will have to be
smart and stay out of trouble.  There are plenty of opportunities to
move up here.  I hope I can take advantage of them all!”