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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: CART: Da Matta wins Down Under; De Ferran clinches title | ||||
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| NYR2119935 | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 4:20 PM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00  | http://msn.espn.go.com/rpm/cart/2001/1028/1270156.html Sunday, October 28 Brazilians shine in Australia ESPN.com news services   SURFERS PARADISE, Australia -- Cristiano da Matta claimed his second victory and fellow Brazilian Gil de Ferran captured his second straight CART championship Sunday at the Honda Indy 300. Da Matta won his third career race with a record-time at this 2.795-mile circuit, averaging 97.511 mph in his Toyota/Lola in a time of one hour, 51 minutes and 47.260 seconds. His first win of the year came in the season-opener at Monterrey, Mexico in March. "Our team needed this win and the momentum it brings as we head to the finale next weekend (at the California Speedway)," said Da Matta, who moved into fifth place in the CART standings. "Anytime you win a race it is a very good feeling. To win in Australia is good because we came here so early, and you get to make friends and go out to dinner and those sorts of things. I've been here since Friday and you just start to enjoy it so much." Da Matta led the last 14 laps after gaining the lead from pole-sitter Roberto Moreno on the 52nd of the race's 65 laps. He finished 5.786 seconds ahead of Michael Andretti's Honda/Reynard. "I couldn't quite follow the pace Gil and Moreno brought in the beginning of the race and I had to drive for mileage," Da Matta said. "I stopped on the same lap as Moreno (on the first round of pit stops), but he was able to go faster and get the same mileage. But then I was able to pass Moreno before the second stop." Da Matta's victory was the fifth of the season for Toyota and the ninth for Lola. De Ferran took fourth place to clinch his second consecutive Championship Series title and earn the Vanderbilt Cup. With an insurmountable 191-163 lead over Sweden's Kenny Brack in the championship standings, he joined Rick Mears (1981-82), Bobby Rahal (1986-1987), and Alex Zanardi (1997-98) as back-to-back winners. "I guess it hasn't completely sunk in yet," De Ferran said. "all I can think is I'm a very fortunate person to be driving for a guy like Roger (Penske) and a team like we have. All I can think is how much I like these guys. To me, I've been living in a dream since I joined the team two years ago. Since I joined the team, my life has been wonderful from a personal and from a professional standpoint. I've been able to drive better and keep reaching new heights. Never in a million years did I ever think I would achieve this much success. For me to be speaking here as a two-time champion is very special." This is the ninth CART championship for Team Penske and sixth straight for Honda. Andretti notched his fifth podium appearance of the season and his first since coming in third at Vancouver last month. He moved into a third-place tie in the points standings with Helio Castoneves of Brazil with 141 points each. "It was a pretty good day," Andretti said. "I was starting to run Cristiano down, but then they came on the radio and told me that I had to start saving fuel. I was a little disappointed, but I'm pretty happy to do it here for (Team Motorola owners, Australians) Barry and Kim Green. I also much congratulate Gil. He did a great job all year." Alex Tagliani of Canada finished in third place in his Ford-Costworth/Reynard. He stood on the podium for the second time this season and first since a career-best second-place effort at Toronto in July. "I'm pretty please," Tagliani said. "The Player's team has been really strong. We've qualified in the top five in many street and road course races. At the start of this race we did a lot of battling with Michael. Toward the end, I was being help up by Gil and Paul (Tracy), but then (Player's/Forsythe Racing Vice President of Operations) Niel Micklewright came on the radio and said, `You need to pass Gil.' I didn't want to (mess) up his championship, but I passed him clean at the end of the back straightway. I was starting to catch Michael but I ran out of time." Brack took fourth place, followed by Jimmy Vasser, Michel Jourdain Jr. of Mexico, Christian Fittipaldi of Brazil and Max Papis of Italy. Scott Dixon of New Zealand was 15th which was enough to clinch the CART Rookie of the Year title. He has 42 points more than Brazilian Bruno Junqueira.  CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA This message was edited by NYR2119935 on 10-28-01 @ 10:07 PM | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 4:25 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | 2001 Honda Indy 300 Results Pos Driver Car Make Laps Status 1 Cristiano da Matta 6 Toyota/Lola 65 running 2 Michael Andretti 39 Honda/Reynard 65 running 3 Alex Tagliani 33 Ford-Cosworth/Reynard 65 running 4 Gil de Ferran 1 Honda/Reynard 65 running 5 Kenny Brack 8 Ford-Cosworth/Lola 65 running 6 Jimmy Vasser 40 Toyota/Reynard 65 running 9 Max Papis 7 Ford-Cosworth/Lola 65 running 10 Memo Gidley 12 Toyota/Lola 65 running 11 Patrick Carpentier 32 Ford-Cosworth/Reynard 65 running 12 Shinji Nakano 52 Honda/Reynard 65 running 13 Alex Barron 25 Ford-Cosworth/Lola 65 running 14 Paul Tracy 26 Honda/Reynard 65 running 15 Scott Dixon 18 Toyota/Reynard 65 running 16 Toranosuke Takagi 5 Toyota/Reynard 65 running 17 Tony Kanaan 55 Honda/Reynard 65 running 18 Bryan Herta 77 Ford-Cosworth/Reynard 65 running 19 Adrian Fernandez 51 Honda/Reynard 65 running 20 Helio Castroneves 3 Honda/Reynard 64 running 21 Bruno Junqueira 4 Toyota/Lola 56 contact 22 Roberto Moreno 20 Toyota/Reynard 54 mechanical 23 Dario Franchitti 27 Honda/Reynard 35 mechanical 24 Mauricio Gugelmin 17 Toyota/Reynard 34 mechanical 25 Oriol Servia 22 Ford-Cosworth/Lola 10 mechanical 26 Casey Mears 66 Honda/Reynard 0 contact 2001 Honda Indy 300 Stats Average Speed: 97.511 miles per hour Time of Race: 1 hour, 51 minutes, 47.260 seconds Margin of Victory: 5.786 seconds Cautions: 2 for 5 laps Lead Changes: 7 among 5 drivers CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| Francine Banger | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 6:13 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | FUCKIN! USE IT!!! This message was edited by Francine Banger on 10-28-01 @ 6:15 PM | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 6:16 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | my god, make ONE THREAD NAME IT,, CART THREAD, and then all will be fine Britney Spears- Worth The Rape Charges | ||||
| CriticsLoveSnatch i know better than to ask for a status from you mean ol' mods I shall call him mini-FTL | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 6:22 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | god you just don't get it do you? Nobody here cares about CART racing. Stop posting race results here. Find friends who do care about CART and discuss it with them. Thank you.  I don't know why I care so much, when I shouldn't care at all | ||||
The sky is blue | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 6:34 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Oct. 00 | Hehe looks like someone is getting a new status. Thanks CLS :)  Fez® blah blah blah ©2001 blah blah blah. Fez™ blah blah Email me at fezoanda@hotmail.com | ||||
| CriticsLoveSnatch i know better than to ask for a status from you mean ol' mods I shall call him mini-FTL | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 6:41 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | hehe - thats what i try to do fez....make mod's lives easier :) I don't know why I care so much, when I shouldn't care at all This message was edited by CriticsLoveSnatch on 10-28-01 @ 6:44 PM | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 6:41 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | nice status Britney Spears- Worth The Rape Charges | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 6:53 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | There is only 1 more race in the CART season folks! The seaosn ending 500 at Fontana California. Next season I will be following proper board guidlines :) CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 7:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | no how bout NOW and that fucking race was 3 months ago from your sig Britney Spears- Worth The Rape Charges | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 7:09 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | As soon as I find a good CART advertisement I will change it :) unless someone wants to make a sig for me? CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| mother shucker | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 8:42 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | Hey, maybe I will start posting about the turtle races they hold in Fargo N.D.. More people would be interested in that then those stupid go cart races. You fucking tool! I shucked it, and I shucked it, and I shucked it, i'm quite the mother shucker! | ||||
...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 9:31 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | Where is kid with his fuck nut sig pic when you need him?;) I'm not afraid of anything in this world There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard I'm just trying to find A decent melody A song that I can sing, in my own company-U2 | ||||
| rageparty 123...Not so bare anymore since I got a number underneath my name again I also have an imaginary girlfriend. | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 9:52 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | but don't worry NYR343526362388147527572527567253, you still started one good topic, Anna Kournikova, that should have 5 stars beside it :) :) | ||||
| NYR2119935 | posted on 10-28-2001 @ 10:27 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | hehe thanx Rageparty :) CART Taco Bell Ice Hockey MetallicA | ||||
| Francine Banger | posted on 10-29-2001 @ 12:09 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Here you can use this as your new sig pic. This message was edited by Francine Banger on 10-29-01 @ 12:10 AM | ||||
| rageparty 123...Not so bare anymore since I got a number underneath my name again I also have an imaginary girlfriend. | posted on 10-29-2001 @ 12:15 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01 | LMMFAO, perfect for a tool like NYR4363624929256892859285295 | ||||
| Rone | posted on 10-29-2001 @ 12:19 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | goddamn, FB thats hilarious. nice work. | ||||
| Thrillhouse Alkey gave me my bonus points back. | posted on 10-29-2001 @ 12:27 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | hey fb, dont you have a nhl2002 or madden2002 team you can talk about? hows lindros doing? Graduate of AFDude's Academy | ||||
| Francine Banger | posted on 10-29-2001 @ 11:37 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | quote: NHL 2002 team to talk about? No Madden 2002 team to talk about? No Lindros? He's doing Alright. Your point? I have no idea.  | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 10-29-2001 @ 11:47 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Ok, i looked at this pointless CART thread and this one had 19 replies. I thought, theres no way 19 people care about this, so i was curious. Im glad i did, because i got to see that jackass get reamed for posting shit like this. What a tool, stick to Rangers and Anna Kournikova threads. Oh, and why even make 1 universal CART thread?? The only one talking in there will be him. Objective 2: Root for Braves to exit from playoffs- COMPLETE Objective 3: Root for the Diamondbacks to win the World Series | ||||
| Thrillhouse Alkey gave me my bonus points back. | posted on 10-29-2001 @ 11:53 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | well...since i already look like quite the tool, i guess ill explain it from a post you made in september quote: so there. did i just pull a joe soprano? Graduate of AFDude's Academy | ||||
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