Carl Hogan, owner of the Hogan Racing team, rides by on a scooter.

Chris Miles of the Inside CART television programme (each Tuesday after a race weekend at 4:30 p.m. PST on Fox Sports Net) recording an item about Firestone tyres.

Richie Hearn, driver of the Dell Penna Budweiser car, chats with a long-time fan. "Let's see if he's forgotten his roots." Obviously not.

Alex Zanardi's Honda engine. How much horsepower? Somewhere over 800 bhp, but no one's saying. A new engine for this season, fuel economy seems to be an additional strength.

Alex returns from a pre-race pit-stop.

Chip Ganassi watches over preparations in the Target Chip Ganassi Racing team garage.

Doug Forker, to the right of Zanardi's car, tends to the electronics, while the rest of the crew strip down and check the engine after the morning warm-up.

Jimmy Vasser signs autographs for the fans.

An engineer working on Adrian Fernandez's Tecate car, a Reynard Ford/Cosworth XD with Firestone tyres run by Patrick Racing. Where are the Tecate Girls this year?

Christian Fittipaldi in the Newman-Haas garage give the thumbs-up sign to a fan...

...while Michael Andretti stands by ready to race with his helmet. Oh, wait a minute, that's just a cardboard cut-out! When he wandered by a few minutes later, he seemed bemused by the speech bubbles added by the crew: "Wax the car! You missed a spot." "Get to work!" "Nice *#2@!"

Christian Fittipaldi tucks himself in before being interviewed by Chris Miles.

Smile for the camera!

Mario Andretti rides up to see what they've done to Michael's cut-out.