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Max Papis driving his Team Rahal Reynard-Ford in the morning
warm-up with its new Milwaukee Miller Lite and Harley-Davidson
combination paint job.
10:06 Kodak Advantix 200
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Roberto Moreno in the Motorola PacWest Reynard. You can just make
out the additional fins on the nose.
10:06 Kodak Advantix 200
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Helio Castro-Neves pole position is chassis manufacturer Lola’s
first since Andre Ribeiro’s pole at Toronto in 1996. The last Lola
Champ Car victory was by Michael Andretti at Vancouver in 1996. This
is also Castro-Neves' fourth top-four start of the season and Hogan
Racing’s second career pole, the first was by Dario Franchitti at
Toronto in 1997.
10:06 Kodak Advantix 200
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Juan Montoya in his Reynard with conventional front speedway wings.
10:08 Kodak Advantix 200
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Greg Moore, fastest in the morning
warm-up, passes Michael Andretti on the back straight.
10:09 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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And Jimmy Vasser, last year's race winner, in his Reynard alongside
Al Unser Jr. in his new Lola.
Jimmy's second place start for the race represents his best start
of the season.
10:10 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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PJ Jones in a Swift ahead of Paul Tracy.
10:11 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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This weekend Michael is presented with a brand new satellite
telephone and a year of global phone service courtesy of Motorola for
his victory in last week's Motorola 300. "Based on my travel
schedule, with racing, testing and sponsorship commitments, it's nice
to know that wherever I am, thanks to the Motorola 9500 phone I can be
reached," said Andretti.
10:16 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Eventual race winner Paul Tracy.
CART drivers logged a total of 572 incident-free laps during the
warm-up session.
10:19 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Gil de Ferran has had a hard time finding his set-up. He starts way
back in 16th place. William Pappas, his race engineer, discusses the
situation.
10:32 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Herta steps out of his car...
10:32 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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...but he's still looking as unhappy as yesterday. Dick Davis, Race
Tire Develoopment Manager for Firestone, comes over to ask him how the
tires are performing.
10:32 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Adrian Fernandez tries to work out where he's loosing speed on the
track, thanks to the telemetry systems. Hmm... seems to be everywhere:
he's starting 18th.
10:35 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Still second-fastest in the warm-up, Helio is quietly confident for
the race.
10:39 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Patrick Carpentier hangs out on the pit wall.
10:42 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Michael Andretti in the Newman-Haas garage: "I've got this
great go-anywhere Iridium phone, but you know, it's so heavy!"
10:44 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Mad Max Papis, wishing he was riding a Harley.
10:51 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Starting at the next race, the Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland
Presented by Firstar at Burke Lakefront Airport, all crew members who
go over the wall during a Champ Car pit stop will be required to wear
helmets, but they were delivered to all the teams here at Milwaukee
and most wore them.
11:53 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Derek Higgins takes the checkered flag to win the PPG Dayton Indy
Lights race.
12:07 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Carl Hogan, team owner of the car on pole.
12:55 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Juan Pablo Montoya with his girlfriend.
13:13 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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Another new rule: front wheels are tethered to the car by a tie
that runs along the front of the bottom suspension arm.Later in the
season even back wheels will be required to be tethered.
13:16 Fujifilm Nexia A200
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