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Sunday Pits and Paddock
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taken in and around the Paddock and Pits area before and after the
Warm-up session on Sunday morning. The weather cleared during the
session allowing some fast times to be set, but the sky soon opened and
drenched us again afterwards. |
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Alessandro Zanardi enters the pits during the warm-up session.
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Zanardi waits in the cockpit of his Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Reynard/Honda for the warm-up to resume after a brief shower.
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20 year-old Mexican rookie Michel Jourdain Jr. similarly waits
patiently in his Herdez Lola/Ford.
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Last year's series champion Jimmy Vasser drops into the Target pits
for more fuel and a change from wet to dry-weather tyres.
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Zanardi also pits while Dario Franchitti approaches his pit area
and the Penske cars of Al Unser Jr. and Paul Tracy race past on the
track.
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Andre Ribeiro (Tasman Lola/Honda) and Al Unser Jr. peel off onto
the pit road.
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Paul Tracy puts his Marlboro Penske Mercedes through its paces on
the front straight.
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Alex Zanardi slides in for another pit stop.
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Jimmy Vasser discussing his performance in the Target Chip Ganassi
Racing garage area.
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Mark Blundell caught in the PacWest garage eating the banana that
helped propel him to victory in the race.
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Canadian Greg Moore by the Player's
Forsythe Racing Team trailer.
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Andre Ribeiro preparing to dash off from the Tasman motorhome.
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And finally, Zanardi about to leave us in the Target garage, where
we had been sheltering from the rain, to walk over to the pit wall for
the start of the race.
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